Coinmarketcap Coinmarketcap lets you edit manual transactions to correct recorded holdings
Coinmarketcap lets you correct recorded holdings by editing the manual transactions behind your portfolio balance. Open the relevant asset’s transaction history, identify the inaccurate entry and correct its details. These changes affect your tracking records and calculated performance; they do not move funds in your wallet or exchange account.
· updatedIn short: Correct the transaction that caused the discrepancy, then compare recorded quantities before judging changes in portfolio value.
Editing an entry, adding a transaction or removing a duplicate
A correction belongs in an existing entry when that entry describes a real transaction with inaccurate details. Adding a transaction suits an event missing from the history. Removing an entry suits a duplicate or an event that never happened. These choices change the recorded history differently, even when they produce similar balances.
Treat the transaction history as a record of events. An extra purchase added solely to increase the displayed balance invents another acquisition. Likewise, entering a sale to offset an overstated purchase introduces a disposal that did not occur. Correcting the original error preserves a clearer explanation of the holding.
Transaction details, holdings and performance
Recorded quantities determine how much cryptocurrency the manual portfolio represents, while purchase details help determine its cost. Market prices supply the valuation input. A quantity correction therefore has a different purpose from a purchase-price correction: one changes recorded units, while the other changes what those units cost.
The profit calculation distinguishes average buy price from average buy cost. Average buy price excludes purchase fees; average buy cost includes them. A fee correction can therefore affect cost and profit without changing the average buy price. Use the metric that matches the field you corrected.
The manual record behind the balance
Manual transactions support direct record corrections, whereas connected addresses and supported exchange accounts supply automatically updated information. Establish which source produced the holding before attempting an edit. A correction to a manually entered transaction does not establish that an automatically imported balance contains the same error.
Within the relevant portfolio, open the asset’s transaction details and locate the entry by its date, type and quantity. The transaction-detail view provides editing and removal controls. Avoid choosing an entry solely because its amount looks familiar; repeated purchases can have similar quantities while belonging to different dates.
Matching each field to the original transaction
The original trade record provides the purchase quantity and execution price needed to correct a manual entry. Compare the field labels with that record before typing. A price per coin and the total amount spent describe different quantities, so copying one into the other’s field creates another discrepancy.
Keep the date, time and fee attached to the same event. An order date can differ from its execution time, and a total that already includes a fee needs careful interpretation when a separate fee field appears. Preserve the original statement while resolving those distinctions rather than adjusting unrelated fields until the displayed profit looks plausible.
The manual purchase form includes quantity, price per coin, purchase date and time, fees and a note. Those fields provide enough detail to document a correction without replacing the entire asset history.
Purchases, sales and transfers
The transaction type records what happened to the asset. A purchase records an acquisition through buying, a sale records a disposal through selling and a transfer records movement into or out of the tracked holding. Choosing the type solely for its effect on the balance can distort the history.
A transfer between your own wallets does not become a sale because one wallet’s balance fell. Record the event within the scope of the portfolio you maintain. When that portfolio represents holdings across several locations, distinguish movement between those locations from a change in total ownership. Manual entries also require care alongside connected holdings so that the same assets do not appear twice.
Does editing a portfolio transaction move cryptocurrency?
Editing a manual portfolio transaction changes a tracking record without executing a cryptocurrency transfer. The actual wallet or exchange retains its own transaction history. Correcting the tracker cannot cancel a completed trade, recover a mistaken transfer or change the amount that an exchange executed.
Keeping enough detail to reverse a correction
A copy of the existing transaction details makes a mistaken edit easier to reverse. Before saving, retain the old quantity, price, date, fee and note alongside the record that supports the correction. Keep this copy outside the field you are about to overwrite.
Leave the entry unchanged when the replacement value is uncertain. After saving, reversing a correction requires another edit using the retained details. Do not assume that an undo control or a recoverable version history will preserve the previous values.
