Solution to Fidelity not downloading all transactions into Quicken

Gary Lucido
Gary Lucido Quicken Windows Subscription Member
edited December 6 in Investing (Windows)

By now the Fidelity transaction downloading problems are legendary. Random accounts will miss an entire month's worth of transactions and manually entering them might be too much work. I've discovered a work around - assuming this is a one time problem associated with reauthorizing the accounts.

You could export the CSV from Fidelity and import it into Quicken - in theory - but getting the format right is really tricky. Needs to be perfect and requires a lot of data massaging.

Better solution is to create a new Quicken file. When you connect to Fidelity it will download 2 years worth of data. Then you can export the missing transactions to QIF files that can be imported into your legacy Quicken file.

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  • Quicken Anja
    Quicken Anja Moderator mod

    Hello @Gary Lucido,

    We appreciate you sharing this workaround—this will be helpful for users experiencing the same gap in downloads.

    Thank you!

    -Quicken Anja
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  • Bostrav59
    Bostrav59 Quicken Windows Subscription Member ✭✭

    I am having this problem intermittently - but ocurring for months. Will it fix itself eventually or is it a permanent problem?

  • QuikNewbie
    QuikNewbie Quicken Windows Subscription Member ✭✭

    Better solution is to create a new Quicken file. When you connect to Fidelity it will download 2 years worth of data. Then you can export the missing transactions to QIF files that can be imported into your legacy Quicken file.

    Can you explain this in a little more detail please? How do I do the last part - export missing transactions to QIF files, and to be clear, is my legacy Quicken files my "Original/First Quicken file?

  • Gary Lucido
    Gary Lucido Quicken Windows Subscription Member

    "Can you explain this in a little more detail please? How do I do the last part - export missing transactions to QIF files, and to be clear, is my legacy Quicken files my "Original/First Quicken file?"

    The export option is under the File command at the top. By legacy I do mean your original file.

  • pbmsmit
    pbmsmit Member ✭✭✭

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    Better solution is to create a new Quicken file. When you connect to Fidelity it will download 2 years worth of data. " Nope, it only loads the (manual set) balance, no history for the HSA account. (It did do it for the 401K) So this is not a fix for me. Thanks

  • marcaronson408
    marcaronson408 Quicken Windows Subscription Member ✭✭✭

    Better solution is to create a new Quicken file. When you connect to Fidelity it will download 2 years worth of data. Then you can export the missing transactions to QIF files that can be imported into your legacy Quicken file

    @Gary Lucido, thanks, this makes sense.

    Once you do this, do things download properly from there in a Fidelity Cash Management account? In this scenario, I have an investment account in Quicken that is linked to a checking account…

    Marc

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