MT4 Expert Advisor and Journal Logs

The Expert Advisor and Journal Logs are indispensable when it comes to debugging. Programmers can write virtually any information desired to these logs so that it makes the process of perfecting MT4 expert advisors more efficient. Follow the instructions below to locate the MT4 EA and Journal Logs.

Open the MT4 Terminal Window

The MetaTrader 4 Terminal window may be opened using the View menu item and then selecting Terminal, as shown below.

MetaTrader Terminal Window

Alternatively, the Terminal window may be opened using the Ctrl-T keyboard shortcut. Once the Terminal Window is open, select the Experts Tab, as shown above.

Copy and Send MetaTrader’s Expert and Journal Logs

With the Experts Tab selected right-click inside the window and click Open.MT4's Expert Advisor Log Folder

The contents of the Logs folder appears, as shown below.

Expert Advisor Log Folder Contents

Single-click a log file and then Ctrl-A on your keyboard to choose all of them, as shown below.

Expert Advisor Log Folder - Select All

With all the log files highlighted, right-click and then select Send to > Compressed (zipped) folder as displayed below.

Create a zip file for MT4's EA Logs.

After performing the above action, a new zip folder appears.

Zipped folder of MT4's Log Files

Repeat these steps for the Journals tab and send both zip files to us for evaluation.