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Portfolio

What the book holds, why the desk holds it, what would make it sell, orders that have not filled, and the last month of closed trades.

5 articles

One screen per book that answers four questions about every position: what do I hold, how is it doing, why was it bought, and what would make the desk sell it. The same marks the Overview shows, with the story behind each name.

  1. The Portfolio screenThree tabs for the book you are looking at. Holdings, with why each was bought and what would make the desk sell. Orders that have not filled. Closed trades from the last 30 days.Everyone on the book16 min read
  2. The Activity logEverything the book did, one trading day at a time, in plain sentences. One row per order, the filters, what a row opens, where the technical details live, and the links that land on a row.Everyone on the book6 min read
  3. Reading the equity chartThe big chart at the top of the Overview: choosing a window from the last hour to five years, zooming into any span, and opening the session, Consult thread or fill behind each marker without hitting the one next to it.Everyone on the book6 min read
  4. AlertsWhat lands in Alerts and what does not, how a row is built, the ones you will actually see (a stop that sold in pieces, a stop the broker refused, positions that differ from the broker, a check that did not run, a platform update), and how a row closes itself.Everyone on the book7 min read
  5. Tax lots, realized gains and wash salesupcomingThe book keeps its own record of what each purchase cost, what each sale realized (short or long term) and which losses a quick repurchase made non-deductible. Advisory for now; nothing is blocked.Owners & operators2 min read