MetaTrader 4 User Guide - Alpari UK

MT4 User GuideTrade tab (detailed)The trade tab contains information in regards to the status of the account. Open positions are listedalong with account balance, margin/free margin and equity.Order Time Type Size SymbolStop LossPriceCommissionProfitPriceTake ProfitSwapTradeOrder: Unique Ticket ID.Time: Time of position opening. The time is represented as YYYY.MM.DD HH:MM (year.month.dayhour:minute). This is the time at which the position was opened;Type: Type of the trade operation. There are several types of trading operations that can appear here:"Buy" — long position, "Sell" — short position, and pending orders named Sell Stop, Sell Limit, Buy Stop,and Buy Limit;Lots: The amount of lots participating in the trade;Symbol: This field displays the name of the symboltraded;Price: Price of position opening (no to be mixed up with the current price described below). This is theprice at which the position was opened;S/L: The placed Stop Loss order level. If the order has not been placed, a zero value will be presented inthis field.T/P: The placed Take Profit order level. If the order has not been placed, a zero value will be presentedin this field.Price: The current price of the symbol(not to be mixed up with that of position opening describedabove);Commission: Any commission charges will be listed here;Swap: Charging of swaps is stored in this cell;Profit: The financial result of the transaction made will be written in this field taking the current priceinto consideration. Positive result means that the transaction was profitable, and negative one meansthat it was unprofitable;Comments: Comments on trade operations are stored in this column. A comment can only be written atthe position opening or at placing of an order.Copyright © 2011 Alpari (UK) Ltd, 201 Bishopsgate, London EC2M 3AB, United Kingdom Page 43 of 179