ydfah Posted February 26, 2016 Report Share Posted February 26, 2016 On the day a new position is entered into a portfolio, the Chg$ column uses the previous day's closing price to calculate what it displays and gives an inaccurate reading. This value should be based on the entry price when the purchase date matches todays day. For example, I initiated a short position today of 9K shares at $7.70. It closed yesterday at $7.28. Currently the Last column says $7.46, the Gain $ column shows $2,180 and the Chg$ column shows -$1620 because it's calculating from 7.28 instead of 7.70. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Medved Posted February 26, 2016 Report Share Posted February 26, 2016 there is no entry price in the portfolio. If you want to view that, open the Account View window for the account in question and look at Positions. That does update in real-time as well and show the change based on the entry price Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ydfah Posted February 26, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2016 2 minutes ago, Jerry Medved said: there is no entry price in the portfolio. Semantics, I'm referring to the Paid column in the Edit Portfolios and the Portfolio screens when I say entry price. Of course Paid is not the right terminology either since when initiating a short position you're actually selling and not paying anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Medved Posted February 29, 2016 Report Share Posted February 29, 2016 get the new beta. Changed stuff in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ydfah Posted February 29, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 29, 2016 I installed the Beta but will obviously have to wait until I trade to let you know if the issue is resolved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ydfah Posted February 29, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 29, 2016 Actually I just realized I didn't have to wait. I manually entered a bogus trade in my portfolio and both the Chg$ and Gain $ columns read identical. I knew you guys could figure out how to solve it! Now about that scrolling ticker tape thingy.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Medved Posted February 29, 2016 Report Share Posted February 29, 2016 Rome was not built in a day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Medved Posted February 29, 2016 Report Share Posted February 29, 2016 ok, this change is going to be reverted. Too many unintended consequences and not worth it. Positions screen shows accurate intraday gains without even having to manually sync stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ydfah Posted March 1, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2016 Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggghhhhhhh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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