Scottrade Import Instructions

TradeLog offers 2 different import methods for Scottrade:

brokerConnect™ Import  |  Download CSV File

PLEASE NOTE:
In their trade history reports Scottrade uses option symbols for option trades rather than option descriptions.  Therefore, when manually entering your open option positions from last tax year, you must enter them using the proper option symbol so that TradeLog can properly match them with the closing positions upon import.

brokerConnect™

General Procedure: 

1.  Run TradeLog and click on the Scottrade Imp button.

2.  A popup dialog box will ask you to select your import method.
     Select brokerConnect and click OK.

3.  A popup dialog box allows you to enter your
User Name and Password. 

This information gets encrypted and is stored in your TradeLog data file.  It only needs to be entered once for each brokerage account.

The next time you click the TradeStation Imp button your information will be displayed in the box and you simply click the OK button to continue.

The From date pick box shows the from date that will be used for this import. You can use the default date or if you want to import a specific day or you can select the first of the month date from the drop down calendar fro a specific month.

The To date pick box allows you to select your own end date for a custom date range import. The default date range is Max which is a maximum of 13 months.

Select 1 Month to import one month at a time. 

Clicking on the Timeout button allows you to increase the time TradeLog will wait for a response. This may be necessary if you have a slow internet connection or large amounts of data.  You may also have to reduce the date range as well and import in smaller chucks.

4.  Click OK and TradeLog will connect to the Scottrade web site to get your most current trade information. TradeLog will automatically login to your account.  Please do not click any keys while TradeLog gets your data!

5.  Your trades will be automatically imported and matched.


Downlaod CSV File™

General Procedure:

1.  Log on to your Scottrade account and Click on the My Account Tab
     and select Account History and Transactions.

2.  Select a Start Date and End Date for the report.

3.  Select Comma Delimited (CSV) in the Download File drop down box
     and then click the GO button.

4.  A popup window will appear as follows:  

Please make sure your ad blocker and popup blocker is disabled, otherwise this window will not popup!  You may have to restart your computer for this to work.

You may also try holding down the CTRL key on your keyboard when you press the Go button which disables the popup blocker for this one instance.

Left-Click on Trade History Records

5.  Select Save

6.  Save the report csv file to your "c:\my documents\tradelog\import" directory.

7.  Run TradeLog

8.  Click on the Scottrade Imp speed button and a file Scottrade Import dialog box will appear.

9.  Select the file you just downloaded and click the Open button.

10.  Your trades will be automatically imported and matched.

11.  Click Yes to save your imported records.