Import a statement or export file

File import works on every plan, including Starter. It's the quickest way to get your history into SniperJournal, and the only way if you're not on Pro.

Export a report from your platform, drop it on the Import page, check the preview, done. Importing the same file twice is safe — trades you already have are recognised and skipped, so you can re-import a fresh statement every week and only the new trades are added.

Open Accounts & import in the app (the Import button at the top of any screen takes you there).

MetaTrader 4

1. In MT4 open the Terminal panel (Ctrl+T) → Account History tab.
2. Right-click in the list → All History (otherwise you only get the last few days).
3. Right-click again → Save as Detailed Report. Save the .htm file.
4. In SniperJournal, drop the .htm file onto Drop a file here.

"Save as Report" (without Detailed) does not contain the data SniperJournal needs — use Detailed.

MetaTrader 5

1. In MT5 open the Toolbox (Ctrl+T) → History tab.
2. Right-click → set the period (choose All history for your first import).
3. Make sure you're in the Positions view (right-click → Positions), not Orders or Deals.
4. Right-click → Report → HTML. Save the file.
5. Drop the .html file onto the Import page.

MT5's CSV export of the History tab also works.

TradeLocker

1. In TradeLocker open the History panel (or Positions for closed positions).
2. Click the export/download icon → CSV.
3. Drop the .csv on the Import page. Columns are detected by name.

Any other broker or prop firm

Export closed trades as a CSV. SniperJournal looks for these columns (names can vary — they're matched loosely):

• symbol
• side (buy/sell)
• size / lots / quantity
• open time and close time
• open price and close price
• profit / P&L

Commission, swap, stop loss and take profit are picked up when present. If the file has a header row and those columns, it will import. JSON backups exported from SniperJournal (Settings → Your data → Export backup (JSON)) import too.

The preview

Before anything is saved you see a preview: how many trades were found, how many are new, and how many you already have. Pick the Account for this file (type a new name to create one, or choose an existing account) and click Import N trades. Then you're taken to the Dashboard with your real numbers in it.

If you were looking at sample data, the sample is replaced by your trades.

Limits

• Starter stores up to 100 trades (across all imports). Anything past 100 is skipped — the preview tells you. Regular and Pro are unlimited.
• Starter has 1 account, Regular 2, Pro unlimited. "Account" here means a bucket like FTMO 100k or IC Markets live, so put every statement from the same broker account into the same account name.

"Couldn't read that file" / "No closed trades found"

• MT4: you saved a plain Report instead of a Detailed Report, or the history period was empty. Do All History, then Save as Detailed Report.
• MT5: the report was made from the Orders or Deals view. Switch to Positions and export again.
• CSV: the header row is missing or the columns are named in a way SniperJournal doesn't recognise. Open it in a spreadsheet, rename the headers to the names above, save as CSV, try again.
• The file is a PDF or screenshot. Only .htm, .html, .csv, .txt, .tsv and .json can be read.

Still stuck? Reply to any SniperJournal email with the file attached and Mark will take a look.