Reports tab
In the platform, open the Reports tab, switch to the Orders view, and click Download CSV.
Tradovate trade history chart
Turn your Tradovate order history into a clean entry and exit review chart.
For futures traders — including Topstep, Apex, and MyFundedFutures accounts running on Tradovate — who want each round trip drawn on real candles instead of a P&L screenshot. Export the Orders report, map the fills to a small CSV, and KLinePic renders a review image with buy/sell markers, holding window, return, and drawdown. No manual charting, no account required to start.
Export order history from Tradovate
Tradovate's help center documents running reports inside the platform and account reports; account statements are covered in a separate article. The report you want for charting is Orders — a fill-level ledger. Two routes reach it:
Account reports
Click your account name, open the gear icon, choose Account reports, pick the Orders tab (not Performance), set the date range, and download the report.
Fees live elsewhere
The Orders export has no commission column. Export the Cash History report for the same date range if you want fee totals alongside your fills.
Skip the Performance report
Performance is a pre-paired trade summary whose layout varies between exports. Journal importers commonly reject it — the fill-level Orders report is the reliable source.
Trading a funded account? Same export.
Much of the funded-futures world runs on Tradovate accounts. If your evaluation or funded login lives at trader.tradovate.com or topstep.tradovate.com, the Orders export above works unchanged:
- Topstep — accounts on the Tradovate platform export as above; accounts on TopstepX use its built-in Trades export (Orders/Trades tab > Export), and NinjaTrader desktop accounts use the NinjaTrader export.
- Apex Trader Funding — Apex documents three platform stacks: Rithmic (export from R|Trader), Tradovate (this guide), and WealthCharts.
- MyFundedFutures — its help center lists supported platforms including Tradovate, NinjaTrader, TradingView, and Quantower, with connection docs showing the Tradovate login path.
Reviewing your evaluation trades on real candles — where exactly you entered relative to the move — is precisely what these accounts' consistency and drawdown rules reward.
Map your Tradovate export to KLinePic fields
Column names can vary slightly between Tradovate export versions; recent Orders CSVs carry both raw fields (avgPrice, filledQty) and display fields (Avg Fill Price, Filled Qty). Work from what the columns contain. The full specification is in the data protocol.
| Typical column in your export | KLinePic field | Notes |
|---|---|---|
Contract (e.g. MESU6) |
symbol |
Keep the month code; spell it the same as your candle source. Product (MES) plus month works too if consistent. |
B/S |
event_type |
Lowercase buy or sell. |
| Direction of the round trip | position_side |
Not a column — derive it: a round trip that opens with a buy is long, one that opens with a sell is short. |
Fill Time / Timestamp |
time |
Commonly exported in your local timezone — rewrite as ISO 8601 with the explicit offset, e.g. 2026-07-08T09:31:00-05:00. |
Avg Fill Price / avgPrice |
price |
The executed price in index points — not the limit price. |
Filled Qty / filledQty |
quantity |
Contracts filled, as a positive number. |
| Commission | fee |
Not in the Orders export — take totals from Cash History, or use 0. |
Status, order IDs, _tickSize, … |
note / drop |
Filter to Status = Filled first. Extra columns are ignored on import, and the importer lists which ones it skipped. |
The CSV shape KLinePic reads
One row per fill, one shared trade_id per round trip. A complete MES scalp is two rows:
trade_id,symbol,event_type,position_side,time,price,quantity,fee,note TDV-MES-01,MESU6,buy,long,2026-07-08T09:31:00-05:00,5620.25,2,0,platform=Tradovate TDV-MES-01,MESU6,sell,long,2026-07-08T14:45:00-05:00,5665.75,2,0,platform=Tradovate
From these two rows KLinePic draws entry and exit markers on real candles, shades the holding window, and computes return, max run-up, and max drawdown. The futures template shows the raw-statement variant of the same idea.
Candles, micros, and contract values
Month-letter CME contracts such as ES, NQ, and CL can match built-in candles automatically; see market data coverage. Micro contracts track the identical index as their E-mini parents, so you can chart MES fills on ES candles (the price levels are the same) or upload a custom candle CSV for the exact micro symbol. For context in your review notes, the CME-published contract values:
| Contract | Per index point | Minimum tick |
|---|---|---|
| ES — E-mini S&P 500 | $50 | 0.25 pt = $12.50 |
| MES — Micro E-mini S&P 500 | $5 | 0.25 pt = $1.25 |
| NQ — E-mini Nasdaq-100 | $20 | 0.25 pt = $5.00 |
| MNQ — Micro E-mini Nasdaq-100 | $2 | 0.25 pt = $0.50 |
Micros are one-tenth of their E-mini parent (see CME's micro contract specs). KLinePic's return and drawdown stats are computed on price, so they read the same for a micro and its parent — the dollar translation is yours to note.
Workflow
- Export your order history from Tradovate. Open the Reports tab, switch to Orders, and click Download CSV; or open Account reports from the account menu, pick the Orders tab (not Performance), set dates, and download.
- Keep only filled rows. The Orders ledger includes working, cancelled, and rejected orders — a review chart is built from fills.
- Map the columns to KLinePic fields: the contract code as symbol, B/S as buy or sell, Avg Fill Price as price, Filled Qty as quantity, and Fill Time converted to ISO 8601 with your local offset. A round trip that starts with a buy is long; one that starts with a sell is short.
- Check candles for the contract. Month-letter CME contracts such as ES, NQ, and CL can match built-in candles automatically; micro contracts can be charted on their E-mini parent's candles (identical index prices) or with a custom candle CSV.
