The Transactions tab is the third tab of the Options Journal. Where Profit View aggregates and Calendar visualizes, Transactions shows you the raw itemized list — every closed position, line by line, with the numbers that matter per trade. Use it when you need audit detail rather than summary.
Before you start
Required:
- QuantWheel PRO or an active $1 trial.
- At least one connected broker with closed transactions.
Time to complete: 5 minutes
What's on the screen
1. Controls at the top
- Account filter — narrow to a single broker, or view All Accounts combined.
- Exclude Roll P&L toggle — hide roll transactions from the list. Default is typically off (rolls included); turn on when you want only "new premium" activity.
2. Summary cards
Two cards at the top:
- Total Realized P&L (Month) — the month's net closed P&L. Matches Calendar's top card (same data, different display).
- Unrealized Premiums — split into Options Roll P&L (premium credits from recent rolls that haven't realized yet) and New Options Premiums (premium from newly-opened positions that are still open). This card captures the income-in-motion that hasn't yet shown up as realized.
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3. The Locked In Transactions list
Below the cards, a header shows "Locked In Transactions" with a total count ("N total"). Below it, one row per closed transaction.
Per-row columns:
- Ticker — underlying stock
- Expiration — when the contract expired (or was closed)
- Strike — option strike price
- Type — Cash Secured Put, Covered Call, or other option type
- Contracts — number of contracts in this transaction
- Close Date — when the position actually closed (expiration, buy-to-close, or assignment)
- $ Amount — the dollar result of this transaction (positive = you netted money; negative = you lost money)
- ROI % — return on the capital committed for this specific transaction
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4. Row expansion (Show Details)
Every row has a Show Details control. Expanding reveals:
- The full trade history of the position: opening trade, any rolls, the closing action
- Timing of each step (so you can see how long the position was held)
- Premium collected at each leg
- Any adjustments that contributed to the final number
Use expansion when a row's P&L surprises you. The individual legs explain the outcome.
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How to use Transactions
Reconciliation with broker statements
At tax time or when your broker statement arrives, filter Transactions by that broker + the relevant month. Sum the $ Amount column — it should match your broker's realized-P&L line. Small differences usually come from timing (trade-date vs. settle-date) or from how your broker handles roll booking.
Week-by-week P&L drill-down
Start on Calendar. Spot a week with big or anomalous P&L. Switch to Transactions with the month selector set to the same month. The rows for that week's closing dates explain the number.
Finding your most profitable setups
Sort by ROI % descending. The top rows are your highest-return individual trades. Look for patterns — same ticker, same DTE, similar delta. If a pattern repeats, it's worth saving as a filter combination (see How to save and reuse filter combinations).
Identifying your worst trades
Sort by $ Amount ascending. The first rows are your biggest dollar losses. Expand each to see the sequence. Did the position roll too many times? Was it assigned well below cost? These are the learning trades — the ones that tell you what's actually costing you money.
Common issues
Total Realized P&L on this page doesn't match Profit View or Calendar.
Scoping. Check the Account filter and Exclude Roll P&L toggle. These three views can show different numbers if their scope settings differ. Set all three to the same scope and the numbers reconcile.
A transaction is missing from the list.
Three possibilities:
- It hasn't closed yet — Transactions shows only closed (Locked In) transactions. Open positions are on the Open Positions page.
- The broker hasn't synced it yet. Click Resync at the top of Profit View, or check sync status in Settings → Broker Integration.
- The Account or Exclude Roll P&L filter is hiding it. Reset both filters.
The ROI % on some rows seems very high or very low.
ROI % is calculated per transaction against the specific collateral or capital that transaction required. A $10 credit on a CSP needing $5,000 in collateral is a 0.2% transaction ROI. A $10 credit on a short call against already-owned stock can show a much higher ROI because the capital "commitment" for a covered call is the shares' cost basis minus premiums. Don't cross-compare ROI between different transaction types.
Can I export the transaction list?
Not from the UI in a structured way today. If you need this for tax prep, check your broker's native export (all supported brokers provide 1099-B forms with the same line-level detail). The Trades tab (Tab 5) has raw data that's closer to what tax software expects.
Which transactions count as "new premium" vs. "roll P&L"?
A roll is a buy-to-close on an existing position combined with a sell-to-open on a replacement position. The buy-to-close is the "Roll P&L" half (usually negative — paying to close the old position); the sell-to-open becomes a new open position that only appears in Transactions when it later closes. QuantWheel separates these so you can see which dollars came from new trades vs. roll management.