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How TradeLog Works

Concept #1: Debits and Credits

Concept #2: Open a Trade, Close a Trade

Concept #3: First In, First Out

Concept #4: Trade Numbers

Overview of Main Window

TradeLog Terminology

Closed Position

Closing Transaction ("C")

First In, First Out (FIFO)

Gains and Losses Report

Negative Shares

Opening Transaction ("O")

Profit/Loss Calculation

Trade Number (TrNum)

Getting Started Quickly

1. Create a new file

2. Enter Baseline Positions

3. Import Trade History

4. Verify your TradeLog data

5. Analyze your data

6. End the tax year

7. Run the G/L report

8. File your taxes

1. Locate your file(s)

2. Import Trade History

3. Verify your TradeLog data

4. Analyze your data

5. End the tax year

6. Run the G/L report

7. File your taxes

Online Tutorial

Creating a New Data File

Opening an Existing Data File

Saving a Data File

Saving a Data File as Another Name

Creating a Back-Up File

End Tax Year - Cash Basis Accounting

Begin/End Tax Year - Mark-to-Market Accounting

Adding and Deleting Trades

Adding or Inserting a Record

Manually Entering a Trade

Manually Entering a Wash Sale Deferral

Deleting a Single Trade

Deleting Multiple Trades

Deleting All Trades

UNDO / REDO Functions

Selecting Trades

Selecting a Single Trade for Editing

Selecting Multiple Trades

Selecting All Trades

Editing a Trade

Moving a Single Record

Changing Tickers

Changing Option Ticker Symbols

Changing Stock Descriptions to Ticker Symbols

Cutting, Copying and Pasting Trades

Using Calendars

Saving an Edited Trade

Editing Multiple Trades

Adjusting Trades

Fix Trades Out Of Order

Force Match Trades

Renumber Trades

Toggle Long/Short

Option Exercise / Assign

Assigning Strategies

Adjusting for Stock Dividends

Adjusting for Stock Splits

Example of Stock Split Adjustment

Splitting Option Trades

Manually Editing Fractional Shares Created Due to a Stock Split Adjustment

Adjusting for Spinoffs

Adjusting for Mergers

Display Broker Account

Display Matched Tax Lots

Display Option Tickers

Display Strategies

Display Time stamp

Display Wash Sale Deferrals

Show User Guide on Startup

Show Import Filter Users Guide

Select New Folder for Data Files

Broad-Based Index Options Settings

Futures Settings

Importing Trades

Selecting a Broker Import Filter

Finding Compatible Trade History Reports

Using the Auto-Assign Shorts Function

Importing your Trade History

BrokerConnect™

Copy from Web Browser

Download a Text File

Finding and Sorting Trades

Finding a Ticker

Finding a Specific Trade Number

Finding Trade Transactions using the Filter Grid dialog

Finding Stocks, Options, Futures or Currencies

Finding Duplicate Trades

Display Open Positions

Display Closed Positions

Display All Trades Within a Date Range

Display Profit and Loss

Using the Column Grid Filter

Using the Custom Grid Filter Builder

Running Reports

Gains and Losses Report - for filing with Taxes

IRS Schedule D-1 - for filing with Taxes

TaxAct CSV Export

TXF File Export - for importing into poular tax software

1099 Reconciliation report

Wash Sales Deferred to Next Tax Year

Wash Sale Detail Report

Performance Report

Chart Report: Basic

Chart Report: Time of Day

Chart Report: Day of Week

Chart Report: Ticker Compare

Chart Report: Strategy

Changing the Report Heading

Navigating a Report

Printing a Report

Saving a Report

Copy a Report to the Windows Clipboard

Customizing Reports

Importing the G/L Report into TaxACT®

Export Data From TradeLog

Import Data into TaxACT®

TaxACT® 2009 Deluxe Edition

TaxACT® Online Deluxe

Entering D-1 Data into TaxACT®

TaxACT® 2009 Deluxe Edition

TaxACT® Online Deluxe

Importing the G/L Report into TurboTax®

Open Positions Window

Using the Open Positions Window

Get Current Prices

Printing Open Positions

Mark-To-Market Accounting

Begin The Tax Year

MTM in Prior Year

First Year Using MTM

End The Tax Year

MTM in Current Year

Next Year is First Year Using MTM

Reverse End Tax Year

Additional MTM Reports

Broker Import Support Matrix

Broker Import Guides

Importing using Broker Connect

Importing Transaction History

Importing from a CSV File

Bank of America

eRegal Securities

E*Trade Financial

Import using Broker Connect

Import an Entire Year

Import from Transaction History

Import using BrokerConnect

Interactive Brokers

Import using BrokerConnect

Clearing Trade Report

Southwest Securities Daily Clearing Report

Import with BrokerConnect

Penson Financial

Preferred Trade

Import using BrokerConnect

Import from a CSV file

Import from Online Account History

Import with BrokerConnect

Import from CSV File

Southwest Securities

Spear, Leeds & Kellogg

Import Using BrokerConnect

Import from CSV File

Import Using BrokerConnect

Import from CSV File

Import using Broker Connect

Import from a CSV File

Excel- Text File Import

Quicken (*.qfx)

Quicken (*.qif) - OLD

Broad-Based Index Options

brokerConnect™

Trade Execution Software Platform Support

Auto-Assign Short Sales

Quicken (*.qif) file format

Common Problems

My broker report won't import - how do I send to you?

My broker is not supported - can I import?

After importing, my positions are incorrectly marked as long or short.

My trades are not listed in proper order of execution on my trade history report.

When downloading an Excel or CSV file file from the web it opens a copy of Excel in my web browser rather than popping up the File Download dialog box.

ERROR: Data conversion

ERROR: List index out of bounds

ERROR: Negative shares

ERROR: Please select entire report

ERROR: '' is not a valid integer value

I can't find my data files.

Editing /Adjusting Trades

My changes aren't being saved.

Shares open long and short for the same ticker

Where do I find year-end prices for Options?

Gains and Losses Report

The report doesn't match my brokerage 1099.

The report doesn't show any wash sales.

TurboTax or TaxCut report has errors.

Total losses deferred to next year are zero.

Product Download/Registration

Setup file corrupted

Clearing the cache on Internet Explorer 6.0

Clearing the cache on Internet Explorer 7.0

Clearing the cache on Netscape Navigator 9.x

Clearing the cache on Firefox 1.0

Clearing the cache on Firefox 1.5

Clearing the cache on Firefox 2.0

Clearing the cache on AOL 7.0

Clearing the cache on AOL 8.0

Clearing the cache on AOL 9.0

ERROR: Registration code is expired

ERROR: Registration code is invalid

ERROR: Could not connect to TradeLog web site

Getting Support

Accessing Online Support Center

Accessing the Online Tutorial

Updating Your Version

Sending Files To Support

Online Tax Topics

New Users

This eight step guide will get you started quickly with TradeLog®:

Please do not skip any of these important steps!

New Users

1. Create a new file

2. Enter Baseline Positions

3. Import Trade History

4. Verify your TradeLog data

5. Analyze your data

6. End the tax year

7. Run the G/L report

8. File your taxes

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