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 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, 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. 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

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

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 Preference window for the Portfolio window (Figure 4.4). You may change the General Preference and Display Preference here. You can click on the blue icon 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.

Figure 4.4