How to interpret Ledger history fields – Kraken

Below is an explanation of fields you'll see on the ledgers export csv file.

Field	Description
txid	Transaction ID. Matches the Ledger ID seen on Kraken.com > History > Ledger.
refid	Reference ID. Starts with "Q" for deposits. Starts with "A" or "B" for withdrawals. Starts with "B" for transfers to Futures wallet or when staking an asset. Starts with "T" for trades. Starts with "R" for transfers from Futures wallet, or un-staking an asset, or receiving rewards from staking. Starts with "S" for staking rewards.
time	Includes both date & time (in UTC time zone). If you want to separate date and time, you'll need to use the split tool in your spreadsheet application.
type	"trade" = non-margin exchange of one currency for another. "margin trade" = profits/loss for a margin trade. "rollover" = charge for a margin trade. "deposit" = deposit of funds to your Kraken account (including KFEE credits), including transfers from your Kraken Futures wallet or from a credit/debit card purchase (card purchases show a 'deposit' for the full amount charged to the card, then a 'spend' for the amount spent on the asset after the transaction fee is deducted, and 'receive' for the credit of the asset bought). "withdrawal" = withdrawal of funds outside of your Kraken account, including transfers to your Kraken Futures wallet. "transfer" = credit of supported airdrops and forks (e.g. BCH and XLM), and funds transferred to/from Kraken's OTC desk; does not include transfers to/from your Kraken Futures wallet. "adjustment" = conversion of one currency to another outside of trading (e.g. ICN-to-ETH conversion after ICN delisting). "spend" = shown for transactions made via the Buy Crypto button or new Kraken app, this indicates the amount of the asset being debited from the account "receive" = shown for transactions made via the Buy Crypto button or new Kraken app, this indicates the amount of the asset being credited to the account. "settled" = settling of a margin position on spot. "staking" = updates to staked balances, including initial staked balances and changes due to the crediting of staking rewards "sale" = this shows only as a filter option when viewing your Ledger history while signed in to your account, it is not shown in history exports. "Sale" is a filter that brings up all "Spend" and "Receive" entries from orders placed via the new Kraken app or Buy Crypto button. "invite bonus" = credit of rewards from our Kraken app referral program.
subtype	The Subtype column is for transfers from your spot account to Kraken Futures, and vice versa. Any Futures transfers will show under subtype as "spottofutures" if it is a transfer from spot to futures, or "spotfromfutures" if it is a transfer from futures to spot.
aclass	Asset Class. Value is always "currency". Not a useful field.
asset	The asset of focus in the ledger entry.
amount	Amount debited (-) or credited (+) to that asset's balance.
fee	Fee paid to Kraken (if any) in the asset.
balance	New asset balance after debiting/crediting transaction amount and debiting fee. balance = old_balance +/- amount - fee

Note: Each ledger entry focuses on a change to a particular asset's balance.

So if the asset is XXBT (i.e. Bitcoin), the Amount, Fee, and Balance fields will also be denominated in Bitcoin.

Two different assets will never be mixed in a single Ledger entry.

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