Balance

Balance

The screens in this article are based on the iOS operating system. Android screens may differ slightly.

Cash accounts

Balance includes the following information: User account info and Assets.

User Account Info

  • Account: User's account number.
  • Name: User's name.
  • Email: User's email registered with the Broker.
  • Type: Trading account type (Cash).
  • Server name: Trading server name.
  • Server address: Trading server address.
  • Commission Token: Commission token. This is a user's token in which the transaction commission is charged.
  • Token Commission Discount: Commission charged in the commission token for a user's transaction with a discount.

Assets

  • Total: Total asset volume. Total Volume = Locked Volume + Available Volume. 
  • Available: Asset volume available for placing orders. Available Volume = Total Volume - Locked Volume.
  • Locked: Asset volume reserved to ensure the execution of pending orders.
Select the assets volume (Total/Locked/Available) and the currency (asset II) to view the sum of all the assets in the selected currency. 

If an asset is involved in a pending order, an arrow  is displayed next to the asset name. Tap this arrow to go to the Orders screen, where pending orders are displayed. For each asset, the total/locked/available volume is displayed.

Sort assets

You can sort assets by tapping Sort .

  • Sort by Asset: Sort assets by asset name.
  • Sort by Volume: Sort assets by total volume.
  • Sort by Locked Volume: Sort assets by locked volume.
  • Sort by Available Volume: Sort assets by available volume.
  • Sort by Asset II Volume: Sort assets by asset II total volume.
  • Sort by Asset II Locked Volume: Sort assets by asset II locked volume.
  • Sort by Asset II Available Volume: Sort assets by asset II available volume.

To change the sort order from ascending  to descending  and vice versa, tap the filter name.

Pie and Bar Charts

Select Pie Chart or Bar Chart to go to the balance chart screen.
The chart shows the percentage distribution of assets for each volume type. You can select the volume type (Total/Locked/Available) and the conversion currency at the top of the screen.
  •  Bar Chart (column chart) is a chart with rectangular bars with heights proportional to the asset balance values (in %).
  •  Pie chart (circle chart) which is divided into slices to show relative sizes of the account asset balances.

Marginal accounts

Balance on marginal accounts (Net/Gross) includes the following information: User account info and Account Balance (USD).

User Account Info

  • Account: User's account number.
  • Name: User's name.
  • Email: User's email regiatered with the Broker.
  • Type/Currency: Trading account type (Net, Gross) opened in the selected account currency.
  • Leverage: Trading account leverage.
  • Margin Call level: Minimum value to which the Margin Level can fall before it triggers a Margin Call.
  • Stop Out level: When Margin Level falls to a specific percentage (%) level in which a user's open positions are closed automatically by the broker.
  • Server name: Trading server name.
  • Server address: Trading server address.

Account Balance

  • Balance: Amount of funds on the account. Profit/Loss of closed positions affects the Balance. Balance = Deposits - Withdrawals + P/L of closed positions.  
  • Equity: Balance plus the floating Profit/Loss of open positions. Equity = Balance + P/L of open positions
  • Net P/L: Total Gross P/L minus commission and swap (only on Net account).
  • Margin: Amount of funds reserved for open positions. Margin = (Price * Volume) / Leverage. 
  • Free Margin: Amount of funds not involved in trades. Free margin = Equity - Margin.
  • Margin Level: Equity to Margin ratio in percent. Margin level (%) = (Equity / Margin) * 100

Pie and Bar Charts

Select Exposure to go to the margin account balance chart screen.
Exposure refers to the amount of money that user has invested in a particular instrument. Financial exposure is expressed as a percentage of an investment portfolio. You can select the position side (Buy/Sell) and the conversion currency to view the available funds in percent and their size in the selected currency.
  •  Bar Chart (column chart) is a chart with rectangular bars with heights proportional to the account balance values (in %).
  •  Pie chart (circle chart) which is divided into slices to show relative sizes of the account account balance.
  

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