Use this guide to fix Holdings Need Attention warnings so your holdings, performance and CGT calculations stay accurate.
What It Means
If you see Holdings Need Attention, Navexa has found a holding that does not reconcile cleanly.
Most of the time, the issue is a negative quantity. Navexa is a long-only portfolio tracker, so a holding should not start with a Sell and should not fall below zero.
Common causes include:
missing earlier Buy trades
a duplicated trade
the wrong trade type or quantity
DRP settings or fractional rounding differences
a corporate action that changed units
an empty holding with no trades
Short selling (which is not supported)
Start From The Warning
On your Portfolio page, the Holdings Need Attention box shows which holding needs to be checked.
Use the quantity column first. If the quantity is negative, that is the clearest sign the trade history does not reconcile.
To investigate:
Find the affected holding in Holdings Need Attention.
Click Fix beside that holding.
Navexa opens that holding’s Trades tab.
Read the warning banner and review the trade list.
Check The Trades
The fastest way to diagnose the issue is to sort the trades by date and check where the running quantity stops making sense.
Look for:
the first trade in the holding
the point where the quantity goes negative
duplicated rows with the same date, quantity and price
sells that appear without the earlier buys that should support them
If the first trade is a Sell, the holding is usually missing earlier buy history.
Fix Missing Buy History
Missing buy history is the most common cause of this warning.
This usually happens when you imported trades from the middle of the timeline, changed brokers, or only imported recent sells into Navexa.
To fix it:
Open the holding’s Trades tab.
Sort by Trade Date oldest first.
Find the first sell, or the point where the quantity goes negative.
Add the missing earlier Buy trades, or import the older broker history.
Refresh the holding and check whether the quantity is now zero or positive.
Example: you might see one buy for 315 units, then several sells that total more than that. In that case, the sells may be correct, but the earlier buys are missing from Navexa.
If you have many missing trades, importing the older history is usually faster and more accurate than entering them one by one.
Fix Duplicate Or Wrong Trades
Sometimes the trade history is present, but one trade is wrong.
Check for:
a Sell entered instead of a Buy
an extra zero or decimal mistake in quantity
the same trade imported twice
a remove or sell trade that should not be there
To fix it:
Open the incorrect trade.
Confirm the Type, date, quantity and price.
Delete duplicated rows if the same trade appears twice.
Save the change and refresh the holding.
Example: if two sells have the same date, quantity and price, one of them was likely duplicated during import.
Fix DRP Or Rounding
DRP and fractional investing can create small differences, especially on custodial platforms.
If every trade matches your broker statement and the remaining quantity is extremely small, this is usually a rounding issue rather than missing history.
To check this:
Confirm the holding supports fractional units.
Compare each Buy, Sell and DRP entry against your broker statement.
Check the holding’s Settings tab if you use DRP.
If the remaining quantity is tiny, treat it as a rounding difference.
If you want to clear the warning on a fully exited position, edit the final trade slightly so the quantity ends at exactly zero.
Fix Empty Holdings
Sometimes a holding exists without any trades behind it.
If you want to keep tracking it, add the earliest opening transaction you have.
If the holding should not exist, open the holding, click Actions, and select Delete Holding.
When It’s Fixed
You’ll know the issue is resolved when:
the warning disappears from Holdings Need Attention
the holding quantity is zero or positive
the trade history reconciles from oldest to newest
the holding no longer shows as open when it has been fully sold