====== Account Board ======
The Account Board displays account details for all the accounts that you have access to. The most common columns are visible by default. Each account listed will have a name, number, total P&L, total cash, and status. Your account will also break down P&L by providing individual market positions. Each position will display the market, net position, and P&L. Combining the P&L for all the positions will equal the account total P&L. Many additional Columns are available in Account Board Properties.

During trading your account status may change due to risk management. If your status becomes “blocked” it means that risk management is actively blocking your account from trading so that you can only trade out of your open positions. Filtered views of your accounts are provided by the View Tabs at the top of the screen. Simply click the view you desire and Account Board will display the appropriate accounts. The default, All view, is an unfiltered view showing you all accounts that are available to you.

The Account Board also allows you to print the contents of a view, quickly change the Currently Trading Account and open account specific Order Books.

To open a new Account Board, Click Account Board from the Main window’s New Item Menu.

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Properties Brings up the properties for the Account Board
Print Allows you to Print, save to clipboard, or copy the account board to excel.
DDE Link Copies the account board into an excel spreadsheet.
Firm Drop Down Filter account board by firm.
Search Search for an account by name.
View Tabs View various account boards.
Columns Columns to display on the Account Board. Many more columns are available and can be added in the Account Board Properties, Columns tab.

====== Tabs ======
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The view tabs are used to switch between filtered views of your accounts. Simply click the tab for the accounts you desire to see. If you want to see multiple views at the same time create a new Account Board and set the additional view.

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Some tabs have related items under a drop down menu. Click the dropdown button to the right of the tab to select from the additional related items.

**1. All** All Accounts. This is an unfiltered view.

**2. Have Traded** Accounts that have orders for the current trading day.

**3. Neg P&L** Accounts that have taken a loss for the current trading day.

  * No P&L Accounts that have had no profit or loss for the current trading day.

  * Pos P&L Accounts that have made a profit for the current trading day.

**4. Blocked** Accounts currently being blocked by risk management. Contact your Administrator for an explanation of your specific risk management parameters.

   * UnrestrictedAccounts that are not risk managed. There are no money or margin restrictions on these accounts. They may have max clip and max position limits.

   * DisabledAccounts that have been disabled by your Risk Manager.

**5.Active Position** Accts that have active working orders.

  * Open Position Accounts that have an open position.

  * No Position Accounts that have had a position but are now flat.

**6. Warnings All** A summary of all warnings: Margin, P&L and loss Limit.

  * Warnings Threshold The warning threshold % for this account.

  * Warnings Margin All accounts over the daily risk limit for margin set by Administrator.

  * Warnings P&L All accounts over the daily P&L limit set by Administrator.

  * Warnings Loss Limit All accounts over the daily Loss limit level set by Administrator.

====== Columns ======
The Account Board’s column layout is fully customizable. Drag the column header to move, drag the column header side border to resize, and click the column header to resort.

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By default the most common columns are visible in a new Account Board. Many more columns are available and can be added in the Account Board Properties.

===== Account Columns =====

**Account** The account number that is sent to the exchange.

**Firm** The firm number that the account belongs to.

**Loss Limit** The amount of cash you are able to lose in a single trading day. If this value is blank then you don’t have a loss limit.

**Loss Limit%** The amount of cash you are able to lose in a single trading day as a percent of your Total Balance.

**Min Balance** The minimum balance the clearing firm is requiring you to keep in your account at all times. This amount is subtracted from your balance when checking margin requirements.

**Mode** The account mode set by the firm administrator.

**Name** The descriptive name of the account.

**Net Current Day P&L** Your Net profit and loss for all markets that were traded in current trading session trades only. Note that this P&L does not include trades that occurred in any prior trading sessions.

**Net Equity** Total Balance plus P&L.

**Net P&L** The Net Profit and Loss of all markets traded for the selected account.

**Status** The current status of the account.

  * Blocked Risk management is actively blocking the account because it violates at least one of the rules set up by your Administrator.

  * Deleted The account was deleted from the system by your Administrator.

  * OK The account is ready for trading and is being risk managed.

  * Unknown The current status of the account is unknown.

  * Unrestricted The account is ready for trading and it isn’t being risk managed.

  * Disabled The account was disabled in the system by your Administrator.

**Total Balance** The start of day balance of your account.

**Total Cash** The total amount of money your account has available for trading. This value is derived from your start of day balance, P&L and margin.

