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By right-clicking anywhere on the account history pane, the user can display a contextual menu to load the trade history into the [[Statistics Center]] or to export the trade history in CSV text file.
By right-clicking anywhere on the account history pane, the user can display a contextual menu to load the trade history into the [[Statistics Center]] or to export the trade history in CSV text file.
<br>The format of the CSV text file is the following :  
<br>The format of the CSV text file is the following :  
<br>''#TicketNumber, OpenTime, Type, Lotsize, Symbol, OpenPrice, StopLoss, TakeProfit, CloseTime, ClosePrice, Swap, Profit, Pips, Comment''
<br>''#TicketNumber, OpenTime, Type, Lotsize, Symbol, OpenPrice, StopLoss, TakeProfit, CloseTime, ClosePrice, Swap, Profit, Pips, Comment, MAE, MFE''
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Latest revision as of 08:36, 3 February 2023

Summary

The Terminal pane is crucial to follow the progress of the current positions. Three tabs are available :

  • Open positions
  • Pending Orders
  • Account History

It's important to notice that the trade history can be loaded in the Statistics Center at any time during the backtesting process in order to analyze the performance of the track record.

Open Positions tab

Description


TerminalPanelOpenPositions.png







List of information for open positions :

  • Ticket : the number of the current order.
  • Symbol : the market symbol related to the order.
  • Type : the order type, Buy or Sell.
  • Lots : the lots amount of the order.
  • Open Time : the time when the order has been opened.
  • Open Price : the price where the order has been opened.
  • Stop loss : the value of the stop loss.
  • Take Profit : the value of the take profit.
  • Market Price : the current market price value of the related symbol.
  • Commission : the amount of charged commission for the order.
  • Swap : the amount of charged swap for the order.
  • Points : the amount of points, in pips, of the order.
  • Profit : the profit of the order.
  • MAE : the current MAE of the order.
  • MFE : the current MFE of the order.
  • Growth : the current growth, in percentage, of the order.


Actions

By selecting an instant order in the list and right-clicking on it, the user can display a contextual menu :

InstantOrderContextualMenu.png







The menu allows the user to :

  • modify the related instant order
  • move the stoploss to the breakeven (the entry price)
  • duplicate the related instant order
  • close part of the related instant order
  • close the related instant order


The user can modify directly the selected instant order by double-clicking on it, as well.

Pending Orders tab

Description


TerminalPanelPendingOrders.png







List of information for pending orders :

  • Ticket : the number of the current pending order.
  • Symbol : the market symbol related to the pending order.
  • Type : the order type, Buy stop, Sell stop, Buy limit or Sell limit.
  • Lots : the lots amount of the pending order.
  • Create Time : the time when the pending order has been created. The Open Time property will be set once the pending order is transformed into an instant order.
  • Execution Price : the price value where the pending order will be triggered.
  • Stop loss : the value of the stop loss.
  • Take Profit : the value of the take profit.


Actions

By selecting a pending order in the list and right-clicking on it, the user can display a contextual menu to :

  • modify the related pending order
  • remove the related pending order
  • duplicate the pending order


The user can modify directly the selected pending order by double-clicking on it.

Account History tab

Description


TerminalPanelAccountHistory.png







List of information for closed positions :

  • Ticket : the number of the current order.
  • Symbol : the market symbol related to the order.
  • Type : the order type, Buy or Sell.
  • Lots : the lots amount of the order.
  • Open Time : the time when the order has been opened.
  • Close Time : the time when the order has been closed.
  • Open Price : the price where the order has been opened.
  • Close Price : the price where the order has been closed.
  • Stop loss : the value of the stop loss.
  • Take Profit : the value of the take profit.
  • Market Price : the current market price value when the order has been closed.
  • Commission : the amount of charged commission for the closed order.
  • Swap : the amount of charged swap for the closed order.
  • Points : the amount of points, in pips, of the closed order.
  • Profit : the profit of the closed order.
  • Duration : the duration of the closed order.
  • Comment : the comment of the closed order.
  • MAE : the current MAE of the closed order.
  • MFE : the current MFE of the closed order.
  • Growth : the growth, in percentage, of the closed order.


Actions

By right-clicking anywhere on the account history pane, the user can display a contextual menu to load the trade history into the Statistics Center or to export the trade history in CSV text file.
The format of the CSV text file is the following :
#TicketNumber, OpenTime, Type, Lotsize, Symbol, OpenPrice, StopLoss, TakeProfit, CloseTime, ClosePrice, Swap, Profit, Pips, Comment, MAE, MFE

News tab

Description


TerminalPanelNews.png








This tab displays all the news event data related to their properties :

  • Date : the date of the news event.
  • Currency : the related currency of the news event.
  • Impact : the impact of the news event. It can be Low, Medium or High. This depicts the expected strength of the news.
  • News : the label of the news event.
  • Actual : the actual value of the news event. For all future news event, the value is set to "upcoming". When the news is released the actual value will be displayed with a color depending of the positive aspect of the news. Green for positive impact, red for negative impact.
  • Forecast : the forecasted value of the news event.
  • Previous : the previous value of the news event.


Synchronizing with the backtest date

Since a lot of news event is displayed on the tab, the user can click on the "Sync with date" checkbox in order to display the next upcoming news event, related to the backtest date.

News filtering


TerminalPanelNewsFilters.png













In order to let the user decide which kind of news is interesting to display, it's possible to apply filters. These filters will be applied on the overall news list of this tab and the related charts.
These filters are associated with the current backtest and will be saved according to it.
Several criteria can be selected to limit the amount of news displayed :

  • Currency : the user can select the interesting currency related to the news events.
  • Impact : the user can select the interesting impact related to the news events.
  • Label : the user can type the keywords in this field to display only the news containing them. For example, by typing "unemployment", the charts will only display the news containing this word.