WHERE IS MY REALIZED GAIN/LOSS?

A realized gain (or loss) happens when you sell a security (stock, fund, etc.) and the proceeds exceed (or are less than) your cost basis. This is the figure you’ll often need for tax reporting. Also, “unrealized gains” (what your holdings would be worth if sold) are different. Make sure that you’re looking at closed positions/sales.

CGai gets these numbers when you connect your investment accounts. However, we want to double-check to make sure our numbers match the numbers from your financial institution so we can give you the most accurate tax information possible.

Below is how to locate the realized gain (or realized gain/loss) information for some of the largest U.S. online brokerages.

Fidelity Investments

• Log in to your Fidelity account.

• Navigate to: Accounts & Trade → Positions → then look for something like “Closed Positions”. Reddit users explain you can also go to: Accounts & Trade → Tax forms & Information → View your YTD tax activity.

• Alternatively: On the help page, Fidelity describes the “Realized Gain/Loss” page which shows short-term and long-term gains/losses, grouped by security for the selected tax year.

• Also: On monthly/quarterly statements, there’s an “Investment Report” section that includes a “Realized Gains and Losses from Sales (Year-to-Date)”.

2. Charles Schwab & Co.

• After logging in, go to Accounts (or “Accounts & Positions”) and look for a tab or menu labelled Realized Gain/Loss. For example, one tutorial: log in → Accounts → select “Realized Gain / Loss”. Marotta On Money+1

• On monthly statements you’ll see a section titled “Gain or (Loss) Summary”. Financial Advisors | Halbert Hargrove

• Tips: If you were a former TD Ameritrade client (now part of Schwab), note that the realized gain/loss info is still accessible under Schwab’s system. Schwab Brokerage

3. E*TRADE (Securities) (now part of Morgan Stanley)

• Log in. Navigate to Accounts → Documents & Statements or a menu like Gain/Loss or Gains & Losses. For example, one user said: in the regular website (not mobile), click the account → open Portfolio → click “More Info” below Open Orders/Saved Orders to find YTD Realized Gains. Reddit

• Also: According to their tax-checklist page, you can visit the link etrade.com/gainloss (or for stock-plan participants etrade.com/spgainloss) to view positions, gains and losses. E*TRADE

• Tips: Because E*TRADE has been undergoing transitions, some older accounts or stock-plan accounts might have different menu locations.

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4. ROBINHOOD

• In the Robinhood app (stocks / ETFs): users report there is a “Realized profit & loss” section under the graph on the Stocks & ETFs tab.

• For tax-reporting purposes, use the Form 1099-B from Robinhood — it shows your cost basis, proceeds, and net gain/loss. 

• Note: Robinhood’s tax-lot view lets you see cost per share, purchase dates, and estimated gain/loss for each lot.

5. VANGUARD

• On Vanguard’s website, go to your Holdings / Positions page. There's a dropdown to switch between unrealized and realized gains.

• For long-term vs short-term, Vanguard explains how realized capital gains are handled on its tax resource pages.

• On account statements, there is usually a "Gain or loss" line per trade (or per lot) showing realized gains, and year-to-date totals.

6. TD AMERITRADE

(Now part of Schwab) — you can find realized gain/loss data under Cost Basis / Realized Gain / Loss in the Schwab portal. Schwab Brokerage+1

• For legacy TD accounts, there was a “Realized Gains and Losses” report accessible via Documents: Accounts → Documents (eServices) → Gains & Losses.

• Note: the “Trading Summary” is also useful; it gives trade-level data (purchase dates, proceeds, commissions) which you can use to manually calculate gain/loss if needed.