Broker Portfolio

The Broker Portfolio is the window where you can monitor your active positions and any orders placed. For ease of use, this component is split into two tabs that are available at the top: Positions and Orders.

Open Positions

Here, details are available about any positions that your trading account may be carrying at this time.

Each position listed here has the following data available:

Symbol – which symbol is being traded.

Quantity – how many shares/contracts have been acquired in this trade. If this is a sell trade, the amount will be preceded by a “-“ (negative).

Direction – tells you whether this is a short or a long trade.

Cost Basis – the entry price of the trade.

P/L – what the current profit/loss balance of the trade is.

Orders

This window offers a detailed description of all of the orders on this account, both active and once that have already been filled or canceled. Any orders that are still active will also have a “cancel” button next to them here.

Each of the orders on this list will also have some details available about it.

Symbol – which symbol is being traded.

Date – what date and time was the order placed on.

Order Type – this can be a limit, a stop, or a market order.

Orders – this is the size of the order, as well as the price level it was set at.

Fill Price – the price level at which this order was filled.

Status – the current status of the order – Active, Completed or Canceled.

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