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Column Name
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Description
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Avg Price
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The average cost of the current position.
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Cost Basis
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The cost basis is calculated using the formula:
average price x position x multiplier
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Market Value
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Equal to (position * market price).
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Position
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Your current position in the selected contract.
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P&L
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Displays gains or losses. To modify the P&L calculation used, right-click the field and select or deselect Include today's opening position in P&L calculation.
NOTE: When the closing price is not available, the average price is used for the P&L calculation. This occurrence is noted by an exclamation point (!) in the P&L field.
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Unrealized P&L
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Calculates unrealized P&L for stocks, stock options and futures options. Unrealized P&L is calculated using the formula:
(current market price - average cost/share) x total number of shares
The average cost per share is updated in realtime. This field is automatically added to the Trading window when the customer takes a position. Once removed it is not automatically added again.
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Realized P&L
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Calculates the realized profit and loss per position.
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Unrealized P&L Spinner
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A graphic real-time representation of unrealized profit and loss, where the arrow color indicates whether your current unrealized P&L is positive (blue) or negative (red), the direction indicates whether the last price change was negative (pointing left) or positive (pointing right), and the length of the arrow represents the distance between the purchase/sale price and the last bid/ask.
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