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Portfolio Analysis

Click any of the blue links for a break down of each report.

  1. Slide Reports Click the drop-down to choose a Slide Report.
  2. Acct Inventory and Vertical Greek Reports Click the drop-down to choose between Inventory and Vertical Greek Report.
  3. Steps Steps up/down are represented by positive and negative numbers at the top of each column. The blank column is the at-the-money slide that will adjust in real time to the current

Portfolio Analysis

Properties Opens the properties for the portfolio analysis window. Note that some properties will be hidden depending upon which tab or slide is currently selected.

Expand/Collapse Toolbar

Shows or hides extra tools, such as the print and views buttons.

New Window Dropdown

Menu that can open a new option strategies window, strategy solver, or portfolio analysis window. If a new portfolio analysis window is chosen, it will be a duplicate of the current portfolio analysis window.

Print/Save/Copy

Menu that allows the current window to be:

Views

Menu that switches views for all tabs and slides of the portfolio analysis window. Views can be added, deleted, and customized in the main properties window under: Options > Portfolio Analysis > Views.

Account

Menu that shows the account the portfolio analysis is currently analyzing, as well as a list of all available accounts. Switching accounts can be done by scrolling through and clicking on the desired account or by typing the desired account directly.

Expand/Collapse All Groups

The “plus” sign will expand all groups that have been collapsed, while the “minus” sign will collapse all groups. This is useful for quickly finding a particular area of an account with a large position without scrolling through each group separately. NOTE: This is not visible on the Net Slide or the Combined Slide.

Move Left/Center/Right

Shifts the slide report up or down relative to underlying futures. For example, instead of seeing 2 steps up and 2 steps down from the at-the-money slide, the report can be shifted so that the at-the-money slide and 4 steps up are shown. Hitting the white button between the left and right arrows will center the report on the at-the-money slide.

Add Slides

The arrows pointing away from each other will add an extra step up and down for each click, up to a maximum of 8 steps.

Subtract Slides

The arrows pointing toward each other will remove a step up and down for each click, down to a minimum of just showing 1 slide.

Portfolio Analysis Properties

Properties

Opens the properties for the portfolio analysis window. Note that some properties will be hidden depending upon which tab or slide is currently selected.

Save as Default

Saves the current portfolio analysis window’s layout as the default for all new portfolio analysis windows. Please also save your workspace after saving this window to be sure your default is saved for future sessions.

Save Copy

Save a copy of the current portfolio analysis window’s layout without changing the default layout.

Mode Type

Set the mode for the portfolio analysis window. * Default mode analyzes the complete account inventory against current futures prices unless prices are set to static in the option sheets. * Settlement mode only analyzes prior day inventory and uses the most recent final settlement prices received from the exchange. * Prelim Settlement mode analyzes the complete account inventory against the most recent preliminary settlement prices received from the exchange. A yellow notification box will appear at the top of the portfolio analysis window indicating a mode other than Default has been chosen.

Inventory Type

Set the inventory type for the portfolio analysis window. * “All” uses the selected account’s entire position for analysis. * “Current Day” only uses positions entered on current session trades. * “Previous Day” only uses positions carried over from previous sessions. A yellow notification box will appear at the top of the portfolio analysis window indicating that an inventory type other than All has been chosen.

Step Interval Type

Override the step interval type for the portfolio analysis window. * “Underlying Basis” will use the step interval settings from the series area of model management. This setting is shared by all option contracts of the same underlying contract, but may be different from one contract to another. For example, the step interval may be set to 20 ticks for gold, 25 ticks for crude oil, and 1% for soybeans. * “Percentage” will use a set underlying percentage move for all contracts, overriding the step interval selected for each contract in model management. If percentage is chosen, a yellow notification box will appear at the top of the portfolio analysis window indicating that percentage interval is enabled.

Step Percentage

If Step Interval Type is set to Percentage, enter the desired underlying percentage step in this field.

Apply Weighted Greeks

If checked, any weighted Greeks selected in model management will be applied to the appropriate contracts in portfolio analysis. A yellow notification box will appear at the top of the portfolio analysis window indicating that weighted Greeks have been applied.

