On the dashboard you see your open positions. These are trades that you haven't completely closed yet. Each position shows various important information.
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Positions
Current holdings and portfolio overview
In this Chapter
1. Understanding Open Positions
2. Current Value (Mark-to-Market)
This is the current value of your position based on the last known price. For example, if you bought 100 Apple shares at €100 and the price is now €105, your current value is €10,500.
3. Unrealized Profit/Loss
This is your profit or loss FROM this position, even though you haven't sold it yet. Example: You buy Apple at €100/share for €10,000. Now the price is €105/share. Your unrealized profit is €500.
4. Percentage Return (%)
This is your profit/loss as a percentage of your invested capital. Example: You invest €10,000 and have a profit of €500. That's a return of 5%.
5. Break-Even Chips on the Trade Card
On each trade card you see small chips above the trade — one per open sub-position. Each chip shows:
• Break-even per contract (the price at which the position neither gains nor loses)
• Current market value of the sub-position
For roll chains (e.g., Cash-Secured Put → Covered Call), you can see at a glance whether your current short strike still has a comfortable buffer to the stock price. Colors differentiate calls and puts.
• Break-even per contract (the price at which the position neither gains nor loses)
• Current market value of the sub-position
For roll chains (e.g., Cash-Secured Put → Covered Call), you can see at a glance whether your current short strike still has a comfortable buffer to the stock price. Colors differentiate calls and puts.
6. The Cycle Detail Modal — Four Tabs
Clicking on a trade opens a modal with four tabs:
• 📋 Details — all positions, strikes, expiries, events timeline (open, rolls, close, assignment) and a mini candlestick chart showing the underlying's price movement exactly during your trade's timespan. You can immediately see where you opened and closed.
• 📊 ROI — Return on Investment, Return-on-Risk, daily return, comparison with Buy-and-Hold.
• 🔁 Campaigns — if your trade is part of a roll chain or combined campaign, you see all related trades here with their opens, rolls, and closes.
• 📜 History — complete order history, fills, prices.
The "Total Position P&L" label shows the lifetime P&L of the entire cycle — not the daily change.
• 📋 Details — all positions, strikes, expiries, events timeline (open, rolls, close, assignment) and a mini candlestick chart showing the underlying's price movement exactly during your trade's timespan. You can immediately see where you opened and closed.
• 📊 ROI — Return on Investment, Return-on-Risk, daily return, comparison with Buy-and-Hold.
• 🔁 Campaigns — if your trade is part of a roll chain or combined campaign, you see all related trades here with their opens, rolls, and closes.
• 📜 History — complete order history, fills, prices.
The "Total Position P&L" label shows the lifetime P&L of the entire cycle — not the daily change.
7. When a Position Shows a ⚠️ Symbol
A warning triangle means: there are discrepancies between the historical trades and the current position (usually because historical trades are missing — IBKR only retains limited history in the Flex Report). Clicking the symbol opens the diagnostic overlay, which explains:
• Which trades are missing (time period, quantity)
• Which broker retention policy applies
• How to reload the missing trades
Details on reloading can be found in the IBKR chapter under "Reload Missing Historical Trades".
• Which trades are missing (time period, quantity)
• Which broker retention policy applies
• How to reload the missing trades
Details on reloading can be found in the IBKR chapter under "Reload Missing Historical Trades".