I want to track my investments
Broker imports, eToro, holdings, cost basis, prices and currencies.
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- How do I import broker transactions from a file? Through Import → Broker activity: choose your broker or use auto-detect, drop the file, match the depots to your accounts and import. Westara turns the broker rows into entries in Activity.
- How do I connect eToro directly? On a depot account, under Accounts → open the depot → eToro: you paste a read-only key from eToro, and Westara then keeps your activity up to date automatically.
- eToro: file or direct connection? Both work and you can combine them: the CSV file covers your full history, and the direct connection keeps new trades up to date automatically.
- What does 'Not imported: CopyTrader · leverage · shorts' mean? This line counts positions that Westara did not book during the last eToro fetch. They aren't in Activity. The numbers refer to the last fetch, not to all time.
- Can I import again without creating duplicate rows? Yes. Westara recognises rows that are already in Activity and skips them when you import again.
- Which import templates and tabs are supported? The most important tab is Activity (transactions). Westara builds holdings and closed positions from it.
- How do I add a position or an opening balance? On Holdings, tap Log trade (this opens Activity), or import a file.
- Where do I see buys, sells and transfers? In Activity. It's the basis for how many shares or coins you hold. You book buys, sells, transfers and opening balances by hand or by import.
- How do I filter holdings, and which views are there? Open the filter panel above the table on Holdings. There you pick accounts, asset classes and one of the views All, Equities, Cash or BTC.
- How does Westara calculate cost basis (FIFO)? Westara uses oldest lots first (FIFO), both for open positions and for the realised result on sells. Many German brokers show cost basis the same way.
- How current are prices, and what do Live, Delayed and Stale mean? Westara updates stocks, ETFs and Bitcoin automatically about every 15 minutes. The markers next to a security show how fresh the price is.
- A price is missing or looks wrong. What should I do? First check the security's Price listing, then refresh and test the price.
- Which identifier do I need for a stock or fund? For live prices, what counts is the Price listing (the exchange code). Your own ticker, the ISIN and the WKN are separate from it.
- How do base, account and instrument currency work? Westara shows your totals in your base currency, which you set under Profile (EUR by default). Accounts and securities keep their own currency.
- Why do holdings show a currency or exchange-rate hint? Because the position is booked in a different currency from your base currency. The market value is still always shown in your base currency.
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