**Total Current Day P&L** Your Total profit and loss for all markets that were traded in current trading session trades only. Note that this P&L does not include trades that occurred in any prior trading sessions.

**Total Day Fills** Will display the current days fills only for the selected account. Note that this does not include fills that occurred in any prior trading sessions.

**Total Fees & Commission** Will display the total fees and commission specified by the firm administrator for all markets traded in the selected account.

**Total Margin** The total margin you are being required to pay for all the positions for the account.

**Total Max Position** The total max worst case position. If you’re long 5 and working to sell 5 and buy another 5 your total max position would be 10.

**Total Overnight UP&L** Unrealized profit and loss for your accounts overnight positions. This is the P&L between any fills from previous days and the last settlement price.

**Total P&L** The total profit and loss of all markets traded in the selected account.

**Total P&L %** The Profit and loss percent up or down of the Total Cash.

**Total Premium** The Total premium of all contracts traded for the selected account.

**Total RP&L** Realized profit and loss for your account. This is the profit and loss for positions that have been closed out.

**Total UP&L** Unrealized profit and loss for your account. This is the P&L between any open position fills and the current best bid or offer prices. If no bid or offer price is available then the last trade or settlement price is used.

**Total Working** Displays number of working order and total volume of those orders in parentheses

**Total Worst Position** Your Total worst case position of all markets or all of your working orders get filled.

**Warning Loss Limit** Indicates account is close to loss limit for the day

**Warning Margin** Indicates account is close to margin limits for the day.

**Warning P&L** Indicates account is close to P&L loss for the day.

**Warning Summary** Summary of all account warning parameters.


===== Position Columns =====


**Avg Fill Price** The average fill price is calculated using the FIFO matched open fill only. This can be set to Average Open Fill, Average Total Fill, Average Open Until closed, or none.

**Avg Long Fill Price** The average long fill price is calculated using the FIFO matched open fill only.

**Avg Short Fill Price** The average short fill price is calculated using the FIFO matched open fill only.

**Buys** The total number of contracts bought in the market for this trading day.

**Contract ID** The identifier of the contract that this market is for. Note we pick this up from the exchange so whatever they use for the ID is what we display. Example Crude Oil is "CL"

**Current Day P&L** Your profit and loss for each market that was traded in current trading session trades only. Note that this P&L does not include trades that occurred in any prior trading sessions.

**Day Buys** Will display the current days buys only for that month. Note that this does not include trades that occurred in any prior trading sessions.

**Day Net** Will display the current day net of the buys and sells only for each month. Note that this does not include trades that occurred in any prior trading sessions.

**Day Sells** Will display the current days sells only for that month. Note that this does not include trades that occurred in any prior trading sessions.

Fees & Commission Will display fees and commission specified by the firm administrator for each market traded in the selected account.

**Margin** The amount of margin required for your position and working orders in the market.

**Market** A description of each market that was traded.

**Net** Your net position in each market that was traded.

**Overnight UP&**L Unrealized profit and loss for your overnight positions in each market traded. This is the P&L between any fills from previous days and the last settlement price.

**P&L** Your profit and loss for each market that was traded.

**Premium** The premium is displayed per contract.

**Previous Day Margin** Displays only the prior days amount of margin required for your position and working orders in the market.

**RP&L** Realized profit and loss for your positions in each market traded. This is profit and loss for positions that have been closed and the prices are known.

**Sells** The total number of contracts sold in the market for this trading day.

**UP&L** Unrealized profit and loss for your position in the market. This is the P&L between any open position fills and the current best bid or offer prices. If no bid or offer price is available then the last trade or settlement price is used.

**Working Buys** The number of buy contracts you have working in the market.

**Working Sells** The number of sell contracts you have working in the market.

**Worst** Your worst case position in each market if some or all of your working orders get filled.

====== Column Layout ======
The Account Board’s column layout is fully customizable. Drag the column header to move, drag the column header side border to resize, and click the column header to resort.


Moving Columns

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Move a column within the grid by dragging the column header with your pointer or mouse.

Click and hold the left mouse down on the desired column header. A vertical like will be drawn indicating where the column will be inserted.

With the left mouse button still down drag the column left or right. The vertical bar will move between columns indicating where the column will be inserted.

Let the mouse button up when the desired location is reached.



Resizing Columns

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Resize the width of a column within the grid by dragging with your pointer or mouse.

Click and hold the left mouse down on the right border of the column header you want to resize.

