How to import your trades from MetaTrader, cTrader, NinjaTrader, Tradovate or TopstepX
Where to export your history on each platform, what to do about time zones and how to complete imported trades so your journal is useful.
Katanith · October 9, 2026 · 5 min read
Logging every trade by hand is the best way to reflect, but if you already have months of history there's no need to start from scratch: export your platform's file and upload it in Journal → Import. Katanith detects the columns automatically and won't duplicate trades if you import the same file twice.
Where to get the file on each platform
- MetaTrader 5: History tab → right click → “Positions” → “Report” → save as HTML.
- MetaTrader 4: Account History tab → right click → “All History” → “Save as Detailed Report”.
- cTrader: History → export icon → CSV. The time zone in the header is applied automatically.
- NinjaTrader 8: Control Center → Account Performance → “Trades” tab → right click → Export.
- Tradovate: Reports → Performance → Download CSV. Buys and sells are paired automatically, shorts included.
- TopstepX / ProjectX: Trades → Export (CSV).
- Other platforms: any CSV with symbol, direction (buy/sell), dates and result columns.
MetaTrader's time zone
MetaTrader stores the broker server's time, usually 2 hours ahead of UTC in winter and 3 in summer. Enter that difference when importing so your sessions (London, New York) and hourly stats come out right.
After importing: what the file doesn't know
The file has prices and results, but not why you entered. Spend a few minutes completing what matters:
- Strategy for each trade: that's how you'll see which one pays you.
- Emotion and mistakes, at least on the bad trades.
- Stop loss, if the platform doesn't export it: without it the R result is an estimate.
From there on
With your history in, analytics, the calendar and the AI Coach work with your real data from day one. From now on, log trades as you close them: two minutes worth more than any indicator.
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