Import Tradovate Desktop Orders

Tradovate Desktop and Web produce separate Orders exports. Select the Desktop source in TDLab when the file came from the installed Tradovate application.

Export the correct file

1. Open account reports

   In Tradovate Desktop, open the account menu at the top and click the settings icon next to the account name.

2. Choose the Orders tab

   Select Orders. Performance, Position History and Cash History are different reports and are not accepted here.

3. Filter one account and a flat range

   Filter one source account. Choose a range that starts while the account is flat and ends after every included position is flat again. Keep Account, Order ID, B/S, Contract, avgPrice or Avg Fill Price, filledQty or Filled Qty, Fill Time, Status and Notional Value.

4. Download the CSV

   Download the Orders tab as CSV. Use this Desktop file only when Tradovate — Desktop is selected in TDLab.

5. Match the report clock

   The CSV has no reliable UTC offset. Compare Fill Time with a known execution. Choose America - Chicago only if it matches Central Time; otherwise choose the platform or computer timezone used for the report.

Format and data limitations

Orders does not provide commissions, so fees are stored as zero and P&L is gross. A position still open at the end of the file is not imported. Starting in the middle of a position can reconstruct the wrong direction. Files with no source account or more than one account are rejected.

Import it into TDLab

1. Open the trading account that should receive the trades.
2. Open Add trades and select File / Report.
3. Select this exact platform/source and the timezone used by the file timestamps.
4. Upload the file and compare the time preview with a known execution.
5. Confirm the import, then check imported and skipped rows in Import History.

Return to the file import overview to compare all supported sources.