The trading terminal shows your balance, profit and loss (P&L), and funds available for trading. Daily results and account transactions appear in your reports.
On UTEX—Margin, US stocks, Crypto, and Goods+ each have their own balance and positions. They are kept separate.
Balance, unrealized and realized P&L
Balance is the amount of actual funds in your account. It determines how much you can trade with leverage and your loss limit. At the end of the trading day, your net realized P&L — after fees — is added to your balance.
Unrealized P&L is the profit or loss that arises as the value of an open position changes during the trading day.
When you close a position, its unrealized P&L becomes realized P&L. Trading fees are deducted from realized P&L.
Total P&L is the sum of unrealized P&L and net realized P&L after fees.
Example: what happens during a trading day
Let's follow a trading day on UTEX—Margin using the balance and P&L block in the terminal.
This example is for the stock market.
1. You make your first deposit of $100
Your balance is $100. With 100× leverage, you have $10,000 available for trading. You have no open positions or orders. Your Night Threshold is $400.
2. You buy $2,400 worth of Apple shares
Your balance remains $100. The position is worth $2,400, leaving $7,600 available for leveraged trading.
3. The position's value rises during the day
Your unrealized P&L increases by $50. Your balance remains $100, and your realized P&L for the day is $0.
4. You close the position and realize the profit
Your unrealized P&L becomes realized P&L. Unrealized P&L is now $0 and realized P&L is $50. With the position closed, you once again have $10,000 available for leveraged trading.
5. The trading day's results are settled
Your realized P&L is added to your balance. Your balance becomes $150, giving you $15,000 available for leveraged trading and a Night Threshold of $600. Realized P&L for the day resets to zero because it has been added to the balance.
When daily results are settled
UTEX—Margin settles the day's results every day. They appear in two reports available in your account: the trading report and the balance report.
Market | Settlement time |
Crypto | 00:00 UTC |
US stocks | 00:00 New York time |
Goods+ | 00:00 Chicago time |
The settlement times for US stocks and Goods+ may shift in your local time zone because daylight saving time changes do not happen everywhere on the same dates. Crypto settlement time stays fixed in UTC.
Trading report
The trading report includes statistics on realized and unrealized P&L and fees charged. A chart at the top shows changes in realized P&L.
Below it is a detailed breakdown of figures such as your trading volume and fees.
In the example above, the report shows realized P&L of $50 for the day.
Balance report
This report shows all transactions that affect your balance:
Trading Result — the day's trading result after fees. It can be positive or negative.
Deposits — funds added to your account by card or with crypto.
Withdrawals — funds deducted from your account.
Dividends — payouts for long positions and charges for short positions on the stock market.
Contract rollover payment — a balance change when an expiring contract is replaced on Goods+. It offsets the change in the position's P&L, so the two should be considered together when reviewing results.
In the example above, the balance report shows a $100 deposit and a Trading Result of $50. After these transactions, your balance is $150.
