So you want to add your portfolio manually (no integrations, no CSV)? This guide explains the basic workflow and what you’ll need.
When manual is a good option
Manual portfolios are great if:
- You only have a handful of holdings
- You want full control over entries
- You don’t want to connect a third-party integration
If you have a lot of trade history, consider using the CSV importer instead — it’s usually faster.
What you’ll need
- Your trade history (buy/sell dates, units, price, fees)
- Recorded share splits or other quantity changes, where applicable
- For foreign assets: currency and (if available) FX details
Step-by-step: create a manual portfolio
- Go to Portfolio.
- Choose Create portfolio (or Add portfolio) and select Manual.
- Name your portfolio (e.g. “Long-term”, “SMSF”, “Speccy punting account”).
- Add trades one-by-one:
- Buy: date, ticker/name, units, price (and fees if prompted)
- Sell: date, units, price (and fees if prompted)
- Aggregation: If you record multiple trades for the same stock (e.g. two separate buys of CBA), Rask will automatically aggregate these into a single holding in your dashboard while preserving the individual trade records in your ledger.
- Review your holdings and make sure totals look sensible.
Historical holding values
Record each purchase and sale separately. For example, buying 50 CBA shares, buying another 25 later and then selling 30 leaves 45 shares. Your earlier history still reflects 50 and then 75 shares.
Rask rebuilds historical values after manual or CSV trade changes. To request an earlier range or retry a failed rebuild, open the portfolio menu and select Import history. You can follow its status on Portfolio or Net worth.
These are estimated holding values in AUD, based on recorded units, historical closing prices and historical USD→AUD rates for US holdings. They are not investment returns: dividends, income and inferred DRPs are excluded. Sales remove shares; Rask does not invent a cash balance for the proceeds. Track any cash you still own separately without counting it twice.
On non-trading days Rask uses the last available close, up to seven calendar days old. If the ledger is inconsistent or the required market data is missing, the chart stays unavailable until the rebuild succeeds. Existing saved records are retained. History currently supports ASX and US listed holdings; availability depends on market-data coverage.
Common gotchas
- Holdings look wrong: check you didn’t enter a sell as a buy (or vice-versa), and confirm units/price.
- History is unavailable: check trade dates and quantities, including sales and splits, then retry Import history. Missing provider data cannot be replaced with a purchase price or a guessed exchange rate.
Next steps
- Go back to Portfolio overview