Newtoniano / alpaca-portfolio-performance-importer

This script converts a JSON response generated from Alpaca trade executions to a CSV format suitable for importing into Portfolio Performance.

This program converts a JSON response generated from Alpaca trade executions to a CSV format suitable for importing into Portfolio Performance.

Installation instructions

1. Install the Python 3.10 interpreter.
2. Navigate to the program folder in the terminal.
3. Create a virtual environment in the program folder using the command python3 -m venv env.
4. Activate the virtual environment using the command source env/bin/activate if on Linux/MacOS or env\Scripts\activate.bat if on Windows.
5. Install the required packages using the command pip install -r requirements.txt.
6. Place the json file(s) to be converted in the program folder.
7. Run the program using the command python converter.py. The program will convert all the json files in the program folder and output a single .csv file.

Usage instructions

• Make sure your Portfolio Perfomance locale is set to English and US number format
• Import the generated csv file into Portfolio Performance via File > Import > CSV Files...
• During the import process, make sure to select Type of data: Portfolio Transactions