Import Sierra Chart fills by saving the Trade Activity Log as a text file, then uploading it in Rize Trade under Add Trades > File upload with broker set to Sierra Chart.
For the general import flow across all brokers, see How to import your trades.
Export from Sierra Chart
Export fills from the Trade Activity Log in the Sierra Chart desktop app as a tab-separated text file.
- Log in to the Sierra Chart desktop application.
- Click Trade in the upper header, then Trade Activity Log.
- Go to the Trade Activity tab.
- Select Fills from the dropdown, then click Apply.
- Use the filter controls so the log shows the trades you want to import.
- Open File > Save Log As and save the log as a text file.
- Upload that file into Rize Trade using the steps below.
Tip: Keep the export as the text file Sierra Chart saves. Do not rename the column headers before you upload.
Columns Rize Trade expects
Rize Trade reads your Sierra Chart text file by column name. Keep the headers from the export. Do not rename the columns Rize Trade needs.
| Column | Required? | What Rize Trade uses it for |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Symbol | Required | The instrument symbol. Trades are stored as futures, and the futures root is taken from the symbol when it can be read. |
| Quantity or FilledQuantity | Required (one of these) | How many contracts were filled. |
| BuySell | Required | Buy or sell side of the fill. |
| FillPrice | Required | Fill price. |
| DateTime or TransDateTime | Required (one of these) | When the fill happened. Read with the Time zone you set on upload. Rows with an invalid or missing datetime are skipped. |
| ActivityType | Optional | When this column is present, only rows whose ActivityType contains fill are imported. |
Rows with invalid or missing quantity or price are skipped. If ActivityType is in the file, non-fill activity rows are left out automatically.
Upload in Rize Trade
After you have the text file, import it from Add Trades with Sierra Chart selected. For the general upload flow, see How to import your trades. Sierra Chart-specific settings:
- Set broker to Sierra Chart.
- Set Time zone to match the timestamps in your Sierra Chart export. Required.
- There is no Date Format selector for this broker.
- Accepted types: TXT or CSV, tab-separated as Sierra Chart saves it. Max 50 MB. For exports over the limit, see how to break up your import file.
- Every imported Sierra Chart fill is stored as a futures trade.
After upload, open Settings > Import History to confirm status, trade count, and duplicates. See View Import History Logs.
Tip: If dates look shifted after a successful import, fix the time zone and re-upload. See Why are my entries and exits on the wrong dates?.
Why a Sierra Chart file is rejected
Sierra Chart-specific rejections are below. For generic errors (file too large, wrong file type, empty file, missing account or time zone), see Fix any import problem.
File is empty or invalid
Message: File is empty or invalid.
Cause: The upload has no usable content, or the file could not be read as a Sierra Chart Trade Activity Log export.
Fix: In Sierra Chart, open Trade > Trade Activity Log, select Fills, apply filters for a range that includes fills, then use File > Save Log As and upload the new text file.
Missing required columns
Message: Invalid Sierra Chart file: Missing required columns.
Cause: One or more required headers is missing. Rize Trade needs DateTime or TransDateTime, Symbol, Quantity or FilledQuantity, BuySell, and FillPrice.
Fix: Export again from the Trade Activity Log with Fills selected. Do not rename headers before uploading.
No valid trades found in file
Message: No valid trades found in file.
Cause: Headers may be present, but no rows could be turned into fills. Often the results were empty after filtering, only non-fill activity was present when ActivityType is in the file, or rows were missing valid quantity, price, or datetime values.
Fix: Select Fills, apply filters so filled trades are visible, save the log again, and re-upload. Confirm each fill row has symbol, side, quantity, and fill price.
Failed to read the Sierra Chart file
Message: starts with Failed to parse Sierra Chart file: followed by more detail.
Cause: The file structure could not be read as a Sierra Chart fills export.
Fix: Export again with File > Save Log As from the Trade Activity Log. Upload the text file Sierra Chart creates without converting it to Excel-only formats first.
Rows skipped inside an otherwise valid file
Symptom: Some fills never appear even though the import runs.
Cause: Individual rows are skipped when datetime, quantity, or price is invalid or missing. When ActivityType is present, only rows that contain fill are kept.
Fix: In Sierra Chart, confirm the log is filtered to Fills and that fill rows show symbol, side, quantity, price, and time. Save the log again and re-upload.
If the import stays queued or fails after upload, see Import queued or something went wrong.