To export from Robinhood: Account → menu (☰) → Reports and statements → Account activity report → Generate new report → pick the account and date range → Generate. The report builds in the background — typically around two hours, up to 24 — then appears in the same Reports section as a CSV. One catch: crypto, futures and spending activity aren’t included — crypto needs its own separate export.
Robinhood gives you a clean CSV of your investing activity — but unlike most brokers, it’s not an instant download. It’s a report you commission: generate, wait, collect. Here’s the exact flow, what arrives in the file, and the three gaps that surprise people at tax time.
Key Takeaways
- Export path: Account → ☰ → Reports and statements → Account activity report → Generate new report.
- It’s generate-and-wait: ~2 hours typically, up to 24 — plan exports ahead, don’t scramble at deadlines.
- Three exclusions: crypto, futures and spending activity don’t appear — crypto has its own export.
- Statements ≠ exports: monthly statements are PDF-only; the CSV lives in activity reports.
Where is the CSV export in Robinhood?
Under Reports and statements — not in your trade history. The History screen shows your activity but doesn’t export it; the file comes from a generated report:
- Open Robinhood and tap your Account icon, then the menu (☰). On the web, go straight to Account.
- Choose Reports and statements → Account activity report.
- Tap Generate new report, pick the account type and your start/end dates, and confirm.
- Wait. Reports typically take around two hours to build (Robinhood allows up to 24). You’ll find the finished CSV back in the same Reports section.
Because of the wait, generate reports on a schedule — quarterly, and once right after each tax year ends — instead of the night before a filing deadline. The report covers custom date ranges, so one file per year keeps your records tidy.
The 3 gaps that surprise people
| Gap | What happens | Fix |
|---|---|---|
| Crypto isn’t in the report | Coin trades live in a separate system | Run the dedicated crypto export as well — two files, kept together |
| Futures & spending excluded | Card activity and futures don’t appear | Monthly statements (PDF) are the fallback record |
| Statements are PDF-only | No CSV from the statements section | Statements = evidence archive; activity report = your working data |
What’s in the file — and what to watch
The activity report lists your trades, dividends, interest and transfers, one row per event, with dates, quantities and amounts. Two columns deserve attention: fractional share quantities carry many decimal places — don’t round them, they’re your cost basis; and the activity type column is what separates buys, sells, dividends and corporate actions when you sort or sum.
Isn’t my 1099 enough for taxes?
For filing, mostly yes. For proving, no. Robinhood issues a consolidated 1099 covering what Robinhood knows — but wash sales that span multiple brokers, transferred-in positions with older cost basis, and anything the IRS asks about years later are yours to substantiate. Your exports are that evidence trail. Keep one file per tax year, permanently.
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Reports typically generate in about two hours, though Robinhood allows up to 24. The finished CSV appears in the same Reports and statements section where you requested it.
Yes, but separately — crypto activity is excluded from the account activity report and has its own export flow. Keep both files together for a complete record.
Monthly statements are PDF-only by design. The CSV comes from a different place: Reports and statements → Account activity report → Generate new report.
Yes — dividends, interest and transfers appear as rows in the activity report alongside your trades, each tagged by activity type.
The 1099 covers filing for that broker and that year. Cross-broker wash sales, transferred cost basis and any later IRS questions need your own records — the exports are how you prove your numbers.
