Download User Guide - Berkeley Futures Limited

Trading With J-Trader
Follow these steps:
1 In any trading window, select the Positions tab.
In the upper pane, you have the positions in each contract, in the contract currency. In the orangecoloured
TOTAL: row, you have the totals, expressed in the system currency.
Note: You can display totals in your local currency as well as the system currency, if your J-Trader
Properties file has the setting LOCAL_CURRENCY = TRUE.
2 In the position tree in the left-hand pane, select the position you want to view. If the left-hand pane
is closed, click here:
3 Select the relevant Account.
Notice the following information:
where:
Position gives the real-time state of the trading account: either Open or Flat.
Profit & Loss gives the total gross P&L, in the system currency.
4 To see the fills for a contract, highlight it in the upper pane of the window, and the fills are
displayed in the bottom pane.
5 To change the columns, right-click in the grid area of the Positions (upper) or Fill (lower) pane.
For explanations of the columns available, see Position Columns (page 60) and Fill Columns (page
62).
Position Columns
By right-clicking in the Positions pane of the Position screen (page 59) and clicking on Select
Columns, you can choose from:
Column
Net Position
Explanation
Net position for the contract: eg, +20 for ‘20 lots long’ and -10 for ‘10 lots short’.
Buys
Sells
Number of lots bought.
Number of lots sold.
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