4. Portfolio Window To
bring up the Portfolio window, go to the menu bar Trade > Portfolio
or click on the toolbar icon. You will see an Account Selection window pop
up (Figure 4.1). Select the
Accounts you would like to view by checking them and click OK, and then
you will see the Portfolio window come up like Figure 4.2.
You may also re-select the accounts to view at any time by right
click on the Portfolio window and left click to choose “Select Account”
from the drop-down menu. |
Figure 4.1 |
General The Portfolio window keeps track of all your positions, including both open positions and closed positions. Long positions are in xgreenx. Short positions are in xredx. Profits are xgreenx. Loses are xredx. In a streaming real-time fashion, it marks-to-market your current market exposure (VAR - value at risk), your open P&L, closed P&L and total P&L. It displays your total quantity, average price, and current market quote for each position. The status bar at the bottom of the window shows the aggregate value at risk, aggregate open P&L, aggregate closed P&L and aggregate total P&L of the selected accounts. |
Figure 4.2 |
Close a Position To close out a particular position, simply double-click on that position, or Right Click on that position and select Close Position from the drop-down menu. An order entry box will pop up with all the information including current market price pre-filled in to close such position. (Figure 4.3) |
Figure 4.3 |
Sort Positions You can sort the positions by using
the right-click menu from column heading.
Right click on the column heading of the desired field as the
sort key, select the sorting order from the drop-down menu. User Preferences Right click on the Portfolio window and then left click to choose “User Preferences” from the drop-down menu. You will see the User Preferences window for the Portfolio window (Figure 4.4). You may change the Action Settings and Display Settings here. You can click on the Restore Defaults button to restore to default value. When you finish setting your preferences, click Apply for your change to take effect, then click OK. Click Cancel to disregard the change.
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Figure 4.4 |