With the left mouse button still down drag the mouse right or left. A bar will appear indicating the new width of the column.

Let the mouse button up when the desired width is reached.



Sorting Columns

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Click on a column header to sort the grid. Click again to reverse the sort.

Note: not all grids can be sorted.

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====== Search ======
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{{:desktop:ab_search.png?30|}}The Account Board search pane enables you to search for specific accounts. Enter any part of an account name or account number in the text field and click the search button to begin the search.

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{{:desktop:ignore_case.png?60|}}The case sensitivity toggle determines whether or not the search pays attention to the case of the search criteria. This toggle can be useful when searching hundreds of accounts.

====== Account Board Menu ======
The Account Board menu is opened by right clicking on a single account. The following options are available from the Account Board menu:


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**1. Switch Account To Click** Switch Account to change the Currently Trading Account to the account highlighted.

**2. Show Orders For Click** Show Orders to display a custom Order Book containing only the orders for the highlighted account The account specific Order Book will have a Image button enabled on the All and Filled tabs. This button will Pull all working orders for the account.

**3. Show Account Reports For Displays** Reports for this specific account.

**4. Show Portfolio Analysis For Displays** Portfolio Analysis for this specific account. NOTE: The Options Pro Package is requred for this.

**5. Show Quote Board For Displays** a Quote Board Containing all the contracts listed on the Account Board for the selected account.

**6. Copy DDE Link** Allows you to enable dynamic streaming of data into Excel. New positions created in new markets will not appear dynamically via DDE. Only the positions that you paste in Excel will be updated in Excel.

====== DDE/RTD Button ======

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Click the DDE button to enable dynamic streaming of data into Excel.
New positions created in new markets will not appear dynamically via DDE. Only the positions that you paste in Excel will be updated in Excel.

====== Printing ======
The print button allows you to print directly from the Account Board. You can print as many or as few accounts as you want. Select the desired accounts in the Account Board and then click the print button. To print the entire Account Board leave all the accounts unselected and then click the print button.



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Click the print button in the upper left corner of the Account Board to open a print preview window.

**Note:** A printer must be installed and configured in order to take advantage of the Print functionality

====== Account Board Properties ======
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Some Account Board properties can be configured in the Account Board Tab in the Main Properties window.

The Account Board property pages are used to further customize how information is displayed. Columns can be added, removed, and reordered. The view’s font can also be increased or decreased.

{{:desktop:main_properties.png?30|}}	Click the Properties button in the upper left corner of the Account Board to open the Account Board Properties.

===== Columns Tab (Under Construction) =====

==== Account ====

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  - **Account:** Displays the associated account
  - **Balance:** Displays total balance
  - **Cash:** Displays available cash 
  - **Cash Full Margin:** Displays cash including margin
  - **Current Day P&L:** Displays day P&L
  - **Day Fills:** Displays day fills
  - **Day Margin Excess/Deficit:** Displays excess or deficit margin 
  - **Day Margin Initial:** Displays required initial margin for all positions
  - **Day Margin Maintenance:** Displays required maintenance margin for all positions
  - **Day P&L:** Displays total P&L for day
  - **Delta:** Displays delta (account risk) for all positions
  - **Effective Loss Limit:** Displays Loss Limit before Liquidation
  - **Favorite:** Displays checkbox that can enable an account as a favorite
  - **Fees & Commission:** Displays fees & commission for all positions
  - **Filled Delta:** Displays delta (account risk) for all filled positions
  - **Firm:** Displays associated firm
  - **Full Margin Excess/Deficit:** Displays excess or deficit margin including margin of ongoing positions
  - **Full Margin Requirement:** Displays full margin requirement
  - **Imported Net Liq:** Displays balance imported from the Back Office File
  - **Imported Net Liq Date:** Displays date balance was imported from the Back Office File
  - **Loss Limit %:** Displays percent of account size lost before liquidation occurs
  - **Loss Limit $:** Displays dollar amount lost in account before liquidation occurs
  - Low Equity Threshold
  - **Margin:** Displays margin on current positions
  - **Max Position:** Displays Max Position associated with account
  - **Min Balance:** Displays required minimum account balance to open positions
  - **Mode:** Displays the risk mode that the account is set in.
  - **Name:** Displays name of the account or the nickname given to it.
  - **Net Current Day P&L:** Displays net current day P&L
  - **Net Equity Minimum Requirement:** Minimum net equity to open positions.
  - **Net Liq:** Displays net liquidating balance.
  - **Net P&L:** Displays net P&L.
  -** Overnight UP&L:** Displays overnight unrealized P&L.
  - **P&L:** Displays P&L.
  - **P&L Percent:** Displays total account P&L by percentage.
  - **Premium:** Displays the total premium on all positions on the account. 
  - **Prev Imported Net Liq:** Displays previous imported net liquidating balance.
  - **Prev Imported Net Liq Date:** Displays the date Prev Imported Net Liq was imported.
  - **RP&L:** Displays realized P&L.
  - **Status:** Displays account status. 
  - **UP&L:** Displays unrealized P&L
  - **Working:** Displays amount of working orders.
  - **Working Delta:** Displays delta (account risk) for working positions. 
  - **Worst Position** Displays worst position by account
==== Account - AutoLiq ====

