Guides for Interactive Brokers traders

Practical, step-by-step help with IBKR statements, Flex Queries and P/L, written for options and stock traders.

How to export your IBKR Activity Statement as CSVStep-by-step: download an Interactive Brokers Activity Statement in CSV format from Client Portal, which date range and settings to choose, and how to fix common errors.
Set up an IBKR Flex Query for automatic trade importsCreate an Interactive Brokers Activity Flex Query with the Trades section, enable Flex Web Service, generate a read-only token and find your Query ID.
How Interactive Brokers calculates realized P/LHow IBKR realized P/L works: commissions in cost basis, expired and closed options, multi-leg spreads and iron condors, currencies, and why your numbers might not match.

See it with example dataIron Condors, spreads and CSPs from a synthetic statement, with the P/L calendar and cumulative P/L.

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