Accounting Definitions

The main component that tracks accounting related information is Position. All the accounting information in a position is in the transaction currency of that position.

The following are definitions of the accounting information provided for Actual Positions:

Average Contract Cash Flow: This is the average amount in the transaction currency received per contract of the security. A payment is treated as an outflow of cash and is tracked as a negative quantity. Whereas, a receipt is treated as an inflow of cash and is tracked as a positive quantity.
Total Cash Flow: This is the total amount in the transaction currency that was paid or received to result in this net Actual Position.
Average Contract Profit: This is the net cash flow on a per contract basis that would result from closing out the Actual Position at current market prices. A net LONG position would use the cash flow for the current market bid price and a net SHORT position would use the cash flow for the current market ask price. This cash flow would be added to the Average Contract Cash Flow to yield the Average Contract Profit in the security transaction currency. Positive values for Average Contract Profit are profits and negative values are losses.
Total Profit: This is the total cash flow in the transaction currency that would result from closing out the Actual Position at current market prices. Positive values for Total Profit are profits and negative values are losses.
Realized Profit: This is the cash flow amount in the security transaction currency that has already been recognized against this Actual position. Positive values for Realized Profit indicate profits have already been recognized and negative values indicate losses have already been recognized.
Unrealized Profit: This is the total cash flow in the transaction currency that would impact the accounting records for this Actual Position if it was closed out at current market prices. Positive values for Unrealized Profit are profits and negative values are losses.

The following are definitions of the accounting information provided for What-If Positions:

Per Contract Cash Flow: This is the amount in the security transaction currency that will be paid or received per contract of the security at current market prices. A payment is treated as an outflow of cash and is tracked as a negative quantity. Whereas, a receipt is treated as an inflow of cash and is tracked as a positive quantity. A LONG position would use the cash flow for the current market ask price and a SHORT position would use the cash flow for the current market bid price.
Total Cash Flow: This is the total amount in the security transaction currency that will be paid or received in order to trade the total number of contracts specified by this What-If Position.