Trade page column definitions

Stock Ticker

The identifier of the position

Open date

The date the trade was opened

Stock price

The price of the underlying stock

Strategy

The strategy, this can be entered by you. In positions that contain more than one leg we automatically calculate this for the purpose of presentation on the trades page. I.e. it won’t persist into your analytics unless you set it.

Strike

The strike price of the option

Initial option price

The price you bought or sold the option for when you opened the position

Option (Ask)

The last ask price retrieved from the market for this option

Option (Bid)

The last bid price retrieved from the market for this option

Option (Mid)

The mid price of a single contract of the position (Ask Bid / 2)

Option (Last)

The last price of a single contract of the position

Cumulative cost basis

The cumulative cost basis is another way to calculate breakeven. This is the total value traded divided by the number of shares held. It uses the initial stock price that the shares were purchased for.

Breakeven

Your breakeven on this group of trades. This field is populated in the grouped view and shows you the net cost of an underlying to you. It uses the last live stock price. The calculation is: breakeven = ((totalValueOfPositions premiumsReceived) + commission) / totalSharesHeld;

Postion status

Can be open, closed, assigned or expired

Type

Can be stock, call or put

Holdings

The value of contracts or shares held

Action

Can be buy to open, sell to open, buy or short

Expiry date

The date the option expires

DTE

Days until expiry

Contracts

The number of contracts held

Quantity

The number of shares or contracts held

Stock price at close

The stock price when the position was closed

Option Risk

If there is a risk that the call may be called away or the risk that you might be assigned stock.

Protection

For puts this is the distance between the strike and the put being assigned. For calls, this is the distance between the strike and the call be called away. Calculation: ((stock price strike price) / stock price ) x 100. If the trade is a call then the sign (+/*) is inverse.

Risk

The $ risk of the position or group of positions

Assigned at

The stock price at which the trade has been assigned.

Option close price

The price which you bought back or sold an option position on close

Cost basis

Cost basis is the original value or purchase price. We also include the final P&L so you can get the real cost.

Credits

All of the credits received

Debits

All the debits taken

Current value

The current value of the premium / stock

P&L$

Premium earnt to date. Underlined values indicate the trade is open and the calculation is delayed (and uses the mid price for options) This is a premium feature. Options pricing is refreshed once a day at 10PM EST.

P&L%

Underlined values indicate the trade is open and the calculation is delayed (and uses the mid price for options).

P&L

Includes both $ and %

Ann. Open

The annualized % return on the trade when it was opened.

Ann. Close

The annualized % return on the trade when it was closed.

Date closed

The date the position was closed

Days open

The number of days between opening and closing the trade.

Source

Trade source is a reference to where you found the trade, such as YouTube, reading, etc.

Notes

Your own notes…

OI/VOL

This uses the past 5 days of tracked data. The volume/open interest of the trade. If volume & open interest are rising this is a bullish indicator. If volume & open interest are falling this is a bearish indicator.

IV

The implied volatility trend of the trade. This uses the past 5 days of tracked data.

Commission

The commission received on entry and exit

Updated on: 01/02/2023