Alerts and Orders Window – Positions (Professional Only)

The Positions view of the Alerts and Orders Window displays the current market position for all active trading strategies. Long positions will be colored blue, short positions will be colored red, and no position will be colored gray.

The following is a description of each column in the Positions view:

Position ‘ The current position of the ticker symbol. Possible positions include none, long, and short.

Shares ‘ The number of shares/contracts being bought or sold.

Symbol ‘ The ticker symbol being traded.

Fill Price ‘ The price at which the entry order was filled in the market.

Last Price ‘ The last price of the symbol.

Profit ‘ The current open profit of the position if it was closed at the last price.

Time Placed ‘ The time the order was generated by the trading strategy.

Entry Time ‘ The time that the entry order was filled in the market

Strategy ‘ The name of the trading strategy that generated the order.

Chart ‘ The chart name on which the trading strategy resides.

To hide the Alerts and Orders Window deselect the Alerts and Orders Window menu item from the View menu.
 

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