Web Import

 
NOTES:
 
  • IB has drastically changed the formatting of their HTML statements under Report Management - Activity Statements and these cannot be imported into TradeLog. The HTML formatted legacy statements may still work but these will only be available for a few more weeks.
     
  • Under Report Management -  Activity Downloads there is a NEW report format in the Format drop down box exclusively for TradeLog. This is a custom flex report which is far superior to the HTML/Web formatted reports. This is the report the we import from using brokerConnect, which is our recommended import for IB, but you can also use web import to import this report.
     
  • These new Activity Downloads reports are only available as Daily and Monthly reports.
 
General Procedure:
 
  1. Log in to your Interactive Brokers account using your User Name and Password:
     
  2. Click on the plus sign in front of Report Management
    and select Activity Downloads:
     
  3. Select the appropriate Daily or Monthly Statement from the drop down dialog box, select TradeLog from the Format drop down box and click the View/Download button.
     
     
    NOTE:
    To bring your TradeLog data file quickly up to date, it is recommended that you import from the Monthly Statements first, from the oldest month to the most recent month.
     
    Then use the Daily Statements to bring your TradeLog data file up to the current day. You may also import from exclusively from the Daily Statements if you wish.
     
  4. Select the entire report using your web browser's Edit, Select All (Ctrl-A keyboard shortcut) command.
     
    Then Copy the selected report using your web browser's Edit, Copy (Ctrl-C keyboard shortcut) command.
     
    (You may also use your right mouse click Select All command followed by the right mouse click Copy command).
     
    The data is now on the Windows clipboard (an imaginary storage location for copied windows data).
     
  5. Run TradeLog.
     
  6. Click the IB Imp button.
     
    A popup dialog box will ask whether you want to import using brokerConnect or to import from the Web. Click NO to import from the Web.
     
    Note: If you already selected a default method of importing when creating your file, this box will not appear. Please move on to the next step.
     
    See: Selecting a Broker Import Filter.
     
  7. Your trades will be automatically imported and matched.