Deletion deserves a narrower scope. Removing an erroneous transaction differs from removing an entire asset and its associated records. Preserve any details you may need before using a removal control, and check which object the control affects. Reconstructing a record from a retained statement is safer than trying to remember its previous contents.
A quantity correction in a compatible manual entry
Consider a hypothetical manual portfolio whose selected asset has an editable purchase entry. Its only transaction records 6.72 units, while the original purchase record shows 6.42 units. Both records refer to the same asset, and the price, date and fee already match. There are no other transactions or connected holdings in this example.
The goal is to make the recorded holding agree with the purchase. Direct editing fits because this is a manual entry with an editable quantity field. An automatically imported balance would require investigating its input source rather than assuming the same correction method applies.
Keep a copy of the original entry, then change only its quantity from 6.72 to 6.42 and save. This removes an overstatement of 0.30 units without adding a fictional sale or creating another purchase.
The saved transaction should now show 6.42 units. After recalculation, the asset’s recorded holding should also show 6.42 units because the example contains no other movements. These matching quantities establish that the intended correction took effect. A changing currency valuation does not alter that quantity comparison.
If the saved record still shows the old quantity, the correction has not persisted. Adding an offsetting transaction would obscure the unresolved edit. Keep the retained details available and resolve that entry before making further changes.
Recalculation and a changing market value
Portfolio charts can require time to recalculate after a transaction changes. Separate the saved entry from the charts that summarize it: the transaction details establish what the record contains, while historical balance and allocation displays reflect further calculation. Repeated edits during that interval can make the original problem harder to isolate.
A valuation can also move because its market-price input changes. Compare asset quantities when assessing a quantity correction. When assessing purchase cost, compare the relevant transaction fields and cost metric. A different total balance alone does not identify whether an edit succeeded or a market price moved.
Notes that preserve the reason for a change
A transaction note can explain a correction without changing the financial fields. Record the reason briefly and retain the supporting receipt or statement separately. The note helps distinguish an intentional correction from an accidental alteration later. It does not replace the transaction evidence, and it should not contain a wallet recovery phrase or private key.
Targeted correction versus rebuilding the portfolio
A targeted edit preserves valid entries when the discrepancy belongs to a specific transaction. Rebuilding a portfolio requires reconstructing the wider history, including purchases, sales, transfers and fees. A balance that looks correct after rebuilding can still conceal missing historical costs or disposals.
Choose the smallest correction that accurately represents the event. Use an edit for inaccurate details, an additional entry for an omitted event and removal for a duplicate. When the underlying record is unavailable, retain the uncertainty rather than inventing a transaction. A full rebuild makes sense only when the history requires reconstruction and the supporting records can sustain it.
Things people ask about Coinmarketcap
Will a correction made on desktop appear in the mobile app?
Portfolio data syncs between desktop and mobile when you sign in to the same account. Compare the same portfolio and asset on both devices. A different account or portfolio can resemble a missing edit, so establish those details before entering the transaction again. Adding another copy would create a separate record rather than synchronize the existing correction.
Which currency should I use when correcting the purchase price?
Use the currency identified by the transaction field, and establish how it relates to your original trade record. A matching number in a different currency does not represent the same purchase price. If the original trade used another quote currency, resolve the historical conversion before changing the entry; today’s conversion can misstate the acquisition cost.
Can several purchase fills share a single manual entry?
Combining fills sacrifices detail even when the combined quantity matches the original order. A combined unit price must reflect the total purchase amount excluding fees divided by the total quantity purchased, rather than a simple average of different execution prices. Keep the individual fill records, especially when they have different times or fees. Separate entries preserve those distinctions more clearly.
Is a remaining profit figure an error when the holding reaches zero?
A zero holding can coexist with realized profit from recorded sales. Selling the remaining units removes the open holding, while the historical sales still contribute to performance. Check whether the figure represents realized profit, unrealized profit or their combined total before deleting transactions merely to make every displayed number zero.