IC Markets

How to Import Your IC Markets Trades into PipJournal

IC Markets is one of the world’s largest true ECN forex brokers, known for institutional-grade execution, raw spreads from 0.0 pips, and deep liquidity. With servers in New York, London, and Tokyo, IC Markets attracts serious forex traders — from scalpers chasing tight spreads to swing traders who need reliable execution.

PipJournal integrates with IC Markets through CSV import from any of the three platforms IC Markets offers: MT4, MT5, or cTrader. Export your trade history, upload it, and PipJournal handles the rest — parsing your data, calculating pip-based metrics, tagging sessions, and feeding the AI co-pilot.

No plugins. No API setup. No broker-side configuration. Your IC Markets trades, analyzed in under a minute.

Step-by-Step Setup Guide

Step 1: Open your IC Markets platform history

Launch your IC Markets trading platform — MT4, MT5, or cTrader.

For MT4: Go to the Terminal panel (press Ctrl+T if not visible). Click the Account History tab. Right-click and select All History to load your complete trade record.

For MT5: Open the Toolbox panel. Click the History tab. Right-click and select All History.

For cTrader: Navigate to the History section in the left panel.

Step 2: Export your trade history

MT4: Right-click in Account History and select Save as Detailed Report. Save to your computer.

MT5: Right-click in History and select Export Deals. Choose CSV format.

cTrader: Click Export in the History section. Select CSV format and save.

The Detailed Report format is recommended as it includes commission and swap data alongside your trades.

Step 3: Upload to PipJournal

Log in to PipJournal and navigate to Import > Upload CSV. Drag your IC Markets export file into the upload area or click to browse. PipJournal auto-detects whether the export came from MT4, MT5, or cTrader and displays a preview.

Step 4: Review the column mapping

PipJournal maps columns automatically — pair, lot size, entry/exit prices, timestamps, commissions, swap, and P&L. Review the preview to confirm everything is mapped correctly. Adjust any columns if your export uses a non-standard format.

Step 5: Import and start analyzing

Click Import to process your trades. PipJournal calculates pip-based P&L, assigns session tags (Asian, London, New York), detects lot sizes, and builds your performance dashboard. The AI co-pilot begins analyzing your trading behavior immediately.

What Data Gets Imported

PipJournal extracts the following from your IC Markets export:

• Ticket/deal number — used for duplicate detection
• Currency pair — all forex pairs including crosses and exotics
• Trade direction — buy or sell
• Lot size — standard, mini, and micro lots
• Entry price and exit price — used for pip calculation
• Open time and close time — with timezone normalization
• Commission — per-trade commission (critical for raw spread accounts)
• Swap — overnight financing charges
• Profit — in account currency

Derived metrics calculated by PipJournal:

• P&L in pips — normalized across all pair types
• Net P&L — after commissions and swap
• Session tag — Asian, London, or New York
• Trade duration — time between open and close
• Cost per trade — commission + swap as a percentage of profit

Features for IC Markets Traders

Raw spread commission tracking

IC Markets’ raw spread accounts offer spreads from 0.0 pips but charge commission per lot. This commission is a real cost that many traders overlook when evaluating performance. PipJournal tracks commissions separately and shows you both gross P&L (before commission) and net P&L (after commission and swap). For scalpers making dozens of trades per day, commission costs can meaningfully erode profits — PipJournal makes this visible.

ECN execution analysis

IC Markets’ ECN execution model means your fills may differ slightly from your intended entry. PipJournal tracks exact entry and exit prices from your export, allowing you to assess execution quality over time. Combined with session tagging, you can see whether your execution quality varies across market hours.

Scalping performance insights

IC Markets is the broker of choice for many forex scalpers due to its tight spreads and fast execution. PipJournal’s AI co-pilot is particularly useful for scalpers because it detects patterns that are hard to see in real time:

• Overtrading detection — trade frequency increasing without proportional profit
• Diminishing returns — average profit per trade declining during extended sessions
• Session performance gaps — scalping performance varying significantly across sessions
• Fatigue patterns — execution quality degrading as session duration increases

Multi-platform unified journal

IC Markets traders often switch between MT4, MT5, and cTrader — or maintain separate accounts on different platforms. PipJournal imports from all three and keeps your data in a single journal. Analyze your complete trading performance regardless of which platform executed the trade.

IC Markets-Specific Tips

Track your commission costs closely. On a raw spread account trading 10 lots per day at $3.50 commission per lot per side, you are paying $70/day in commissions alone. PipJournal surfaces this as a cumulative cost metric so you can evaluate whether your strategy’s edge covers execution costs.

Export after every session. IC Markets’ execution is fast, and scalpers can generate dozens of trades per day. Export and import frequently to keep your journal current. PipJournal’s duplicate detection ensures no trades are counted twice even with overlapping exports.

Compare your platform performance. If you trade on both MT4 and cTrader on IC Markets, import from both. PipJournal can show you whether your performance differs across platforms — which may reveal execution advantages you were not aware of.

Use session analytics to optimize your schedule. IC Markets’ servers process massive volume during London-New York overlap. PipJournal’s session breakdown shows exactly when your IC Markets trading is most profitable. If 80% of your profits come from London session, your time outside that window may not justify the risk.

Pair your journal with free tools. Use PipJournal’s pip calculator to verify pip values before trading, and the position size calculator to align position sizes with your risk parameters. Both tools support all pairs available on IC Markets.

IC Markets gives you raw spreads and fast execution. PipJournal gives you the analytics to know whether your trading is actually working. Import your IC Markets history in under a minute, get session-level performance data, and let the AI co-pilot detect the patterns you cannot see in real time. $179 lifetime — no subscriptions. Start journaling your IC Markets trades today.