We provide several different profit and loss (P&L) and price calculations shown below.
Daily P&L (shown in base currency): ((Position Now * Current Market Price) - (Position * Price at Reset Time) + (Net Traded Amount) ) * Daily exchange rate to the base currency. This value shows the change in the market value of your open position relative to a reset time (details below). Please note that Daily P&L uses the time zone of the specific instrument, and…
The Current Excess Liquidity figure shows your margin cushion, before liquidation.
The Advanced Market Scanner allows you to scan more assets and use more filters. To open the Advanced Market Scanner:
In Mosaic: From the new window drop-down, enter Advanced Market Scanner.…
In Mosaic
In Mosaic:
From the Monitor panel click "+" to add a new page, then select Portfolio. Use your Portfolio to see your P&L, Net Liquidity, Margin, and positions…
The Option Chains window lets you view and create options orders and compare and create multi-leg complex option strategies using the embedded Strategy Builder with a single click.
To create an options order:…
Overview
This article describes the information provided in the TWS account window for our EU based entity…
Interactive Brokers trading platforms use Average Cost Accounting when calculating Realized P&L and your cost price (average price) is synced to your statement once every evening. Your statements, however, will use the tax lot matching method you have selected…
You may see discrepancies in Total Cash versus Cash in Base Currency after making a trade in a non-base currency. The reason for the discrepancy is that additional time is needed for settlement to allow trades executed in a non-base currency to convert to the base currency. In order to see your Settled Cash balance, you will need to add the Settled Cash column to your Account Window under the Market Value - Real FX Balance section…
Daily P&L is your profit or loss for the day since prior Close of each instrument in the portfolio. The Daily P&L is reset daily based on the following:
In order to access ChartTrader, you must first enable the feature. You can enable the feature by right clicking on your chart and clicking the Buy or Sell buttons at the top of the right click menu. You can also enable ChartTrader by clicking the Edit menu option followed by Chart Parameters, and clicking the ChartTrader box under "Additional Data and Features" followed by Apply and OK…
To see the contract identifiers of a particular product in TWS:
If your chart is not refreshing, that means it is currently not set to update automatically. If you wish to keep the chart up to date, you must check the requisite option in Chart Parameters. In the chart, click the Edit menu option followed by Chart Parameters. In the "Chart Time Options" section, click the box that says "…
If your TWS settings are set to "Average Cost" instead of "Statement Cost", then the TWS may not always correctly update the average price when an asset you hold goes through a corporate action, a position is opened through multiple trades, or a position is transferred into your account. Your…
To see real time quotes in a chart, you need to subscribe to a real time data package from Client Portal.
In case you are loading a chart from a Stock (SMART) ticker, you are required to subscribe to market data for all the markets the product is listed on…