Positions and orders are displayed in a visual manner with the cancel box, unrealized profit/loss, strategy and position size on the chart.
Name |
Description |
Icon |
Cancel box |
Closes the position immediately |
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Profit/loss |
shows the current profit or loss of the position (estimated but not yet realized). If you left click in this field, you will see the following display options in the drop-down list:
Amount;
Percent;
Risks (AgenaTrader++);
Ticks Important: Outside market trading hours the ask/bid prices can differ from regular ask/bid prices. This influences the display of the current open P/L. Usually when the markets are open this resolves itself automatically. We do not want to ignore this ask/bid prices since it is possible that the market opens with a gap and this P/L become realized. |
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Strategy |
Contains the name of the selected trading strategy |
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Position size |
Shows the volume of the position and the number of underlying buy (or sell) orders. The position size can be changed any time. |
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Edit Trade (Trade Expires at) |
As far as an order is executed you can change the expiration date of the trade:
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Should an order neither be touched nor activated then it can be edited and replaced:
Function |
Description |
Order General Options |
The order size can be changed as well as the option "Out RTH" (out regular trading hours) can be selected. |
Order Expiry |
Allows to select between the options: Good till Cancel (GTC), Good till Date (Gtd) and Day. |
Order type options |
Allows to select order types and change a Stop or Limit price. |
Name |
Allows to select from the drop-down list available strategies in Setup Escort. |
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If the order has been activated some functions will not be available anymore:
The position price is not adjustable due to the fact that it is based on the average price of the underlying buy (or sell) orders. This means that it cannot be affected by adding new sell (or buy) orders.