# Positions

> The Positions page lists what your copy trading strategies opened, with the P&L, the working orders, and the controls to add to a position, trim it, or close it.

*Source: https://tradelabs.org/docs/using-the-app/positions*

The **Positions** page shows the positions your strategies opened, grouped by strategy. Open it from the left rail. Holdings you opened yourself at a broker are on the [Portfolio](/docs/using-the-app/portfolio/) page.

The page has two tabs. Each tab shows its count:

| Tab | What it shows |
| --- | --- |
| **Stocks & Options** | Stocks, options, spreads and futures your strategies opened |
| **Memecoins** | Robinhood Chain and Solana coins, one row per wallet |

![The Positions page on the Stocks & Options tab: the strategy rail, the summary strip, a Working band with one part-filled AMD order, and three position rows](/docs-assets/app-positions-stocks.png)

When there is nothing to show, the page reads **No open positions yet**.

## The strategy rail

The rail on the left starts with **Open P&L, all strategies** and a line with the open count, the value held, and the number of working orders.

Under it, click a line to pick what the page shows:

- **All positions** shows everything your strategies opened.
- **Needs a look** shows the positions the broker did not confirm. It shows only when there is one or more.
- Each strategy shows its own P&L, its position count and value, and its working orders.

The pick also applies to the working orders and the **Closed** section.

## The summary strip

The strip at the top gives the figures for the pick in the rail.

| Figure | What it means |
| --- | --- |
| **Open P&L** | The profit or loss on the open positions now |
| **Cost held** | What you paid for the open positions |
| **Market value** | What the open positions are worth now. A row with no price counts at its cost. |
| **Realized 7d** | The profit or loss on positions closed in the last 7 days. It shows when one of those sales has a price. |
| **Working** | The orders the broker accepted and did not fill yet |
| **Committed to buys** | The most the working buy orders can cost if they all fill at their limits |
| **Unpriced** | The rows the broker could not price |
| **Needs a look** | The rows the broker did not confirm |

**Working**, **Committed to buys**, **Unpriced** and **Needs a look** show only when they are more than zero.

Click **Refresh** to read fresh holdings and orders from every broker that holds one of these positions. While it reads, the button shows **Reading brokers**.

When the list holds more than one kind of position, chips under the strip filter it: **All**, then one chip per kind, each with its count.

## The position rows

Each row shows:

| Column | What it shows |
| --- | --- |
| **Position** | The ticker or contract, the broker, and the account |
| **Strategy** | The strategy that opened it. On one strategy's view, the open date, or "N of M here" when strategies share the position. |
| **Qty** | The quantity held. A bar under it shows how much of the first position is still held. |
| **Entry** / **Mark** | The average price paid and the last price |
| **Risk** | Where the mark is between the stop and the target. It reads **no bracket** when the position has neither, and **unpriced** when there is no mark. |
| **Value** | The value now. A row with no price shows its cost, marked **cost**. |
| **Open P&L** | The profit or loss in dollars and percent |
| **Actions** | **Trim** and **Close**, or **Dismiss**, or **View only** |

A tag next to the name tells you more:

- **closing** or **trimming**: the broker took your close or trim and did not fill it yet. The row changes when the fill comes in.
- A working order tag: an order is still working on this position. Click it to go to the order.
- **closed**: the broker does not hold this now. It was closed outside the app.
- **no price**: the broker did not confirm this position. Move the pointer over the tag to see why.

### Close a position

**Close** sells the whole position at market. The app asks you first: **Close TICKER?**, with the quantity and the broker. Click **Close position** to send the order.

> **Important**
>
> **Close** places a real market order. If the broker refuses it, you see **Nothing was sold** with the reason.

### What "Needs a look" means

A position needs a look when the app cannot match it to a broker position. There are two cases:

- **closed**: the broker answered and does not hold the position. It left the account at that broker and the app did not sell it. Click **Dismiss** to remove the row. Dismiss sends nothing to the broker.
- **no price**: the app cannot tell. The broker could not be reached, the login could not be read, or the broker does not list this kind of position. The quantity on the row comes from the app's own records.

Memecoins and prediction markets show **View only**. Sell them from the Trade page.

