User guide

Closing & history

Close a position into realized P/L, stop watching ideas, and keep a trade history.

Trades end two ways: a live position is closed, and a watched idea you never traded is dropped.

Closing a position

On an open position, choose Close. Enter the close price (it defaults to the current mark) and you'll see a live realized-P/L preview update as you type. Submit, and the position flips to Closed: it records your realized result, drops out of the active book, and moves into your trade history.

Realized P/L is the credit you kept minus what it cost to close, scaled to your size — shown right on the close screen so there are no surprises.

Remember: a live position can't be deleted, only closed — that's what keeps your record complete.

Stopping a watched idea

A watched idea (one you never traded) carries no result, so you can simply stop watching it from its row — it leaves your watchlist. This option only exists for watched ideas, never for live positions.

Trade history

Your closed trades live in trade history (the "view history" link in the Saved Spreads lane). Each entry shows the symbol, close date, entry → close, and realized P/L, with a running total across all your closed trades. Click any entry to reopen its read-only summary; remove one if it was a mis-entry.

This is your track record — the point of recording closes rather than deleting positions is that the history, and its running P/L, stay honest over time.

The saved rail at a glance

In the Saved Spreads lane, the rail keeps the three states clear: live Open positions first (ordered by urgency), then a "Watchlist — not traded" group of watched ideas; Closed trades drop out to the history link. The status tag on every row tells you which state it's in.

Next: tune your defaults in Settings.