Position Manager

Position ManagerThe Position Manager is the central hub for trading system information. In case several trading systems are active in one or more charts, all information about held positions and pending orders etc. is displayed. This way, you have a complete overview over your current trading system activities. Use the Position Manager for the following:

Keeping an overview of open positions
Keeping an overview of working orders
Keeping an overview of filled or canceled orders
Tracking the current position development

Tradesignal offers you a clearly arranged Position Manager that includes all important information. It is designed as an automatically updating table with a few categories.

Position Manager Setup

Open a Position Manager

In order to use the Position Manager, you have to do the following:

Set up a chart.
Set up a trading system with strategies (otherwise, no positions can be calculated).
Open the Position Manager, for example by clicking on the button Position Manager in the toolbar. The new Position Manager group appears.
Click the small plug symbol on the lower right of the chart to open the menu Strategy Automation Options. Choose the entry Position Manager Only.

Now the connection with the Position Manager is set up. You can find the current positions on the tab Positions.

The Position Manager collects all information from its start to its closure. No data is saved within the workspace. Therefore, when you close the workspace that includes the Position Manager, the next time you open the workspace the Position Manager starts by collecting new information.

You can set up one Position Manager for each workspace.

Position Manager Buttons in the Toolbar

Monitor All Workspaces - Usually, the Position Manager only collects information for the trading system of the currently active workspace. Click this button to collect information for all workspaces.

Show Flat Positions - Select this if positions that went to zero should also be displayed.

Filter - Here you can enter a symbol (e.g. "BMY NVS") to filter for this symbol and limit the number of displayed symbols.

The Position Manager Categories

Order Tracker

Positions

Working Orders

Order Tracker

In this category you can find a list of all generated orders. It lists information on the time and date of the purchase, the entry price, the profit/loss and the strategy that caused the order. In the Order Tracker you can follow all trading system activities in the workspace.

Positions

In this category you can find all currently held positions. It lists information on time and date of the purchase, the entry price, current price and profit/loss, the strategy that caused the order, and the broker, in case it was bought via Automatic Order Routing. The minimum size of each position is defined by the Default Quantity parameters in the Money Management of the chart.

Working Orders

In this category you can find all pending orders, for example orders with a limited validity that should be filled in at a certain time or for a certain price

Filled Orders

In this category you can find all orders that were filled, together with information on the time, price, quantity, the strategy that caused the order to be submitted, and the broker.

Cancelled Orders

In this category you can find all orders that were cancelled before being filled. This may include Stop Orders or other order types that were cancelled by the trading system prematurely.

Exporting Position Manager Data

The table contents of the Position Manager can be copied to other programs. For more information, see the chapter Copying Documents via the Windows Clipboard.

Example for Setting up the Position Manager

With the following parameters you can follow a security with a MACD Crossover System intraday.

Chart:

Select a security with a high turnover, e.g. "Apple Inc" (AAPL NAS)
Set Period to hourly

Strategy:

MACD Crossover with Bearish on Shortentry

In the Insert group in the toolbar, click on Positions.
Click on the small plug symbol on the lower right and choose the option Position Manager Only.
Click on the tab Position in the Position Manager to see the currently open positions.