Maximize Your Passive Income: Tracking Dividends on TradingView
For income investors, tracking dividend payments can often be a tedious manual process involving spreadsheets and constant calendar checking. In a recent update, TradingView has supercharged its Portfolio tool with automated dividend detection and enhanced analytics, making it easier than ever to monitor your cash flow.
A recent tutorial on the TradingView channel walks users through these new features. Here is a summary of how to use them to streamline your investment tracking.
Automated Dividend Detection
The standout feature of this update is the “Dividend Tips” section. Instead of manually entering every payment, the system now scans your portfolio holdings against historical data to find missed dividends.
- How it works: If you hold a stock through its ex-dividend date, TradingView automatically calculates what you are owed based on your position size.
- Smart Filtering: It avoids duplicates. If you have already manually entered a payment, the system recognizes it and won’t double-count.
- One-Click Add: You can review these “tips” in a list and add them to your portfolio transaction history with a single click.
Visualizing Your Income
Once your data is up to date, the Analysis tab offers powerful new ways to visualize your income stream.
- Dividend Chart: A clean bar chart displays your total dividend income by month.
- Yearly Trends: You can toggle between different years (e.g., 2024 vs. 2025) to spot trends. This helps you identify seasonality in your cash flow and see if your passive income is growing consistently over time.
comprehensive Transaction Management
The video also covers the basics of maintaining an accurate portfolio using the three core transaction types:
- Trades: Log your buy and sell orders, including price, quantity, and commission.
- Cash: Record deposits and withdrawals. You can add notes (e.g., “Sold a painting”) to track the source of your capital.
- Dividends: Beyond the automated tips, you can still manually add dividends or upload a CSV file from your broker for bulk updates.
By automating the tracking process and providing clear visual analytics, TradingView is transforming from just a charting platform into a robust all-in-one tool for managing your investment life.

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