TradeTracer

TradeTracer

Import trades from TradeTracer via CSV export. Each row is one trade and becomes an entry and an exit execution.

Export from TradeTracer

1. Go to the Trades List in TradeTracer.
2. Select all trades you want to export.
3. Select Export in the top right of the card, then choose Export as CSV.

Upload to Tradeways

1. In the Trade Log, select Add Trades, then select File Upload.
2. Select TradeTracer.
3. Drop the CSV file in the upload area or select it from your device.
4. Select the timezone that the TradeTracer timestamps use. The export carries no offset, so a wrong timezone moves trades to another session or trading day.
5. Review the preview and check the execution count and grouped trades.
6. Confirm the import.

The TradeTracer internal ID is the duplicate key. An overlapping export is safe to upload again.

File Requirements

• Use a .csv export. Two layouts are supported and Tradeways detects which one you uploaded.
• Both layouts need Internal ID, Open Time, Close Time, Symbol, Open Price, and Close Price.
• The older layout also needs Open Volume. The current journal layout needs Position Size instead.
• Timestamps use the YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS format.
• Commission is optional. When it is present, Tradeways treats it as the round-trip cost and converts it to a per-contract rate.
• A missing column in both layouts blocks the file. The error lists the headers that Tradeways found.

Direction and Skipped Rows

In the older layout, a negative Open Volume is a short trade and a positive value is a long trade.

The journal layout has no signed volume. Tradeways derives the direction from the price change and the reported result in Price PnL, Movement PnL, or PnL. A row where the two disagree, or where the price did not move, is reported as skipped with the reason "Ambiguous direction". Correct the row in TradeTracer and export again, or add that trade with manual entry.

Rows with a zero or unreadable volume, or with a non-positive open or close price, are also reported as skipped.

Limitations

• One trade per row. A scaled entry appears as one execution at the average price.
• Root symbols only. Futures trades import under the root instrument, without a dated contract.