Question: Does MT5 (MetaTrader5) price chart show all bars (history of price quotes) of the broker?
How many price chart bars are shown/registered on MT5 (MetaTrader5) trading platform?
No, each price chart shows only 100,000 bars by default.
This limitation is set by default setting of each MT5 trading platform, but you can change the setting and increase limitation of the maximum number of bars in one chart.
You can set the number of bars from 5000 to unlimited numbers.
The history of price charts and all bars should be saved in the hard disk drive in your PC and available at anytime depending on your limitation setting.
In order to change the maximum number of bars in one chart of your MT5, please go to “Tools”→”Options”→”Charts”, and change the number of “Max bars in chart” and click “OK”.
There is a limitation to the number of bars in one chart because the large amount of data consumes CPU load and free RAM very quickly.
If you believe that your MT5 is too heavy program for your PC, then you can reduce the number of bars to possibly resolve your problem.