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  - **Alerting Margin:** Displays the margin thatif reached will send an email alert.
  - AutoLiq Alerting Margin Threshold
  - **Day Margin Purchasing Power:** Displays purcashing power during day trading hours.
==== R-Account ====

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[[administration:administration_related_account_setup| → More information on related accounts here ]]


  - **R-Account:** Displays the related account.
  - **R-Account Available Cash:** Displays the r-accounts available cash. 
  - **R-Account Balance:** Displays the r-account's balance.
  - **R-Account Fees & Commision** Displays fees and commissions associated with the R-account.
  - **R-Account Margin** Displays the r-account's total margin.
  - **R-Account Net Equity** Displays the r-account's net equity.
  - **R-Account Overnight UPL** Displays the r-account's overnight P&L.
  - **R-Account P&L** Displays the r-account's P&L.
  - **R-Account Premium** Displays the r-account's total premium.
  - **R-Account RPL** Displays the r-account's realized P&L.
  - **R-Account Status** Displays the r-account's status.
  - **R-Account UPL** Displays the r-account's unrealized P&L.
==== Account - Net Equity ====

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  - **Net Equity** Displays net equity available for the account
  - **Net Equity at Mid Point Price** Displays net equity ar mid point price
  - **Net Equity at Settlement** Displays net equity at settlement
==== Account - Warnings ====

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  - **Warning Equity:** Creates a shaded box that displays how far equity is from warning level.
  - **Warning Loss Limit:** Creates a shaded box that displays how far loss limit is from warning level.
  - **Warning Margin:** Creates a shaded box that displays how far margin is from warning level.
  - **Warning P&L:** Creates a shaded box that displays how far P&L is from warning level.
  - **Warning Summary:** Creates a shaded box that displays how far equity is from warning level.
==== Account - Advanced UPL - Current Day ====

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  - **Trade to Held Settle:** Displays total unrealized P&L for current day trades calculated from trade price to held settlement.
  - **Trade to Mid Price:** Displays total unrealized P&L for current day trades calculated from trade price to market mid point price

==== Account - Advanced UPL - Previous Day ====

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  - **Settle to Held Settle:** Total unrealized P&L for previous day trades calculated from settlement to held settlement.
  - **Trade to Mid Price:** Total unrealized P&L for previous day trades calculated from trade price to market mid point price.
==== Account - Advanced UPL - Total ====
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  - **Total to Held Settle:** Total unrealized P&L total to held settlement
  - **Total to Mid Price:** Total unrealized P&L total to mid price 
==== Position - AutoLiq ====

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  - AutoLiq Alert Period
  - AutoLiq Alerting Margin: Displays the alerting margin set that is close to autoliquidation.
  - **AutoLiq Contract Status:** Displays if the contract is enabled or disabled.
  - AutoLiq Hard Cutoff
  - **AutoLiq Max Position:** Displays the max position in that market.
  - **AutoLiq Ticks Before Price Limit** Displays the amount of ticks before the price limit that the position Autoliquidates.
  - **AutoLiq Time** Displays the time before market close that the position Autoliquidates. 
  - AutoLiq Time Before Close Displays the time away before market close that the position Autoliquidates.
==== Position ====

