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Order and Position Tracker

822 bytes added, 11 January
The information in Orders tab can be filtered by Profile, Account, Source, Instrument, State and Date (From… To).
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=== Order Modification ===
To cancel the order , right-click on the order to see the shortcut menu and click it -> Cancel Order.
To cancel all active orders for all symbols for all the broker profiles and accounts, right-click on one of the orders to see the shortcut menu and click -> Cancel All Orders.
To cancel all active orders for the particular symbol , right-click on one of the orders to see the shortcut menu and click -> Cancel All Orders for This Symbol.
To cancel all active orders and close all open positions for all the broker profiles and accounts, right-click on one of the orders to see the shortcut menu and click -> Flatten Everything.
To change the price of an active order , right-click on the order to see the shortcut menu and then click it -> Change Stop Price /Change Limit Price.
To change the size of an active order , right-click it -> Change Order Quantity. === Showing Orders on Chart ===To view the order on the corresponding chart, right-click it -> Show Order on Chart.<div style="background-color: #E3FBE5;">'''Note:''' '''Show Order on Chart''' option only works if there is a chart open for this instrument in any of the open workspaces.</div> === Viewing Order’s History === Since MultiCharts 14 it is possible to see the shortcut menu track an order’s life and then click Change understand what had effect on it. '''[[Viewing Order Quantity's History|See here]]''' for more information.
== Open Positions Tab ==
* Average Price - average price of executed entry orders that have created this position;
* Open P/L – shows open profit and loss for this position;
* Last Update – shows date and time of the last update received for the open position.
The information in Open Positions tab can be filtered by Profile, Account, Source, and Instrument.
<div style="background-color: #E3FBE5;">'''Note:''' It is possible to display open positions for several accounts from different broker profiles. Under Account -> select Multiple -> select the accounts you want to see open positions for.</div> [[File:OPT2OPT_Open_Position.pngPNG]]
To close a particular position right-click on the position to see the shortcut menu and click Close this “Instrument” position at Account #.
To cancel all active orders and close all open positions for all the broker profiles and accounts right-click on one of the orders to see the shortcut menu and click Flatten Everything.
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* ** Requested every 5 minutes and calculated by MC in-between.
==Strategy Positions tabTab==
Strategy positions tab shows the positions that were opened by your strategy as a result of automated trading.
<div style="background-color: #E3FBE5;">Note: Only positions that were opened by a strategy are showed shown in Strategy Positions tab. The positions that were opened manually or opened from another program are not showedshown. Number of lines displayed on this tab = number of auto trading charts.</div>
After the position is closed the corresponding line in the Strategy Positions tab is removed.
* Profile – where you can see the broker profile that is connected;
* Strategy Name – shows the name of the strategy that has generated this position;
* Workspace – shows the name of the workspace with the chart where the strategy is applied is situated;* Last Update – shows date and time of the last update received for the strategy positions.
The information in Strategy Positions tab can be filtered by Instrument.
[[File:OPT3OPT_Strategy_Positions.pngPNG]] 
To see the chart for the instrument with an open position of the strategy right-click on the position to see the shortcut menu and click '''Go to Chart'''.
<div style="background-color: #E3FBE5;">'''Note''':We display all updates coming to MultiCharts from your broker. Unfortunately the updates of avg entry price and current market position come asynchronously from your broker. MultiCharts doesn’t filter them, otherwise it can lose some information. Symbol Mapping can also affect number of the duplicated lines (depends on the number of lines with the same instrument in Symbol Mapping window) in Position History tab.</div>
==Logs tabTab==
Logs tab shows the information on the trading events and messages received from broker.
==Alerts Tab==
Alerts tab shows the alerts generated by the signal and indicator scripts.
The following information is available:
* Source - name of the study that generated the alert;
* Instrument - the symbol on which the study is applied;
* Resoution Resolution - the resolution selected for the instrument;
* Price - price level at which the alert was triggered;
* Message - alert message.
You can create performance report for the selected brokers and symbols. You can also select the Currency in which the report will be created, select start and end date, Initial Capital and Risk Free Rate (used to calculate Sharpe Ratio. The default value is 2%).
==Managing columnsColumns==
To show/hide a column, right-click on the column heading and check/ uncheck the column name check boxes.
<div style="background-color: #E3FBE5;">Note: In order to export data to excel make sure that Microsoft Office 2003 and higher is installed on your machine (Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) must be supported).</div>
==Changing Themes of Order and Position==
To change themes of Order and Position Tracker: click the View tab in the main menu of MultiCharts , point to Themes and choose one of the themes available in the list.

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