How to import your trade history into a trading journal

If you already have months of trades, you do not have to type them in. Export a report from your platform and drop it into the journal — the file is read in your browser, the platform is recognised automatically and you see every trade before anything is saved.

Supported platforms

• MetaTrader 5 and MetaTrader 4 (the HTML report)
• cTrader
• TradeLocker
• DXtrade
• Match-Trader
• Any other CSV — you pick which column is the date, symbol, direction and result

Getting the right MetaTrader report

1. In MetaTrader open the Toolbox (Ctrl+T) and go to the History tab.
2. Right-click inside the list and choose the period you want (for example "All history").
3. Right-click again → Report, and save it as HTML.

Do not use the account report that only shows balance and open positions — it contains no closed trades. If the importer says it found no closed trades, this is almost always the reason.

Importing

1. In the app choose Import and pick the journal the trades should go into.
2. Drag the file onto the window or click to choose it.
3. Check the preview: symbol, direction, lots, prices, times and the net result of each trade.
4. Confirm. The trades appear in your journal, calendar and statistics.

What is read from the report

• The net result — commission, swap and fees are taken into account, not just the gross profit.
• The stop loss, so each trade's risk and R-multiple can be calculated.
• Entry and exit prices and times.

Importing the same file twice

Every trade carries its platform ID, so a trade that is already in the journal is skipped instead of added again. You can import an updated report every week without cleaning anything up. If you logged a trade by hand while it was still open, the import completes that entry instead of creating a second one.

Want this to happen by itself? Connect MetaTrader 5 once and closed trades arrive automatically — see the MetaTrader 5 guide.