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  - **Avg Fill Price:** Displays the average fill price by position
  - **Avg Long Fill Price** Displays the average long fill price by position
  - **Avg Short Fill Price** Displays the aeverage short fill price by position
  - **Buys** Displays the amount of buys by position
  - **Contract ID** Displays the Contract ID of the position.
  - **Currency** Displays the currency type of the position
  - **Current Day P&L** Displays current day P&L of position
  - **Day Avg Long Fill Price** Displays day average long fill price by position
  - **Day Avg Short Fill Price** Displays day average short fill price by position
  - **Day Buys** Displays the amount buys for the day
  - **Day Margin Initial** Displays required initial margin for the day 
  - **Day Margin Maintenance** Displays required maintenance margin for the day 
  - **Day Net** Displays new net positions for the day 
  - **Day P&L** Displays P&L for the day
  - **Day RP&L** Displays realized P&L for the day
  - **Day Sells** Displays the amount of sells for the day 
  - **Day UP&L** Displays unrealized P&L for the day 
  - **Exchange Maint Margin per Contract** Displays the exchange's maintenance margin for 1 contract.
  - **Fees & Commision** Displays fees and commissions associated with the position
  - **Full Margin Requirement** Displays the full margin requirement for the position. 
  - **Last Trade Date** Displays the last day the contract can be traded in the position
  - **Margin** Displays the total margin for the position
  - **Market** Displays the name of the market 
  - **Net** Displays the amount of contracts in the postion
  - **Overnight UP&L** Displays overnight unrealized P&L 
  - **P&L** Displays P&L
  - **Pre Trade Margin per Contract** Displays Pre Trade Margin per Contract 
  - **Premium** Displays total premium for the position
  - **Previous Day Margin** Displays the margin for the previous day for the position
  - **Risk Status** Displays risk status for the position
  - **RP&L** Displays realized P&L
  - **Sells** Displays the amount of sells for the position
  - **UP&L** Displays unrealized P&L
  - **Working Buys** Displays working buys for the position
  - **Working Sells** Displays working sells for the position
  - **Worst** Displays worst contracts for the position 
  - **Worst Position** Displays worst position
==== Position - Advanced UPL - Total ====

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  - **Total to Held Settlement:** Displays unrealized P&L total to held settlement.
  - **Total to Mid Price:** Displays total unrealized P&L total to mid price total.
==== Position - Advanced UPL - Current Day ====

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  - **Trade to Held Settle:** Unrealized P&L for current day trades calculated from trade price to held settlement.
  - **Trade to Mid Price:** Unrealized P&L for current day trades calculated from trade price to market mid point price.

==== Position - Advanced UPL - Previous Day ====

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  - **Settle to Held Settle:** Unrealized P&L for previous day trades calculated from settlement to held settlement.
  - **Trade to Mid Price:** Unrealized P&L for previous day trades calculated from trade price to market mid point price.
==== Position - Advanced UPL - Max/Min UPL ====

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  - **Max UPL:** The maximum UPL that has been calculated for this position since the last reset.
  - **Max UPL Bid:** The bid price at the moment when the max UPL is established.
  - **Max UPL Offer:** The offer price at the moment when the max UPL is established.
  - **Min UPL:** The minimum UPL that has been calculated for this position since the last reset.
  - **Min UPL Bid:** The bid price at the moment when the min UPL is established.
  - **Min UPL Offer:** The offer price at the moment when the min UPL is established.
==== Position - Advanced UPL - Max/Min UPLT ====

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  - **Max UPLT** The maximum UPLT that was calculated for this position before the last reset.
  - **Max UPLT Last Trade** The last trade price at the moment when the max UPLT is established.
  - **Min UPLT** The minimum UPLT that was calculated for this position before the last reset.
  - **Min UPLT Last Trade** The last trade price at the moment when the min UPLT is established.
==== Position - Advanced UPL - Max/Min UPLS ====

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  - **Max UPLS:** Displays the maximum UPLS that has been calculated for this position since the last reset.
  - **Max UPLT Last Trade:** The settlement price at the moment when the max UPLS is established.
  - **Min UPLS:** The minimum UPLS that has been calculated for this position since the last reset.
==== Position - Advanced UPL - Max/Min UPLSL ====
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  - **Min UPLT Last Trade:** Displays the settlement price at moment when the min UPLS is established.











===== Display Tab =====
The display tab is used to override the default grid font. You are able to set a custom font size for a specific Account Board.

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**1. Name:** Change the name of the Account Board window. Click set to apply the name change, or reset it to the default name.

**2. Layout:** When clicked, the layout and settings of the current Account Board Window will be saved as default and used to create all new Order Book windows.

**3. Save:** This will save a copy of the current Account Board window layout and the saved layout can be found in the Window Management.

**4. Font:** Click the + or - to increase or decrease the grid font size on the Account Board.