Journal Completeness Auditor
A journal habit usually fails quietly. A missing file is easy to notice in a folder listing sorted by date; a file that exists, opens fine, and still only contains the blank template - six headings, no answers written under any of them - looks complete at a glance and is the gap that actually matters, because it means the trade was opened for review and then abandoned rather than never started. This script reads the closed-trade history and, for each trade, looks for a journal file named the way a companion template tool writes them: "Journal_<ticket>_<symbol> _<date>.txt", with a key: value header followed by a "--- REFLECTION ---" section. It checks three things per trade: does a matching file exist at all; if it exists, does the reflection section hold any real text or only the six blank headings; and did the trade close with an empty comment, which - since this catalogue's tagging convention uses OrderComment() as the trade's tag - means it cannot be found later by searching for a setup name. The result is one CSV row per trade plus a summary count of each gap. Notes and limitations Only recognises the specific filename and heading layout described above; a journal kept in a different format or a different folder structure will not be matched and every trade will read as missing a file. "Filled in" is a text-presence check, not a quality check - one word under a heading counts as filled, a thoughtful paragraph and a single "ok" score the same. Balance and credit operations in history are skipped; only OP_BUY/OP_SELL entries are audited.
Script · MT4 · v1.0 · Free
About Journal Completeness Auditor
Journal Completeness Auditor is a script for MetaTrader 4. It can alert you with a pop-up, sound, email or push message. It has 6 settings, such as From date, To date and Current symbol only. MQL source code included.
Files in the download: JournalCompletenessAuditor.mq4, JournalCompletenessAuditor.txt.
Settings
| Setting | Default | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| From date | 0 | From close time (1970.01.01 = no lower bound) |
| To date | 0 | To close time (1970.01.01 = up to now) |
| Current symbol only | false | Only this chart's symbol |
| Journal folder | TradeJournal | Subfolder under MQL4\Files holding journal entries |
| Require tag | true | Flag trades closed with an empty OrderComment as missing a tag |
| Output file | JournalCompletenessAuditor_Report.csv | Report filename (in the journal folder) |
How to install
- Download the ZIP from your PolyMaria library and unzip it.
- In MetaTrader 4 open File → Open Data Folder, then go to MQL4 → Scripts.
- Copy the .mq4 file(s) there. Put any .mqh files in MQL4 → Include.
- Open the .mq4 file in MetaEditor and press Compile (F7) if MetaTrader does not show it.
- Drag the script onto a chart to run it once.
Tags: Alerts · MT4 Script · MQL4 Source Code