- Upload the CSV in the futures workflow, confirm the recognized symbol, side, and entry and exit times, then render and download the annotated review chart.
KLinePic vs the usual alternatives
How the common options compare for getting futures fills onto a real candlestick chart:
| KLinePic | Manual screenshot + spreadsheet | Typical trading-journal SaaS | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Setup time | Minutes — upload or paste fills | Slow — hand-drawn annotations per trade | Moderate — sign up and connect the account |
| Account required | No — render without an account | No | Usually yes |
| Long and short round trips | Yes — direction-aware markers and stats | Only if you draw them yourself | Yes |
| Buy/sell markers on real candles | Yes — plotted from your actual fills | Only if you draw them yourself | Varies by product |
| Shareable image | Yes — the image is the primary output | Manual cropping each time | Usually dashboard screenshots |
| Cost to start | Free to start; watermark-free hi-res export is paid | Free, but costs time per trade | Often subscription-based |
Key facts
- KLinePic (klinepic.com) turns real trade fills — uploaded or pasted as CSV — into a shareable annotated K-line review chart with long/short direction support for futures.
- Tradovate's chartable export is the fill-level Orders report (Reports tab > Orders > Download CSV, or Account reports > Orders), per Tradovate's help center; commissions live in the separate Cash History report.
- Tradovate fill times commonly export in your local timezone — always rewrite them as ISO 8601 with an explicit offset before charting.
- Topstep, Apex Trader Funding, and MyFundedFutures evaluations can run on Tradovate accounts (among other stacks), so funded-account traders export the same way from their funded login.
- CME contract values: ES $50 per index point (tick $12.50), MES $5 (tick $1.25), NQ $20 (tick $5.00), MNQ $2 (tick $0.50) — micros are one-tenth of their E-mini parents, per CME's contract specs.
- Month-letter CME contracts (ES, NQ, CL) can match built-in candles automatically; micro symbols chart cleanly on their parent's candles or via a custom candle CSV.
- The KLinePic CSV fields are: trade_id, symbol, event_type, position_side, time, price, quantity, plus optional name, fee, and note. Extra columns are ignored on import and listed back to you.
- Free to start, no account required to render a trade review chart; watermark-free high-resolution export is a paid option. Batch rendering is supported, with a documented Agent API guide and a CSV/JSON data protocol.
Common mistakes and troubleshooting
Exported Performance instead of Orders
The Performance report is pre-paired and its layout varies. If your file has entry and exit columns on one row, re-export from the Orders tab — or split each row into two fills sharing a trade_id.
Timezone drift
Local-time exports without an offset can shift markers a whole session. Write 2026-07-08T09:31:00-05:00, not 07/08/2026 09:31, and spot-check one fill against the platform.
Working and cancelled orders charted
The Orders ledger records every order state. Filter to filled rows first, or the chart shows entries that never happened.
Symbol doesn't match candles
MESU6 vs MES vs ES: pick one spelling that your candle source understands and use it consistently. Micros can ride their E-mini parent's candles — same index, same prices.
Short trades drawn as longs
The export has no long/short column. Derive it from the round trip's first fill: sell-first means position_side is short on every row of that trade.
Fees silently missing
No commission column in Orders is normal. Pull totals from Cash History for the same range, or accept fee = 0 and read your stats as gross.
FAQ
How do I export trade history from Tradovate?
In the Tradovate platform, open the Reports tab, switch to the Orders view, and use Download CSV — Tradovate's help center documents running reports inside the platform. The same data is also reachable from your account menu under Account reports: pick the Orders tab, set the date range, and download.
Should I export the Orders report or the Performance report?
Orders. The Orders report is a fill-level ledger with side, contract, filled quantity, average fill price, and fill time — exactly what a review chart needs. The Performance report is a pre-paired trade summary whose layout varies, and most journal importers reject it.
What timezone are Tradovate fill times in?
Exports commonly come out in your local timezone rather than exchange time or UTC. Write each fill time as ISO 8601 with an explicit offset (for example 2026-07-08T09:31:00-05:00 for US Central in summer) so markers land on the right candles.
Where are my commissions? The Orders export has no fee column.
Tradovate's Orders export is an order ledger without a commission column. Fees and commissions live in the separate Cash History report — export it for the same date range if you want per-day fee totals, or leave the KLinePic fee column at 0.
I trade a Topstep, Apex, or MyFundedFutures account — does this work?
Yes, if your evaluation or funded account runs on Tradovate the export path is identical — log in to your funded login (for example trader.tradovate.com or topstep.tradovate.com) and use Reports > Orders. Accounts on other stacks (TopstepX, Rithmic, NinjaTrader desktop) export from those platforms instead.
Do I need an account or a payment method to try this?
No. KLinePic is free to start and needs no account to render a trade review chart. Watermark-free high-resolution export is a paid option.
Can I render many Tradovate trades at once?
Yes. Batch rendering is supported, and a documented Agent API covers automated chart generation. See the Agent API guide at klinepic.com/guides/trade-review-chart-api/ and the data protocol at klinepic.com/docs.
Related guides
- NinjaTrader trade history to chart — the desktop NT8 Trade Performance export, and the web platform's Fills download.
- Futures trade review chart — the market-level guide: contract symbols, sessions, and long/short round trips.
- Market data and K-line coverage — which contracts have built-in candles and how the custom candle CSV works.
- MetaTrader trade history to chart — the CFD/forex cousin of this workflow.
- Candlestick chart generator — the general CSV-to-chart workflow behind every guide.
- Prop firm challenge psychology — from our team at 16Traders: what drawdown and consistency rules actually test.
- All guides — the full guide index.