06 · Reference

Trade Import Formats: Supported Brokers and Files

Trade import formats Limbix reads: Tradovate, TradingView Paper, MetaTrader 5, IBKR, ThinkorSwim, TradeZero and any CSV, with required columns and limits.

These are the trade import formats Limbix reads. Six broker exports are recognised from their column headers, and any other CSV can be mapped by hand. Every file must be CSV or HTML, at most 10 MB on every plan, and hold futures or forex/CFD trades. Step-by-step imports are in the add-trades guide.


Tradovate	.csv	Columns Account, B/S, Contract, avgPrice, filledQty, Fill Time and Status	The platform's orders CSV export	Auto-mapped. Filled orders become trades. Working or cancelled Stop and Limit orders become the trade's stop and target.	Commission maps to fees when present.
TradingView Paper Trading	.csv	Columns Symbol, Side, Type, Status and Order ID, plus Qty or Quantity, Fill Price or Price, and Closing Time or Placing Time	Order History CSV from the Paper Trading panel	Auto-mapped.	Futures and forex/CFD symbols only.
MetaTrader 5	.html or .htm	Any HTML file is read as an MT5 history report	The closed orders or history report, saved as HTML	Auto-mapped.	Forex/CFD symbols must be in the instrument list. Import into a Forex / CFD account.
Interactive Brokers	.csv	Columns Symbol, Date/Time, Quantity and T. Price	Activity statement as CSV	Suggested mapping to review. Side and Status must be mapped before you can continue, and a plain Activity statement has neither column. A blank side is read from the sign of the quantity.	Futures and FX only. Equity trades are not imported yet.
ThinkorSwim	.csv	Columns DATE, TIME, SYMBOL, SIDE, PRICE and QTY	Account statement or trade history CSV	Suggested mapping to review. The fill time is read from DATE only: the TIME column isn't used, so every fill is stamped at the start of its day. BOT and SLD are read as buy and sell.	Futures and FX only. Equity trades are not imported yet.
TradeZero	.csv	Columns Symbol, Date, Side, Price and Shares	Trade history CSV	Suggested mapping to review.	Futures and FX only. Equity trades are not imported yet.
Generic CSV	.csv	Anything not recognised above	Any CSV with one row per fill or order	You map the columns on Map. Required: Symbol, Date, Side, Price, Quantity, Status. Optional: Account, Product, Order type, Stop price, Limit price, Order id, Fees / commission.	Map every required field before Continue to playbook becomes available.
Every file	.csv, .html, .htm	—	—	Rows with status Filled (any case) or no status count as fills. Fills are grouped per account and symbol into closed trades.	Up to 10 MB, and up to 5,000 data rows per file . Times with no offset are read in your profile timezone. Positions still open at the end of the file are shown, not imported. Symbols with no known contract size are flagged "Unsupported instrument". Re-importing never duplicates a trade. The import must also fit your plan's storage (Plans).

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