// tradestation import
Your TradeStation Trading Journal
Download the trades report, drop it in, and TickerScribe decodes it: compact option symbols become real strikes and expirations, both fee columns are included, and opens pair with closes.
Trades report in · symbols decoded · 100% free
// how-to-export
From TradeStation to your journal
Four steps, about two minutes.
- 01
Open your account activity
In your TradeStation account pages, open the trade history / activity report section and choose the Trades report.
- 02
Pick your date range, download CSV
TradeStation caps an export at six months — for longer histories, export one file per window. Dedup makes overlaps safe.
- 03
Drop the file into the Import Wizard
Settings → Import Data, drag the file in. It's identified as TradeStation automatically — preamble, symbols, and all.
- 04
Preview & commit
See every trade before anything is saved. Duplicates are flagged and skipped, then trades post to the ledger — opens paired with closes.
// auto-detected
Cryptic symbols, decoded.
The report opens with a comment block and writes options in compact shorthand. TickerScribe skips the first and expands the second — here's each line.
TradeStation Historical Activity Report · Report Type: Tradesrecognized"Date","Symbol","CUSIP","Side","Quantity","Price","Principal",…columns mapped"06/05/2026","ROKU 260918C96",…,"","1.00","$6.85","-$685.00",…option · symbol decoded"06/08/2026","ROKU 260918C96",…,"SellToClose","-1.00","$7.40",…option · paired close"06/10/2026","AMD 260821P135",…,"","2.00","$3.62",…,"-$1.60","-$0.09",…2 contracts · fees folded"06/12/2026","COIN 261016C287.5",…,"","1.00","$8.95",…option · decimal strike OK"06/16/2026","NVDA",…,"","30.00","$128.65",…stock · side from sign"COIN 261016C287.5" becomes a COIN call, October 16 2026 expiry, $287.50 strike — automatically.
The moment it lands: recognized, decoded, ready to preview.
Options
TradeStation's compact symbols — "COIN 261016C287.5" — are decoded into underlying, expiration, call/put, and strike, decimal strikes included. Opens pair with closes into round-trips with accurate premiums.
Stocks
Any symbol that isn't an option imports as a stock trade, with the side read from the quantity's sign.
Commissions & fees, folded in
Commission and Other Fees are separate columns in the report. Both fold into each trade's total fees — scaled correctly for multi-contract fills.
No file cleanup
Dollar signs, negative amounts, the comment-block preamble — the file imports exactly as TradeStation produced it.
Safe re-imports
Every trade carries a content fingerprint. Re-running a file, or importing overlapping six-month windows, flags duplicates on the preview step and skips them.
What doesn't come across: futures (not a supported asset class) and cash — the trades report carries no deposits or dividends. Anything else lands through the universal CSV mapper.
Two minutes from TradeStation
Every fill, paired and priced
No credit card required. Download one report, drop it in, and your fills become round-trips.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is TickerScribe really free?
Which TradeStation file does TickerScribe auto-detect?
TradeStation's option symbols look cryptic. Do they import correctly?
How are commissions and fees handled?
TradeStation limits downloads to six months — how do I import more?
What about futures, deposits, and dividends?
- Interactive BrokersThe Transaction History statement — multi-currency normalized, FX legs filtered.
- thinkorswimThe Account Statement — spread legs reassembled, fees matched, expirations closed.
- SchwabBoth exports work — transaction history and per-holding lot details.
- RobinhoodThe activity report — options parsed from plain text, cash included.
- Every other broker & journal — the universal CSV mapper