Reading your portfolio
Separate account value, cost, cash, unrealised result, realised activity, and return period.
Value and cost
Current position value uses a market price. Average cost comes from the supported purchase and cost records. They answer different questions.
Unrealised and realised
Unrealised profit or loss belongs to an open position and changes with price. Realised activity follows a sale, but the account result can still include costs, taxes, dividends, and other cash movements.
Today versus total
A one-day move and the result since purchase use different starting points. Keep the selected period visible before comparing two figures.
A holding can be down today but still above its average cost, or up today but still below it.
Three things to keep.
- 01Value and cost differ
- 02Unrealised result can reverse
- 03Always read the period
Is an unrealised gain immediately available to withdraw?
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No. The position must be sold, the order must execute, and the resulting cash must follow the applicable settlement and availability rules.