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Import Questrade Transactions

Questrade is one of Canada's largest online brokerages. HCC StockWatcher's built-in Questrade parser reads the CSV Activity export format directly.

Export from Questrade

  1. 1Log into your Questrade account at my.questrade.com.
  2. 2Navigate to Reports > Activity.
  3. 3Select the date range you want to export (you can export up to one year at a time).
  4. 4Choose CSV as the export format and click Download.
  5. 5Save the file to your computer.

Import into HCC StockWatcher

  1. 1Go to the Transactions page and click Import.
  2. 2Select your Questrade CSV file. The parser is auto-detected.
  3. 3Review the preview — each transaction is shown with date, symbol, quantity, price, and type.
  4. 4Confirm the import. Your holdings and estimated cost basis update immediately.

Parser Details

The Questrade parser reads buy, sell, dividend, deposit, and withdrawal rows from the Action column. Currency comes from the Currency column and decides whether a trade is recorded on the Canadian or the US market.

Supported CSV Fields

Transaction DateActionSymbolQuantityPriceCommissionCurrencyDescription

What transfers from your Questrade CSV

Exactly what the Questrade parser reads out of the file, and what you will still need to enter yourself afterwards.

Read from the file

  • Buy and sell rows: transaction date, symbol, quantity, and unit price.
  • The Commission column, applied as the fee on each trade.
  • Dividend, deposit, and withdrawal rows recognised from the Action column.
  • The Currency column — a CAD row is recorded on the Canadian market, a USD row on the US market. An exchange suffix on the ticker, such as ENB.TO, is more specific and sets the market instead.
  • The Description column, when present, is kept as the transaction note.

Entered by hand afterwards

  • Cost basis for positions transferred in from another institution: a transfer row carries no purchase price, so open those lots yourself with their original cost.
  • Option contracts. Strike price, expiry, and call or put are not columns the parser reads, so option trades are entered on the options form.
  • Bond and GIC terms — face value, coupon rate, and maturity date — are entered on the fixed-income form.
  • Corporate actions such as splits, mergers, spinoffs, and return of capital: those Action values are not recognised, so those rows are skipped.
  • Exchange suffixes are taken from the file. A trailing .CA becomes .TO and a trailing .US is removed, but a bare Canadian ticker stays bare — set the exchange on the holding if a quote does not resolve.

Estimated capital gains, adjusted cost base, and the year-end United States and Canadian reference reports are all derived from these transactions, so anything missing here is missing from those figures too. See how estimated tax reporting works

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HCC StockWatcher is an informational tool for portfolio tracking. All cost basis and P&L figures are estimates. Consult your brokerage statements and a qualified tax professional for official records.