Journals & Ledgers
Table of Contents
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:
- My Orders Tab
- My Trades Tab
- My Positions Tab
- My Balance Tab
- 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