The Tabs on the Journal are Color Coded for Easy Understanding of the Trade

Primary Tab Color Coding   (see below for expiration tab coding)

Note: Journal Tabs are automatically updated when you login to that account (Live) or simply select a Virtual or Manual Account.  Orders/Trades are updated as far back as two months.

Light Blue

Active Live Order
This indicates that you have a current live order


Dark Blue

Trade – Open
This indicates the opening transaction of a trade


Grey

Expired Order
This can be from a order that you canceled, or a day order that did not get filled


Green

Closed Trade – Profit
This indicates a trade that you closed for a profit


Red

Closed Trade – Loss
This indicated a trade that you closed for a loss


Yellow

Closed Trade – Unmatched – Profitability not yet determined
You close a trade that the system could not automatically match

 

Unmatched Trades can happen if there are multiple trades and an entry trade needs to be identified or because a multi-leg trade was split on exit, or change of stock position when an option expired (exercise/assignment)

This is easily matched by clicking the edit icon (pencil) and selected which open order to match to.  In some cases there may only be one, and it is simply a verification.


Expiration Tab/Tagging Colors

Red or Green with No Color Tagging

This indicated the option trade expired Out of the Money (OTM)
There were no options exercised or assigned through expiration


Red or Green with Dark Green Color Tag

This indicated that there were ITM options exercised/assigned
However, there was no change is stock ownership.  Example: Bull Call where both legs were exercised/assigned.


Red or Green with Yellow Color Tag

This indicates a change in stock ownership through exercise/assignment
This will happen with single leg options trade or where one leg of a spread was ITM at expiration


It is important to reconcile expired traded to properly display profit. If there are unreconciled expired options, the reconciliation window will automatically display when you go to the options tab.

Click Here for more on Reconciliation