Order and Position Tracker

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Order and Position Tracker provides detailed summary of orders, positions, and accounts across all brokers being used for trading. You can cancel or modify pending orders, or even flatten entire positions, directly from this window. All information can be sorted and filtered to see the details. Contents of Order and Position Tracker can also be exported into Excel for further analysis.

Open Order and Position Tracker Window by one of the following methods:

  • In the main menu select File, then point to New and click Order and Position Tracker Window; or:
  • Click on the Order and Position Tracker icon on the Main toolbar.

Accounts Tab

Accounts tab shows the following information:

  • Profile – shows Broker Profile name;
  • Account – shows the account number;
  • Balance – shows balance of the account;
  • Equity – shows equity of the account;
  • Open P/L – shows open profit and loss of the account.


Broker Account Balance Equity Open P/L
FXCM + + + +
Interactive Brokers + + + +
Patsystems + Calculated by MC + +
Trading Technologies - - - -
MBTrading + + Calculated by MC Calculated by MC
Open E Cry + + + +
Zen-Fire + + + +*
Rithmic + + + +
PFG Best + + + +**
MBTrading + - Calculated by MC Calculated by MC


  • + - information received from broker API
  • - - not available
  • * Requested every second.
  • ** Requested every 5 minutes and calculated by MC in-between.



Orders Tab

Orders tab shows the orders generated by the strategy or created manually.

The following information is available:

  • Generated – shows the time and date when the order was generated;
  • Filled/Cancelled – shows the time when the order was filled or cancelled;
  • Instrument – shows the instrument on which the order was placed;
  • Resolution – shows the resolution of the instrument (if applicable);
  • Order Name – shows the name of the order that was generated;
  • Order Type – shows the type of the order that was generated;
  • Order Category – shows the category of the order that was generated;
  • Action – shows an action that was made (Sell or Buy);
  • Quantity – shows the size of the order that was generated;
  • Quantity Filled – shows the quantity of contracts filled;
  • Quantity Left - shows the quantity of contracts left;
  • State – shows the state of orders (sent, submitted, pre-cancelled, cancelled, partially filled, filled, rejected);
  • Stop – shows the stop price at which the order was placed;
  • Limit – shows the limit price at which the order was placed;
  • Filled – shows the execution price at the broker;
  • TIF – shows the Time In Force setting of the order;
  • Profile – shows Broker Profile name;
  • Account – shows the account number;
  • Broker Order ID – shows the ID of the order at the broker;
  • OCO ID – shows the ID of the One Cancel Other group;
  • Strategy Name – shows the name of the strategy that has generated the order
  • Workspace – shows the name of the workspace where the order was generated

The information in Orders tab can be filtered by Profile, Account, Source, Instrument, State and Date (From… To).

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