Tradovate Trade Sync
Tradovate Trade Sync connects one or more independent Tradovate OAuth identities to Journalit. Manage each connection on Journalit.co, then choose provider accounts, history, and vault mappings inside the Obsidian plugin. Journalit records the exact commissions and fees charged by Tradovate for new and historical trades, with no manual commission rules required.
Supported NinjaTrader brokerage accounts that use Tradovate account access use this same authorisation and synchronisation workflow. The connection is approved through Tradovate, then managed and mapped in Journalit exactly as described below.
Use this guide for automatic synchronisation
If you only want to import a Tradovate CSV file, use the Tradovate CSV Export Guide instead. File import and Trade Sync are separate workflows.
Before you begin
Journalit account
Sign in to the same Journalit account on the website and in the Obsidian plugin.
Eligible plan
Tradovate connection management and synchronisation require an eligible Journalit plan.
Tradovate access
Have access to each Tradovate identity that contains the Demo or Live accounts you want to synchronise.
Vault accounts
You can map to existing local accounts or create suitable accounts during plugin setup.
Setup overview
The setup uses both Journalit.co and the Obsidian plugin.
Journalit.co
Create and manage independent Tradovate OAuth connections, including pause, resume, reauthorisation, disconnect, and connection-scoped cloud-data deletion.
Obsidian plugin
Select provider accounts under each connection, choose initial history, map vault accounts, start synchronisation, and write trade notes.
Connect Tradovate
Open Integrations on Journalit.co
Sign in to Journalit.co and open Dashboard → Integrations. Choose Connect another Tradovate account. Journalit creates a separate connection with a safe label such as Tradovate 1.
Approve the connection in Tradovate
Approve the connection in Tradovate. When Tradovate returns you to Journalit, the website confirms whether the connection succeeded.
Return to the Journalit plugin
After approval, the website shows the result on the matching connection card and directs you back to Journalit in Obsidian. The remaining setup belongs to the vault, so it is completed in the plugin.
Configure this vault
Open Settings → Sync in Journalit and find the Tradovate provider card. Each OAuth connection has its own provider-account list and synchronisation controls.
Discover Tradovate accounts
Journalit loads the available Demo and Live accounts. If one environment could not be checked, retry discovery before assuming the account is unavailable.
Enable the accounts you want
Choose the Tradovate accounts that should feed this vault. Journalit keeps Demo and Live accounts separate even when their display names are similar. If the same canonical account is visible through two OAuth identities, only one connection can have synchronisation enabled for it at a time.
Choose the initial history
Select one history option for each enabled account:
- All available, selected by default
- Recent period
- Custom date
- New trades only
All available means the history Tradovate currently exposes for that account. Journalit resolves that provider window and is not a guarantee of complete account-lifetime history or of every trade since the account was opened. It is also not limited to activity collected only after you connect.
The history boundary limits older closed trades. Existing open positions are still synchronised so Journalit can track their current lifecycle.
Map every account to the vault
Choose an explicit local Journalit account for every enabled Tradovate account. Create a local account if no suitable one exists. Journalit does not silently fall back to the first account in the vault.
Synchronize Tradovate to this vault
Use Sync Tradovate to this vault. The plugin starts the broker synchronisation, waits for it to finish, and writes the resulting trade notes into the vault.
What happens after setup
Sync continues while Obsidian is closed
Journalit can continue checking Tradovate activity even when the vault is not open.
The vault catches up
When the plugin starts or reconnects, it brings in trades that were added or updated while you were away.
Open trades stay one trade
A position can move from open to partially closed to closed without creating separate trade notes.
Broker-exact costs
Journalit records Tradovate's commission, exchange, clearing, and NFA fees for new and historical trades.
Local annotations are preserved
Broker updates do not replace your thesis, notes, tags, screenshots, reviews, or custom fields.
P&L, commissions and timing
Journalit records gross P&L when a trade closes, then adds the exact commission and fees charged by Tradovate. This applies to new trades and to the history collected when you first connect an account.
| What | When | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|
| Trade and gross P&L | About 5 minutes after you close | Live Tradovate connection |
| Commission, fees and net P&L | Usually within minutes of closing | Tradovate's live fee feed |
| Confirmation | The next day | Tradovate's official daily statement |
- Costs are itemised as Tradovate charges them. Commission is separate from exchange, clearing and NFA fees.
- Once a trade's net P&L uses broker-provided fees, the amount is final. The daily statement confirms the live fee data rather than revising it. A net P&L based on a manual cost rule remains an estimate until the broker fees arrive.
- Historical fees usually fill in during the first day or two after you connect an account while Journalit collects the available daily statements. You do not need to configure commission rules.
Good to know
- Fees can occasionally arrive a day later. If the live fee feed is temporarily unavailable, or two trades in the same contract occur during the same second, Journalit waits for the official daily statement instead of guessing. Gross P&L still appears first, with net P&L following when the fees arrive.
- Manual cost rules remain safe to use. A rule can provide an immediate estimate, then steps aside when the real broker fees arrive. Costs are not counted twice.
- Expired evaluation and prop accounts may have no fee history. If Tradovate closes an account before Journalit collects its statements, the broker may no longer provide those fees. Trades from that account retain gross P&L only.
- CSV import and Trade Sync can coexist. You can import CSV files from other Tradovate accounts, including copy-traded accounts, alongside a synced account. If you import a CSV for an account that is also synced, Journalit detects and merges duplicate trades instead of creating a second copy.
- Open positions can include realised P&L. A position with no exits shows unrealised P&L only. A partially closed position can show both realised and unrealised P&L. Commission, fees and broker-derived net P&L attach after the position fully closes.
Manage the connection
Return to Dashboard → Integrations on Journalit.co for connection lifecycle actions. Every action applies only to the card where it is started.
Pause
Stop new scheduled synchronisation without removing the connection or existing trade data.
Resume
Allow scheduled synchronisation to continue after a pause.
Reauthorize
Refresh one existing connection when its authorization expires or stops working, without resetting plugin account configuration.
Disconnect
Stop future synchronisation while preserving existing synced trades and Obsidian notes.
Delete cloud data
Remove provenance owned by the selected connection after reviewing its deletion-impact summary. Shared canonical trades survive while another source still owns them. Local Obsidian notes are untouched.
Disconnect and delete are not the same
Disconnect preserves cloud trades. Delete cloud data is a separate destructive action scoped to one connection. A shared canonical trade is preserved when another connection or source still contributes it.
Connection health and support
The website keeps each healthy card concise: safe connection label, status, last successful sync, and next scheduled sync. Busy states, errors, notices, deletion progress, and job polling stay on the owning card.
When Journalit detects a problem, the page shows the relevant recovery actions. Use Email support to prepare a message with the error details, or choose Ask on Discord for community help.
Troubleshooting
Related guides
Trade Sync overview
Compare providers and understand the shared synchronisation model.
MetaTrader 4 Trade Sync
Set up the FTP-based MT4 workflow.
Tradovate CSV Export
Use the separate file-based Trade Import workflow.
Tradovate trading journal
What Tradovate support includes, in one place: sync, import, captured data, and limitations.
NinjaTrader trading journal
How supported NinjaTrader brokerage accounts journal through Tradovate account access.
Account Management
Organise the local accounts that receive synchronised trades.
Privacy Policy
Read more about how Journalit handles account and service data.