Import Tradovate trades into your journal

Tradovate's performance export is a tidy CSV of matched round-trip trades. TradeHelp recognizes it instantly — including the part other journals fumble: the file has no Long/Short column, so TradeHelp works direction out from the fills.

Export from Tradovate

1. In the Tradovate platform, open your Performance report (under Reports / account performance, depending on layout).
2. Select the account and date range you want to journal.
3. Use the export / download CSV action on the trades table — you'll get a file with columns like symbol, qty, buyPrice, sellPrice, pnl, boughtTimestamp, soldTimestamp.

Import into TradeHelp

1. Open the Journal tab and click Import CSV.
2. Drop the file in — TradeHelp shows "Tradovate export recognized" and maps everything for you.
3. Optionally assign the batch to a prop-firm account, check the preview, and click Import.

What TradeHelp handles for you

• Direction inferred from fill order — the export has no side column, so TradeHelp compares the bought and sold timestamps: bought first is a Long, sold first is a Short. Entry/exit prices and times orient themselves to match.
• P&L taken from the file's own pnl column, including negative values in Tradovate's "$(25.00)" style.
• Entry times parsed into your heat map and hold-time stats.
• Duplicates skipped on re-import — export monthly and never double-count.
• Rating turns Verified once broker trades are in.

Also trading via NinjaTrader or TopstepX? Those exports are auto-recognized too.