Avanza Investment Tracker

Parse transaction CSVs and compute portfolio performance metrics.

Security and Data Access

Be aware of what this skill does before running it:

• Local database writes: imports, price updates, and portfolio management read and write a local SQLite database.
• Network access (optional but on by default): live price/FX lookups contact Avanza's public API with the asset names in your portfolio; risk metrics (--risk, --beta) may also contact the Riksbanken API and Yahoo Finance (benchmark ticker + date range). Use --update-prices never to stay fully offline.
• Irreversible deletions: reset --hard, delete-tx, account allocate --undo, and account delete permanently remove transactions and rebuild derived tables. There is no built-in undo. Back up your database first (e.g. cp or git), and prefer delete-tx --dry-run to preview. Avoid broad selectors like delete-tx --since unless you are certain of the blast radius.

Quick Start

Run commands from your workspace root, specifying the paths to your database and CSV:

# 1. Import new transactions
python path/to/cli.py --database data/asset_data.db import path/to/transactions.csv

# 2. Update price cache and show statistics
python path/to/cli.py --database data/asset_data.db stats --update-prices auto

# 3. View portfolio allocation and APY
python path/to/cli.py --database data/asset_data.db portfolio --account default

Data Storage Pattern

User data lives OUTSIDE the skill directory. Recommended structure:

workspace-finance/
├── skills/avanza-investment-tracker/   # Portable skill logic
│   ├── SKILL.md
│   ├── scripts/
│   └── assets/
└── data/avanza/                        # Private portfolio data
    ├── transactions.csv
    ├── special_cases.json
    └── asset_data.db

CLI Reference

Deleting transactions

Irreversible. delete-tx permanently removes the matched transactions and rebuilds derived tables — there is no undo. Back up the database first and use --dry-run to preview, especially with broad selectors like --since.

delete-tx removes specific real transactions and rebuilds the derived assets / cohort tables, so there is no need to reset the whole database after a bad import (e.g. a duplicate, or a row that slipped in before an unsettled trade was deferred). Targeting is mutually exclusive:

• delete-tx --tx-id ROWID — most precise (use status/export to find the rowid).
• delete-tx --date YYYY-MM-DD --asset "Name" [--account ACCOUNT] — the common surgical case.
• delete-tx --since YYYY-MM-DD [--account ACCOUNT] — remove everything from a date onward (e.g. undo today's import).

--cascade widens a --date+--asset match across the account family (parent + its virtuals) so a trade and its allocated split are removed together; --dry-run previews the deletion; --yes skips the confirmation prompt (required when running non-interactively, e.g. from an agent or script — the command refuses with exit code 1 otherwise). A timestamped <db>.pre-delete-tx.<YYYYMMDD-HHMMSS>.bak backup is written before any rows are deleted. When an allocated buy on a virtual is deleted, its orphaned funding Intern överföring transfer is removed automatically (mirroring account allocate --undo). After every deletion all transactions are reprocessed, so the assets/cohort tables always reflect the remaining transactions — never a half-deleted state.

Global Options

• --database PATH (default: data/asset_data.db)
• --special-cases PATH (default: data/special_cases.json)

Calculation & Output Options

• --account ACCOUNTS: Limit to specific accounts (e.g. 12345,67890, default, or all). Omitting the flag (default) shows physical accounts only (excludes virtual portfolios); pass all to include virtual portfolios in aggregates.
• --update-prices {auto,always,never} (stats only): Controls when to fetch latest stock/fund prices from Avanza API
• --update-all (stats only): Update prices for all assets in the database, held or not
• --as-of DATE: View snapshot/stats as of a historical date (YYYY-MM-DD)
• --cohorts-start DATE --cohorts-end DATE: Filter which deposit cohorts are displayed
• --cohort DATE: Shorthand to filter by a single cohort month (YYYY-MM) or year (YYYY) (e.g. --cohort 2024 groups yearly, --cohort 2024-12 groups monthly)
• --from DATE --to DATE: Set the performance valuation window (double snapshot)
• --positions, -p (stats only): Show positions holdings breakdown under each cohort (or summary)
• --summary, -s (stats only): Consolidate cohort statistics into a single overview block
• --apy-mode {mwrr,twrr}: APY calculation method (mwrr uses Modified Dietz; twrr uses Time-Weighted)
• --format {table,json}: Output formatting (default: table)
• --quiet, -q: Suppress price data staleness warnings
• --no-interpolation: Disable linear interpolation for sparse historical price data (falls back to nearest prior price, which may trigger staleness warnings)
• --risk: Calculate and display portfolio-level risk metrics (Annualized Standard Deviation, Sharpe Ratio, Sortino Ratio, Maximum Drawdown with peak/trough calendar months)
• --beta [TICKER]: Include the portfolio Beta calculation vs the specified benchmark (e.g. ^OMXSPI, ACWI). Defaults to ^OMXSPI if the flag is passed without a ticker value. Specifying --beta automatically enables risk metrics.

Guidelines: When to use what date boundaries

1. To see how cohorts from a certain period look today: Use --cohorts-start YYYY-MM / --cohorts-end YYYY-MM Example: python scripts/cli.py stats --cohorts-start 2024-01
2. To see all cohorts' performance over a specific valuation window: Use --from YYYY-MM / --to YYYY-MM (or --as-of YYYY-MM) Example: python scripts/cli.py stats --from 2024-01 --to 2024-12
3. To see only a single cohort month or year: Use --cohort YYYY-MM or --cohort YYYY Example: python scripts/cli.py stats --cohort 2024-12 (sets date range to 2024-12 and default grouping to monthly) Example: python scripts/cli.py stats --cohort 2024 (sets date range to 2024-01 to 2024-12 and default grouping to yearly)

[!NOTE] In double-snapshot mode (--from / --to), the cohort-level output displays Start Value instead of Deposited for any cohorts created before the start date. Additionally, the Withdrawal line displays withdrawals made specifically within the selected date range, while withdrawals made prior to the start date are already accounted for in Start Value.

Settings Subcommands

• default-accounts ACCOUNTS: Set default accounts (comma-separated list of IDs, or all)
• default-stats-period {month,year}: Set default period for performance reports

Special Cases

Corporate actions (splits, spin-offs, zero-priced deposits) can be overridden by copying the template and defining rules:

cp assets/special_cases_template.json ../data/avanza/special_cases.json

See Also

• Detailed workflows: references/workflows.md
• Troubleshooting guide: references/troubleshooting.md