CoinTracker tracks your portfolio with two kinds of numbers:
- Reported values from the exchanges and wallets you've connected.
- Calculated values derived from your full transaction history.
Both appear across the product, and knowing which number you're looking at matters when a number doesn't look right.
Reported values
A reported value is the current balance an exchange or wallet sends to CoinTracker through its API. Reported values:
- Come directly from your connected exchanges and wallets.
- Show today's number — the value as of the last sync.
- Are almost always correct.
- Can't be edited from inside CoinTracker.
Calculated values
A calculated value is what CoinTracker computes from your complete transaction history — every send, receive, trade, manual entry, and edit. Calculated values:
- Reflect everything in your CoinTracker account, including manual additions and edits.
- Contributes to your tax calculations, portfolio performance charts, and balance changes over time.
- Updates whenever you add, edit, or ignore a transaction.
Where each value appears
Reported and calculated values appear in different places depending on what the page is for.
Dashboard
- Portfolio balance — Reported value
- Historical line chart — Calculated value
Portfolio page (web and mobile)
- Portfolio value — Reported value
- Graphs and return — Calculated value
- Assets — Reported value
- Coin diversity — Reported value
- Funds on exchanges — Reported value
- Holdings — Reported value
Wallet page
- Each wallet's current value is reported. Each asset's value within a wallet is reported. Manual or ignored transactions don't change a wallet's reported balance.
Tax Center, Tax Loss Harvesting, and Transactions page
- Every number on these pages is calculated. Reported values don't appear here.
Why reported and calculated values can differ
A gap between reported and calculated values usually means there's a data issue in your transaction history. Common causes:
- Missing transactions: For example, a balance that increased without a recorded deposit, trade, or transfer.
- Manual changes: Transactions you've added, edited, or marked as ignored.
- Syncing issues: Problems reading data from your provider
Note: Small differences can also come from how an exchange shares data. If the wallet balance the exchange shares doesn't match the transaction history it imported, the two numbers won't agree.
If your reported and calculated values don't agree, review the transaction history for the affected wallet. CoinTracker can surface missing or flagged transactions to help you reconcile the gap. Fixing the underlying data keeps both your portfolio view and your tax calculations accurate.
If you run into any issues, please don't hesitate to reach out to our support team for help.