Positions Window Header Definitions

Column

Description

$ Maintenance Margin

This is the minimum required level of margin a percentage of the total market value of the contracts.

$ Open P/L

This is the dollar amount of Profit and Loss when the open position exists for a contract

$ Realized P/L

This figure is the actual profit and loss for the trading activity of a contract.

Amount

This displays the dollar total for the contracts.

Avg. Buy Price

This is the average buy price for the contract.

Avg. Sell Price

This is the average sell price for the contract.

Open P/L

This is the amount of Profit and Loss when the open position exists for a contract

Realized P/L

This figure is the actual profit and loss for the trading activity of that contract.

Symbol

This displays the symbol of the futures or options contract.

Time

This refers to the time when the contract was filled.

$ Total P/L

This is the sum of the Open P/L figure and the Realized P/L figure for that contract.