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Positions Panel

The Positions panel lists all the positions you currently have open. Every new position opened will appear in this panel immediately.

To open a new Positions panel, select Main Menu > Positions.

For each position, the following information is available:

  • Instrument - the name of the instrument traded.
  • Action - the operation with which the position was opened (BUY or SELL).
  • Quantity - the value of the position, either in lots or in units, depending on what is selected in the Settings dialog box.
  • Basis - the price at which the position was opened.
  • Current price - the market price obtainable from your broker.
  • SL - the Stop Loss price set for the position, if any.
  • TP - the Take Profit price set for the position, if any.
  • Unrealized Profit/Loss - the profit/loss in your account currency, calculated based on the current broker's price (n.b. it shows the profit/loss you would make if you close the position at the current price).
  • Commissions - the size of commissions.
  • Account - the login name of the account that opened the position.
  • Put/Call, Expiry Date, Underlier and Strike are filled only for options.
  • Position# - a unique number that the trading system assigns to each position.
  • Date/Time  - the date and time the position was opened.
  • Amount Exp1 and Amount Exp2 - exposition of first and second currency (for Forex)
  • Amount Exp1 - the amount of trade in base currency terms.
  • Amount Exp2 - the amount of trade in counter currency terms.
  • Amount Exp1/close - the amount required to close a position, in base currency terms (i.e. the inverse of Amount Exp1).
  • Amount Exp2/close - the amount required to close a position, in counter currency terms.
  • Profit Exp2 - the profit/loss in secondary currency, calculated based on the current broker's price (n.b. it shows the profit/loss you would make if you close the position at the current price).
  • Swaps - the amounts collected/paid out by your broker when a position is rolled over to a new value date.
  • Exposure - your exposure on a position, in the account currency.
  • Instrument type - market/category of the instrument (CFD, spot, stocks, etc.)
  • Comments - comments related to this positions
  • Parent Position ID - identification number of parent position in Master account.

Some columns are not visible by default. You can display additional columns from administrator page.

 

What You Can Do in Positions Panel?

If you check some position you will see the additional options in the bottom of the page. You can modify any position using button or watch detailed information using button. If you need you can close position using button or return to Main Menu using button .

 

Modify Position

You can modify position marking it and pressing button ModifyP.

After this you will see new window where you can set SL/TP or Trailing Stop.

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