Understanding the Accounts Tab
Columns can be re-ordered and re-sized at will, and individual columns can be enabled or disabled via the Properties window accessible in the Accounts grid's Right-Click menu. The following columns are displayed in the Accounts grid by default:
Connection
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The connection through which the account is accessed
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Display Name
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The account's Display Name
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Buying Power
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The account's buying power, taking margin into account
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Cash Value
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The cash value of the account
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Excess Intraday Margin
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Available (unused) intraday margin on the account
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Excess Initial Margin
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Available (unused) initial margin on the account
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Intraday Margin
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The margin enforced for positions held intraday
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Initial Margin
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The percentage of the purchase price that must be covered by the account's cash value
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Maintenance Margin
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The minimum amount of cash that must be maintained in the account
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Excess Maintenance Margin
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The cash value of the account above the Maintenance Margin value
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Net Liquidation
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The total worth of the account's assets (including margin)
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Gross Realized PnL
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Realized profit or loss before commissions have been subtracted
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Realized PnL
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Realized profit or loss after commissions have been subtracted
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The following additional columns can be applied through the grid's Properties window:
Close
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Contains a button which will allow you to close the position
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Commission Name
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The name of the Commission Template applied to the account
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Daily loss limit
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The percentage of the daily loss limit that has been reached
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Daily profit trigger
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The percentage of the daily profit trigger that has been reached
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Filled Buys
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The number of Buy orders filled in the current session
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Filled Sells
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The number of Sell orders filled in the current session
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Look Ahead Maintenance Margin
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Projected maintenance margin requirement as of the next period's margin change
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Name
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The name of the account. This can differ from the account's Display Name
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Net Liquidation by Currency
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Same as Net Liquidation, but for individual currencies
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Position
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The quantity held in all open positions on the account
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Total Cash Balance
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The total cash available in the account including any debits or credits
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Total Commissions
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The total commissions paid in the account for the session
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Total PnL
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The sum of Unrealized PnL + Realized PnL
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Trailing max drawdown
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The remaining value of the trailing max drawdown
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Unrealized PnL
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Total unrealized profit or loss for open positions on the account
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Weekly loss limit
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The percentage of the weekly loss limit that has been reached
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Weekly PnL
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Profit and loss for the week
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Weekly profit trigger
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The percentage of the weekly profit trigger that has been reached
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Working Buys
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The number of unfilled Buy orders currently resting on the account
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Working Sells
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The number of unfilled Sell orders currently resting on the account
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Right Click Menu
Right mouse clicking within the positions grid section opens the following menu:
Add Simulation Account
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Opens the Account window to configure a new simulation account
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Edit Account
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Opens the Account window to edit the selected account (See the Edit Account Menu section below)
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Remove Account
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Removes the selected account (Note: The Sim101 account cannot be removed)
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Close All Selected Account Positions
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Closes all selected positions on the selected account
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Always on Top
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Sets the Control Center window to always be on top of other windows
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Show Tabs
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Used to enable or disable tabs in the Control Center
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Export
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Exports the grid contents to "CSV" or "Excel" file format
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Find...
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Search for a term in the grid
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Print
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Select to print either the window or the order grid area.
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Share
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Select to share via your share connections.
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Properties...
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Configure the positions grid properties
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Edit Account Menu
Right mouse clicking within the positions grid section then selecting Edit Account opens the following menu:
Name
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Displays the name of the account
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Denomination
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*Sets what currency to display the account values. Must be set to the currency the account is in.
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Commission
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Sets what commissions template to apply
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Forex lot size
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Sets the default order quantity for forex
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Initial cash
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Sets the initial cash balance for the simulation account
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Max order size
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Sets a limit for order size
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Max position size
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Sets a limit for position size
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Risk
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Sets what risk template to apply
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Minimum cash value
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Sets the minimum cash value that must be available to place an order
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Notes:
The Playback101 account cannot be edited, it inherits its settings from the Sim101.
Adjusting the denomination requires a reconnect.
*Some providers will always display the denomination in US Dollars.
Not all properties display for all accounts.
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Account Values Supported by Provider
The account values that are displayed depend upon your connectivity provider. Some connectivity providers transmit partial account data, while others do not transmit anything. Below is a table of the various account values displayed by different connectivity providers.
Connectivity Provider
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Buying Power
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Cash Value
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Excess Intraday
Margin
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Excess Initial
Margin
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Margin
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Initial Margin
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Net Liquidation
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Realized PnL
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Unrealized PnL
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Total PnL
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Local Simulation Accounts
(values are all NinjaTrader calculated since its a simulation account)
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Continuum
(values exclude commissions)
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CQG
(values exclude commissions)
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FOREX.com
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FXCM
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Interactive Brokers
(values include commissions)
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Rithmic
(values exclude commissions)
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TD Ameritrade
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(NinjaTrader calculated)
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*With NinjaTrader Brokerage
Notes:
•If a Connectivity Provider supplies Unrealized PnL in NinjaTrader, but a risk template is applied (example: local simulation accounts) the Unrealized PnL will be calculated locally. •Interactive Brokers reports forex trades in the instrument currency, not the account currency, without commissions applied. So, forex trades are not applied to Realized PnL. •If a commissions template is applied, some values may include commissions, locally calculated. |
Understanding Currency Conversion
NinjaTrader will attempt to convert currency for forex and futures trades.
•Forex trades will be made for any currency pair that has a cross rate and that cross rate data is available on your data feed. •Futures trades we use the CME FX futures (6A, 6B, 6E, etc) to make the conversion as long as you have access to that data from your data feed provider.
Notes:
•Commissions in the Account tab are calculated based on the Commission Template applied to the account in your installation of NinjaTrader, and not pulled from any Data Provider. •Custom Margin Templates cannot be applied to live accounts •Due to the CME FX Futures being mostly limited to US cross rates conversion will only occur to US Dollar account denomination for futures trades. |
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Understanding the accounts tab