Disable Live Updates

If checked, changes to underlying futures prices will not cause the portfolio analysis window to update, allowing static analysis of the position. Note that when switching reports, a new live snapshot will occur once and then live updates will not continue. To set specific static prices, set the underlying prices manually from the option sheet. A yellow notification box will appear at the top of the portfolio analysis window indicating that live updates are disabled.

Shock Matrix Type

Override the shock matrix type for the portfolio analysis window. * “Underlying Basis” will use the shock matrix settings from the series area of model management. This setting is shared by all option contracts of the same underlying contract, but may be different from one contract to another. For example, the shock matrix volatility may be set to 20% for gold and 25% for crude oil. * “Manual” will use a set volatility move for all contracts, overriding the shock matrix volatility selected for each contract in model management.

Volatility

If Shock Matrix Type is set to Manual, enter the desired volatility shock to be used in position equity matrix calculations for all contracts.

Is Percentage of Volatility

If Shock Matrix Type is set to Manual, checking this box makes the volatility shock a percentage change to existing volatilities. For example, a 10% shock to a volatility of 25% yields volatilities of 20% and 30%. If unchecked, the volatility shock is added and subtracted directly from existing volatilities. For example, a 10% shock to a volatility of 25% yields volatilities of 15% and 35%.

Shock Impact Type

Override the shock impact type for the portfolio analysis window. * “Account” will use the shock impact settings from the admin screen, which can only be changed by a firm administrator. * “Underlying Basis” will use the shock impact settings from the series area of model management. This setting is shared by all option contracts of the same underlying contract.

Apply

Checking this box will apply a “What If?” scenario to the portfolio analysis. The settings for the scenario are determined immediately below. A yellow notification box will appear at the top of the portfolio analysis window indicating that a “What If?” scenario is applied as well as what adjustments have been made.

Vol Adjustment

The amount of volatility adjustment to be done to all option contracts when the “What If?” scenario is applied. Set this to 0 if no volatility adjustments are desired. Set to a negative number to reduce all volatility levels.

Vol Adj Is Percentage

When checked, the vol adjustment in the “What If?” scenario will be applied as a percentage of existing volatility levels. For example, a vol adjustment of 10% will move 20% vol to 30% vol when unchecked, but will only move 20% vol to 22% vol if checked.

Adjust DTE by

The adjustment to be made to days to expiration across all option contracts when the “What If?” scenario is applied. Set this to 0 if no DTE adjustments are desired. Set to a negative number to reduce the number of days to expiration.

Slide Increment Factor

The adjustment to be made to the step intervals when the “What If?” scenario is applied. For example, if the typical step interval is 10 ticks, a slide interval factor of 3 will adjust the step interval to 30 ticks. Set this to 1 if no slide increment adjustments are desired.

Hide Net

Choose whether to hide the net portion of the Combined slide report.

Hide Contract

Choose whether to hide the contract portion of the Combined slide report.

Hide Contract Month

Choose whether to hide the contract month portion of the Combined slide report.

Hide Month

Choose whether to hide the month portion of the Combined slide report.

Cross Hair Type

Choose the type of cross hairs when hovering over the analyzer grid. The cross hairs make the font bold in highlighted areas. Types of cross hairs are none, cell, row, column, and row and column.

Select Type

Choose the type of selection when the mouse is pressed down on the analyzer grid. Choices are none, row, and multiple rows.

Portfolio Analysis Global Properties

General

Portfolio Analysis Views

Creating and managing your Portfolio Analysis views is located in the global properties. There are 5 preset views and one default provided which all can be edited. To add the views, simply click in the value area to bring up the list of views. Left-click on each one you want to add, then click OK to add it.

Clicking on Number (#1) will bring up the window below. This is helpful because it allows you to copy and edit a pre-set view to quickly create multiple views.

When you click on the default or copied view (#2), it will bring up a menu that will allow you to add or remove the below options to your view. Once your view is created to your liking, click here to see how to toggle and select your view on your Portfolio Analysis window.

### View Properties:

### Slide Reports:

### Inventory and Vertical Greek Reports

### Account Reports