Interactive Brokers
Activity Statement export from IBKR Account Management
Interactive Brokers exports a multi-section Activity Statement in CSV format. Composure reads the Trades section, automatically pairs opening and closing fills by symbol (FIFO), and reconstructs round-trip trades with realized P&L. Futures and Stocks are fully supported.
Before you start
- An IBKR account (live or paper)
- Access to Account Management (web portal or desktop TWS)
Step-by-step guide
- 1
Log in to Account Management
Go to the IBKR portal at interactivebrokers.com → Client Portal → Log in with your IBKR credentials.
- 2
Open Reports → Activity
In the left sidebar, go to Reports → Activity (or Performance & Reports → Statements). Select "Activity" statement type.
- 3
Set date range
Choose a custom date range covering the trades you want to import. IBKR limits free statements to about 1 year per export — split into multiple exports if you need more history.
- 4
Download as CSV
Click the download icon and select CSV format. Do not select HTML or PDF — Composure requires the CSV Activity Statement specifically.
- 5
Review and import in Composure
Go to Journal → Import Trades, select the .csv file, review the parsed trades preview, then click Import selected trades.
Important notes
- Options, Forex, Bonds, and Warrants are skipped — only Futures and Stocks trades are imported.
- For futures, the contract expiry is stripped from the symbol automatically (e.g. "NQ MAR 2024" becomes "NQ").
- Commission and fees from both the open and close fills are summed into the total commission per trade.
- If an open fill has no matching close fill (position still open at export time), that fill is skipped — only closed round-trips are imported.
- For paper trading accounts, the same export process applies from the Paper Trading portal.
Having trouble with the import? Check our import page for format details, or use the feedback link to report an issue.