## The detail panel

Click a row to open its detail. It shows:

- **The position**: broker, account, average paid, mark, cost, stop, target, value, the open date, and how long you held it.
- **The alert that opened this**: the message from your signal source. If the alert is older than the Activity history, the panel says so. If no signal opened it, the panel says it was opened by hand.
- **Opened by**: each strategy and its share of the position.
- **Already sold**: each earlier sale, with its date, quantity and price.

![A SPY 590C option row opened: The position facts (broker, account, average paid, mark, cost, stop, target, value, opened, held for), the TradingView alert that opened it, Opened by SPY 0DTE Scalper with 2 contracts, and the Add to it and Take some off buttons](/docs-assets/app-positions-detail.png)

### Add to it

Pick **+1**, **+5** or **Double it**. A preview says how many it buys, at which broker, and about what it costs at the last price. **Double it** buys the quantity you hold now. No stop or target goes with the order. The position keeps the exits it already has. Click **Buy N more** to send it, or **Cancel**.

![Add to it with Double it picked: the preview says it buys 2 more contracts at tradier for about $292.00 and that no stop or target goes with it, above the Buy 2 more and Cancel buttons](/docs-assets/app-positions-add.png)

A spread that does not record which leg was bought cannot be added to here. Use the Trade page.

### Take some off

Pick **25%**, **50%**, **75%** or **All**. The percent reads against the quantity you first opened. A preview says how many it sells, at which broker, priced at market. When strategies share the position, it says how much comes from each one. When the amount takes the rest, the preview says it closes the position. Click **Sell N%** or **Close position** to send it, or **Cancel**.

![Take some off with 50% picked: the preview says it sells 1 of 2 contracts at tradier, priced at market, against the original 2 contracts, above the Sell 50% and Cancel buttons](/docs-assets/app-positions-trim.png)

## Working orders

The **Working** band sits above the rows. It lists the orders the broker accepted and did not fill yet, with how much filled, the limit against the market, how long it has worked, and what the broker says. It also says when the app last read each broker's orders.

![A part-filled AMD buy limit opened from the Working band: its history, the Discord alert that sent it, the most it can cost, and under Act the Change limit buttons Bid, Mid and Ask with Mid 152.11 picked, Send new limit, and Cancel the rest (10)](/docs-assets/app-positions-change-limit.png)

Click an order to open it. The detail shows its history, the alert that sent it, the most it can cost or brings in at the limit, and how much is still to fill. Under **Act**:

- **Change limit** sets a new limit price. Click **Bid**, **Mid** or **Ask** to fill in the current quote, or type a price. Click **Send new limit**. A price at or through the ask on a buy, or at or through the bid on a sell, asks you first, because it most likely fills at once.
- **Cancel order** cancels it. When part already filled, the button reads **Cancel the rest (N)**. The filled part stays filled. The app asks you first. Click **Keep it** to leave the order.

The row also has a **Cancel** button. You can cancel or change only an order the broker gave an id for.

## Closed

The **Closed** section lists the positions closed in the last 7 days, with the total realized. Each row shows the quantity, the price in and out, the realized profit or loss, and when it closed. A row tagged **at broker** was closed outside the app, so its sale price is not known. A sale with no price shows a dash, not a zero. Click **Show all N** to see more than 8.

**Finished in the last day** lists the orders that ended in the last 24 hours: filled, cancelled, refused, or unknown. Each row says what the broker said.

## How positions are tracked

The page reads a ledger the app keeps on your computer. A fill goes into the ledger only when the app knows how much filled:

A close or trim from this page works the same way. When the broker accepts the order but sends no filled quantity, the row stays and shows **closing** or **trimming**. The order also shows under **Working**. The fill takes the shares off the row when it comes in. If the broker fills it and says nothing, the next read sees the position is gone and closes the row.

The app records the quantity the broker says filled. If the broker gives no filled quantity, the app records the quantity you asked for on a share or contract order. A partial fill then looks like a full one, and exits are sized from that quantity. An order sized in dollars or percent is not recorded when the broker gives no filled quantity. See [Why does a position show the full size](/docs/reference/faq/#why-does-a-position-show-the-full-size-when-only-part-of-it-filled).

## Memecoins

The **Memecoins** tab shows one row per wallet, with the holding, value, P&L and exits. See [Robinhood Chain on the Positions page](/docs/using-the-app/portfolio/#robinhood-chain-on-the-positions-page) for the full tab.

Solana rows show **View only**. Sell Solana coins from the Trade page.