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The Trading Journals are activated from the bottom bar as seen below

Trading Journals in GoCharting

The Trading Journal comprises of the following major components:

  1. My Orders Tab
  2. My Trades Tab
  3. My Positions Tab
  4. My Balance Tab
  5. Top Control Bar

My Orders #

Working orders panel displays all currently placed orders. Once you places a new order, it appears in this panel and becomes available to be managed.

My Orders Tab

Available columns #

Account

Login name of an account that placed order

Symbol

A traded symbol

Description

Comments for symbol

Symbol type

A symbol’s market category (CFD, spot, stocks, etc.)

Expiration date

Date of contract expiration

Strike price

Price of option contract performance

Side

Type of trade (BUY or SELL)

Order type

Type of order

Quantity

Amount of a order, either in lots or in units, depending on what is selected in the Settings dialog box

Qty. filled

Executed quantity of the order, in case of partial filling

Qty. remaining

Difference between quantity and executed quantity, in case of partial filling

Price

Price at which the order is to be executed.

Trigger price

TIF

The order’s time in force

Status

Order status

Current price

Current market price for order’s symbol

Stop loss

Stop loss price set for a order

Take profit

Take profit price set for a order

Date/Time

Date and time when a order was placed

Order ID

A unique number that the trading system assigns to each order

Order group ID

Connection name

Context menu actions #

By right-clicking on each row of Working orders panel, you will get a context menu with the following functions:

Selected order(s) actions #

Modify order

Invokes the modification screen, allowing to modify orders parameters

Quick SL/TP

Allows quick adding SL/TP orders to selected orders

Change to Market

Change order type to Market for selected orders

Cancel order

Allows canceling all selected orders, all orders by selected symbol, all orders by selected account, all orders

Common actions #

Group by

Groups all rows by the selected column

Columns visibility

Allows to toggle the columns visibility

My Trades #

Trades panel displays your trading history.

Available columns #

Account

login name of an account that made a trade

Date/Time

Date and time when a trade was made

Symbol

A traded symbol

Description

Comments for symbol

Symbol type

A symbol’s market category (CFD, spot, stocks, etc.)

Expiration date

Date of contract expiration

Strike price

Price of option contract performance

Side

Type of trade (BUY or SELL)

Order type

Quantity

Amount of a trade, either in lots or in units, depending on what is selected in the Settings dialog box

Price

Price at which a trade was filled

Gross P/L

Profit/loss in account currency, calculated on base of price difference

Fee

Shows total commission amount taken for a trade

Net P/L

Profit/loss for a trade excluding fee

Trade value

Trade ID

A unique number that the trading system assigns to each trade

Order ID

A unique number that the trading system assigns to each order

Connection name

Context menu actions #

By right-clicking on each row of Trades panel, you will get a context menu with the following functions:

Common actions #

Group by

Groups all rows by the selected column

Columns visibility

Allows to toggle the columns visibility

My Positions #

Positions panel displays an extended information about all currently opened positions, their P/L and prices. Once you open a new position, it appears in this panel and becomes available to be managed

Available columns #

Account

login name of an account that opened a position

Symbol

a traded symbol

Description

comments for symbol

Symbol type

a symbol’s market category (CFD, spot, stocks, etc.)

Expiration date

date of contract expiration

Position ID

a unique number that the trading system assigns to each position

Side

type of trade (BUY or SELL)

Open price

price at which a position was opened

Current price

a market price obtainable from a broker

Quantity

amount of a position, either in lots or in units, depending on what is selected in the Settings dialog box

Date/Time

date and time when a position was opened

Gross P/L

profit/loss in account currency, calculated on base of price difference

Gross P/L, ticks

Net P/L

profit/loss for a position excluding fee

Position exposure

exposure of a position, in the account currency. Calculated on base of an open price

Position value (open price)

open value of a position. Calculated on base of an open market price

Position value (current price)

current value of a position. Calculated on base of a current market price

Fee

shows total commission amount taken for a position

Swaps

amounts collected/paid out by a broker when a position is rolled over to a new value date

Expiration date

date of contract expiration

Strike price

price of option contract performance

Stop loss

Stop loss price set for a position

Take profit

Take profit price set for a position

Context menu actions #

By right-clicking on each row of Positions panel, you will get a context menu with the following functions:

Selected position(s) actions #

Modify position

Invokes the modification screen, allowing to add SL/TP orders to selected position manually

Quick SL/TP

allows quick adding SL/TP orders to selected position

Close position

Options: close all selected positions, all positions by selected symbol, all positions for selected account, all positions

Reverse

allows reversing all selected positions, all positions by selected symbol, all positions by selected account, all positions

Common actions #

Group by

Groups all rows by the selected column

Columns visibility

Allows to toggle the columns visibility

Top Control Bar #

The Top Bar comprises of the following controls:

  • Broker Selection Dropdown
  • Download to Excel: Button allows downloading of our trading activities onto excel
  • Cancel All Open Orders
  • Field List: Manage the fields in the grid

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