Import transactions
Import loads a transaction file exported from your broker straight into an account, so years of trades do not have to be typed in one at a time.
Building a portfolio record from scratch means entering every past purchase, sale, and dividend, which for an established account is a great deal of typing and a great deal of opportunity for error. Most brokers can export your transaction history as a CSV file. Import reads that file, maps its columns onto the account's transactions, shows you the rows to check, and saves them as entries. Holdings, cash, and profit are then calculated from them like any other transaction.
There is no live connection to your broker: you export the file from the broker's website and load it here, and repeating the process later brings in newer trades. Import works only on an account you own, not on one shared with you. After loading, Reconcile is how you confirm the resulting cash agrees with the broker's statement.
Questions
Does import connect to my broker?
No. It reads a CSV file you exported from your broker's website. Repeating the export and import later brings in newer trades.
Can I import into an account someone shared with me?
No. Import works only on an account you own.
Related pages
| Portfolio | The portfolio lists your accounts. Import fills one you own from a broker's file. |
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| Transactions | Transactions is the ledger the imported rows become, where you can then correct any row. |
| Reconcile | Reconcile checks the cash after an import against the broker statement, which is how a file that missed or duplicated rows is caught. |