Positions

Positions panel lists all currently opened positions. When a new position is opened, it will appear in this panel immediately. To open Positions panel, select Terminal -> Positions:

The following columns are available in the panel:

• Symbol – a traded symbol;

• Account – login name of an account that opened a position;

• Login – login of a user;

• Symbol description – comments to an instrument;

• Symbol type – a symbol's market category (CFD, spot, stocks, etc.);

• Position ID – a unique number that the trading system assigns to each position;

• Side – type of trade (Long or Short);

• Open price – price at which a position was opened;

• Current price – a market price obtainable from a broker;

• Quantity – amount of a position, either in lots or in units, depending on what is selected in the Settings dialog box;

• Date/Time – date and time when a position was opened;

• Gross P/L – profit/loss in account currency, calculated on base of price difference:

    For Long position: Gross P/L = Qty. \* Lot size \* \(Current price - Open price\)
  
    For Short position: Gross P/L = Qty. \* Lot size \* \(Open price - Current price\)

• P/L, offset – profit/losses in ticks;

• Net P/L – profit/loss for a position excluding fee:

    Net P/L = Gross P/L - Fee

• Position exposure – exposure of a position, in the account currency. Calculated on base of an open price:

    Position exposure = Price \* Quantity \* Lot size \* Cross price \(quoting CCY > account currency\) – calculation for Forex
  
    Position exposure = Price \* Quantity \* \(Tick cost/Tick size\) \* Cross price \(quoting CCY > account currency\) – calculation for Futures
  
    In all cases Cross price \(quoting CCY > account currency\) is a current cross price.

• Position value – current value of a position. Calculated on base of a current market price:

    For Long position: Position value = Position exposure + P/L
  
    For Short position: Position value = Position exposure – P/L

• Fee – shows total commission amount taken for a position;

• Swaps – amounts collected/paid out by a broker when a position is rolled over to a new value date;

• Expiry date – date of contract expiration;

• Strike price – price of option contract performance;

• Route – name of a route;

• SL price – Stop loss price set for a position;

• TP price – Take profit price set for a position;

• SL limit price – Limit price set for SL order;

• Close – allows to close a selected position.

Buttons toolbar

The most important functions related to Positions can be viewed as buttons in the toolbar of the panel.

• Close all – closes all opened positions;

• CLX all – closes all opened positions and cancels all orders;

• Close negative – closes the positions with negative P/L;

• Close positive – closes the positions with positive P/L;

• Close – closes all positions by selected symbol and account;

• Close selected – closes all selected positions;

• CLX – closes opened positions and cancels orders by selected symbol and account;

• Close long – closes the positions with Side = Long;

• Close short – closes the positions with Side = Short.

To select the buttons to be displayed, simply right-click on the toolbar of the panel and select the needed buttons from the menu.

Note: clicking on these buttons doesn't evoke confirmation screens, even if confirmations are enabled in the 'General settings'.

Context menu

The following functions can be realized through context menu:

• Modify position – allows adding SL/TP orders to selected position manually;

• Close position – allows closing selected positions;

• View – allows to show toolbar;

• Group by – allows to group positions by account, login, symbol, symbol description, symbol type, side, expiry date, strike price;

• Exercise options – sends an exercise request for the Option position. Available for single positions opened for Options with Exercise style=American, inactive for multiple selected positions.

  After clicking this menu item, a confirmation dialog box is displayed with the Position ID, Symbol, Side, Quantity to close, Open price, Current price, Gross P/L to close, Account, Date/Time position parameters.

  Clicking the "Exercise" button in the confirmation box, creates a request for the Option exercise, which switches the position to Pending exercise status and prevents performing the following operations for the position: Close position, Close by(ID), Reverse, Reverse by (ID).

  The mentioned actions are reenabled for the position after the "Cancel exercise" action is performed.

• Cancel exercise – cancels an exercise request for the selected Option position with Pending exercise status. Available for single positions opened for Options with Exercise style=American, inactive for multiple selected positions.

  After clicking this menu item, a confirmation dialog box is displayed, which requires a confirmation of canceling an Option exercise request. After the exercise Option request is canceled, the Close position, Close by(ID), Reverse, Reverse by (ID) operations become allowed for the position.