- Why did not open or close the order (what the reason)?
- Why does not the forex advisor or does not work properly?
- View the history of the tester where strategies and TP.
All this information is written in the individual files and folders stored in the terminal and called these files - log files or logs (log files).
In this article we will look at where you can find the log files (log / log) Forex Advisor, MT4 strategy tester terminal and Metatrader 4 (forex strategies for test):
If your MT4 terminal installed in MetaTrader 4 folder in the C: \ Program Files \. Then the log files to be found in the following folders on your computer:
The trading terminal formed three journal log files:
1. Logs forex experts (advisors) in the folder: C: \ Program Files \ MetaTrader 4 - (name DC) \ experts \ logs \;
2. Logs Metatrader 4 terminal in the folder: C: \ Program Files \ MetaTrader 4 - (name DC) \ logs \;
Logs the current account is also in the tab "History"
3. Logs MT4 strategy tester in the folder: C: \ Program Files \ MetaTrader 4 - (name DC) \ tester \ logs \.
For each calendar day (starting time is taken on the local time of your PC) generated log file with the name corresponding to the current date, for example 20100329.txt
If there is any problem with the purchased FX advisor, these files will help to find out its cause.
We need to see the strategy tester log file (if a problem arises during testing bought forex advisor), forex advisor or MT4 terminal (if the trade) for a bad day, and send it to e-mail the seller or programmer and they will help decipher adviser error codes or causes it to malfunction.
Similarly, you can view the error codes, causes execution of orders or execution of, for example, when trading strategy forex news or for any reason.
So remember that the MT4 log file - a story in which everything is written and any act in the terminal it is stored and that this information may be evidence of all activities carried out as a trader and forex broker.
