Tradovate got a lot right: clean interface, competitive commissions, web and mobile apps that actually work. Futures traders who moved to Tradovate from older platforms appreciate the speed and usability. What Tradovate - like most execution platforms - leaves underdeveloped is the review side.
If you're serious about futures trading, the work you do between sessions is just as important as what happens during the session. That means reviewing your trades, understanding why certain days go sideways, and building a structured record of what your strategies actually produce over time - not just a list of fills.
TraderInsight.pro gives you that layer. Import your Tradovate history and get performance reports, AI-powered analysis, and a proper journaling system - all built around your real data.
What the Tradovate Dashboard Won't Show You
Tradovate gives you an account P&L, a list of orders, and some basic reporting. What's missing is the ability to filter by strategy or setup, visualize consistency patterns over weeks and months, compare the performance of different futures contracts against each other, or document what was happening in your head when you made a decision.
For day traders running multiple sessions per day across different instruments, that analytical gap compounds quickly. Small edge losses that would be obvious in a proper journal stay invisible in a transaction list.
How to Export Your Trade History from Tradovate
Tradovate organizes exportable data across two tabs: Orders (your executed trades) and Cash History (commissions and fees). Here's how to get both.
Step 1: Access your account reports
Desktop app: Hover over your account name at the top, then click the gear icon that appears next to it.
Web platform: Click on the Reports tab from the main navigation.
Step 2: Export your Orders
Click the Orders tab. Set your desired date range, click Go (or Apply), then click Download CSV. Save this file - it contains your trade executions.
Step 3: Export Cash History (optional but recommended)
Click the Cash History tab. Set the same date range, then click Download CSV. This file contains commissions and fees.
To get a complete picture including costs: open yourOrders.csvfile, then copy the rows from yourCash.csvfile and paste them below the last row of the Orders file before importing. TraderInsight.pro will handle both record types together. (or just import both files without having to do anything manually)
Importing into TraderInsight.pro
- Go to the Import page.
- Drag and drop your Orders CSV (with or without the appended Cash History rows).
- Done
Starting Your Review Process
After import, a few high-value actions:
- Check the Calendar view first - it gives you an instant P&L overview that reveals overtrading patterns and consistency issues more clearly than any list view.
- Use the tagging system to categorize trades by instrument, setup type, or session (RTH vs. ETH). Once tagged, the comparison reports let you see exactly which categories are pulling weight.
- Add notes on trades where something notable happened - a mistake, a near-perfect execution, a lesson. That record compounds in value over months.
- If you're working with a mentor or sharing progress with a trading group, the sharing feature handles access control cleanly.
Questions?
If your Tradovate export doesn't import correctly, contact the team with your file. New format variations get resolved fast.
