3. Portfolio Window

To bring up the Portfolio window, go to the main menu Trade -> Portfolio. You will see an Account Selection window pop up (Figure 3.1). 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 3.2.

Figure 3.1

The Portfolio window keeps track of all your positions, including both open positions and closed positions. Long positions are in green. Short positions are in red. Profits are green. Loses are red. 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, closed P&L and aggregate total P&L of the selected accounts.

To close out a particular position, simply double-click on that position. An order entry box will pop up with all the information including current market price pre-filled in to close such position.

To sort positions dynamically by a particular field, you just need to simply click on the title column of that field. First click is for ascending sort; second click is for descending sort.

Figure 3.2