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Importing Trades from a Broker CSV

The CleaRank Trade Journal imports your existing broker history from a CSV, so you do not need to retype it. It reads the export your trading platform produces and cleans up the usual formatting quirks on the way in.

How to import

  1. Export your history from your platform. Most platforms, including MT4, MT5, cTrader, and TradingView, can export closed-trade history as a CSV file.
  2. Pick the journal to import into. Open the Trade Journal, choose a journal from the selector, or create a new one just for this broker with New Journal.
  3. Start the CSV import. Choose your exported file. The importer reads the columns for symbol, side, entry, exit, size, fees, times, and P&L.
  4. Check the broker time offset. If your broker’s platform clock differs from your local time (common with MT4 and MT5), apply the broker timezone offset so trade times land on the right days and sessions.
  5. Review and confirm. Scan the trades the importer found, then complete the import. The trades appear in the Trades tab, the calendar, and every analytics view.

What the importer handles for you

European number formats

Exports from European brokers often write 1,234.56 as “1.234,56”, with the comma as the decimal separator. The importer recognizes comma-decimal formats and reads prices and P&L correctly, so you do not need to reformat the file in a spreadsheet first.

MT4/MT5 symbol suffixes

Brokers frequently append account-type suffixes to symbols, so EURUSD arrives as “EURUSD.m” or “EURUSD.pro”. The importer removes these suffixes and treats the symbol as one instrument, which keeps your per-symbol stats in one bucket instead of splitting the same pair across three names.

Broker timezone offset

Many brokers time-stamp trades on a fixed offset such as GMT+2 or GMT+3. If you import without correcting it, trades can appear on the wrong calendar day and your session statistics shift by hours. Set the broker’s offset during import and the journal aligns every timestamp.

Tip: keep imported broker history in its own journal, separate from your simulator journal. Each journal has its own analytics, so real and practice results never blur together.

After the import

Imported trades behave like manually logged trades: you can open them, assign playbooks and tags, and add notes. They also flow into the calendar view and analytics, and you can audit the whole journal against evaluation rule sets in the Prop Firm Auditor.

Frequently asked questions

My broker CSV uses commas as decimal separators. Will it import?

Yes. The importer recognizes European number formats such as “1.234,56” and reads them correctly without any manual cleanup.

Why do my MT4 symbols end in “.m” or “.pro”?

Those are broker account-type suffixes. CleaRank removes them during import and treats the symbol as one instrument, so EURUSD.m and EURUSD show up together in your stats.

My trade times look shifted by a few hours. What happened?

Your broker’s platform probably time-stamps trades on a fixed offset such as GMT+2 or GMT+3. Re-import with the correct broker timezone offset and the timestamps, daily grouping, and session stats will line up.

Can I import from MT4 or MT5?

Yes. Export your closed-trade history from the platform as CSV and import it. Suffix cleanup and number-format handling were built specifically with MT4/MT5 exports in mind.

Try it yourself

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Related articles

Logging TradesWhat every trade field means and how manual entry works. Prop Firm AuditorAudit imported broker history against prop-firm rule sets. Journal AnalyticsEquity curve and setup stats built from your imported history.

CleaRank tools are for education and analysis. Nothing in this guide is financial advice.