Import your portfolio from a CSV or screenshot

Choose a CSV for history or a screenshot for visible records

PortfolioX offers CSV and screenshot import in the mobile app. Both lead to a review screen where you can inspect and edit the proposed records before saving them to the selected portfolio. Importing does not connect your brokerage account or place trades.

A transaction CSV is usually the better starting point when you have purchases, sales and cash activity to preserve. A screenshot can reduce manual entry for a small set of visible holdings or transactions. It cannot recover trades, fees or purchase dates that are absent from the image.

Prepare a CSV that describes transactions

The in-app CSV template shows the supported fields: Date, Type, Asset Symbol, Asset Amount, Quote Currency, Quote Amount, Exchange and Commission Fee. Recognized broker column headers are also supported; column order can vary and extra columns are ignored. An export still needs compatible field meanings, not merely a .csv filename.

Supported transaction types include BUY, SELL, DIVIDEND, DEPOSIT and WITHDRAWAL. For a purchase, Asset Amount is the quantity and Quote Amount is the transaction amount, not the price of one share. Record trading fees in the fee field. Use the exact listing symbol returned by search, including any international suffix.

Importing a Trading 212 CSV export

Trading 212 documents a CSV trading-data export where you select the timeframe and data types, including orders, transactions and dividends. Its current help page explains where to find Documents and generate the export. Download the appropriate account history rather than substituting a monthly PDF.

In PortfolioX, select the destination portfolio, choose CSV import and inspect the preview. Check that transaction types, total amounts, currency and tickers have been interpreted correctly. If a particular export is not recognized, map the supported transactions into the in-app template. This is a file-import workflow, not a claim of a direct Trading 212 integration.

Reference: Trading 212: documents and CSV trading-data export.

Importing Interactive Brokers records

Interactive Brokers documents CSV and other statement formats in its Portal. Statements can contain multiple sections, so a downloaded CSV is not necessarily a single transaction table. Start with the relevant trade and cash records and keep the original statement for checking.

Try the file in PortfolioX’s review flow; do not assume every IBKR statement layout can be read unchanged. If necessary, prepare the supported rows using the PortfolioX template. Match the exchange listing and currency, and verify whether amounts already include fees before recording a separate commission.

Reference: Interactive Brokers: activity statements and available formats.

Import a screenshot and check what the image actually says

Choose screenshot import, select the destination portfolio, and pick an image from your library or use the camera. A clear image should show the relevant symbol or company, quantity, price or cost information and any visible dates. Crop unrelated personal details while preserving the labels needed to interpret the numbers.

The app uses AI to extract proposed records. Check every field in the review: a current market price is not your purchase price, a portfolio weight is not a share quantity, and a holdings summary is not a complete transaction history. Correct or remove uncertain rows rather than accepting an invented date or cost.

Check that the imported symbol is the right listing

Company names can appear on several exchanges. Compare the symbol and currency in your broker record with the listing selected in PortfolioX. These US listings are examples for checking identity, not substitutes for your original transaction prices.

Apple (AAPL) is a useful example of an unsuffixed US ticker.

Amazon (AMZN) lets you check another listing against a sample row without confusing a company name with its ticker.

Nvidia (NVDA) provides another symbol to verify before saving an extracted record.

Reconcile before adding more records

Compare share counts, cash transactions and purchase costs with your statement. Resolve preview errors and review the rows selected for saving. Avoid importing the same date range twice, or mixing a complete holdings snapshot with all the transactions that already produced those holdings.

If you only import current holdings, the tracker cannot reconstruct missing historical activity. A jump in the value chart after import can reflect the records you just added, not a market gain. Keep your original export and use later imports to add new activity deliberately.

Common mistakes to avoid

• Importing an account-value screenshot as if it contained full transaction history.
• Using today’s quote as an old purchase price or confusing unit price with total amount.
• Importing duplicate periods or assuming every broker CSV layout is supported unchanged.