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Post From: Incorrect PNL during live trading
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| Sierra_Chart Engineering - Posts: 24771 |
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Regarding this: • Sierra Chart displayed an incorrect unrealized P/L, often indicating that I was losing money.
• While the trade was still open, I compared the unrealized P/L shown in Sierra Chart with my IronBeam trading platform. • The unrealized P/L displayed in Sierra Chart did not match what I observed in my broker's platform. We need to know specifically the name of the field in Sierra Chart you are referring to and where it is located. There is no field named "unrealized profit/loss" in Sierra Chart. Are you referring to the Open Profit/Loss (P/L) field on the trade window? There are three potential reasons why this could be wrong or seemingly wrong. The Currency Value per Tick setting in the chart could be wrong. Or you are misinterpreting what is being displayed since there are different display formats. The other potential problem is the position average price is wrong and that could be wrong because you are using a particular setting in the chart to calculate that on the client side: Open Position Average Price: {"Use Last In First Out Fill Matching for Open Position Average Price", "Use First In First Out Fill Matching for Open Position Average Price", "Use Flat to Flat Open Position Average Price", "Use External Service Open Position Average Price", "Use Theoretical Position Average Price"} Sierra Chart Support - Engineering Level Your definitive source for support. Other responses are from users. Try to keep your questions brief and to the point. Be aware of support policy: https://www.sierrachart.com/index.php?l=PostingInformation.php#GeneralInformation For the most reliable, advanced, and zero cost futures order routing, use the Teton service: Sierra Chart Teton Futures Order Routing Date Time Of Last Edit: 2026-07-21 18:54:31
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