Trading Account

The Trading Account rule calculates comprehensive aggregated state data for trading activity on a specific broker account. It continuously monitors account-level metrics including equity, margin, risk exposure, and trading performance, providing real-time financial analytics and built-in risk management controls to protect your capital.

How It Works

The Trading Account rule serves as a comprehensive financial control and analytics system for a specific trading account. It continuously tracks equity, margin requirements, risk exposure, and trading performance across all trades placed on that account, updating in real time as price ticks, time-based events, or order updates occur.

The rule implements several important risk management features:

• Stop Out Margin Level: When the account’s margin level (calculated as Equity divided by Margin Used) falls below the stop out threshold, the rule automatically begins closing positions starting with the smallest ones first until the margin level is restored above the threshold.
• Minimum Trading Margin Level: When the margin level falls below this threshold, the rule prevents new positions from being opened, acting as a protective gate that ensures you always have adequate margin before entering new trades.
• Risk Amount (R): The rule tracks your defined risk amount, which can be set as either a fixed currency amount or a percentage of account equity. When the available risk amount reaches zero (meaning your losses have consumed your allocated risk), the rule triggers account closure to prevent losses beyond your defined risk parameters.

Beyond risk management, the rule provides extensive performance analytics. It tracks wins and losses by direction (buy and sell), calculates maximum drawdown (the peak-to-trough decline in account value), and monitors historical extremes for key metrics. It also tracks current equity (balance plus profit), free margin (funds available for new positions), and margin usage as percentages—giving you a complete picture of your account’s financial health at any moment.

Inputs

Parameter	Description	Required	Default
Account	The broker account for which to calculate aggregated state data and risk metrics.	Yes	—
Stop Out Margin Level %	The margin level percentage threshold that triggers automatic position closing when the account’s margin level falls below this value. Positions are closed starting with the smallest first.	Yes	50
Min Trading Margin Level %	The margin level percentage threshold that prevents new positions from being opened when the account’s margin level falls below this value.	Yes	100
Risk Amount (R) Type	Determines whether the risk amount is specified as a fixed currency amount (Amount) or as a percentage of account equity (Percent).	Yes	Amount
Risk Amount (R)	The fixed amount of account equity to risk for this strategy. Only visible when Risk Amount Type is set to Amount.	When Type is Amount	—
Risk %	The percentage of current equity to risk for this strategy. Only visible when Risk Amount Type is set to Percent.	When Type is Percent	—
Starting Balance	The initial balance of the account, used as a reference point for calculating performance percentages and drawdowns.	No	—

Outputs

Output	Description
Profit	The aggregate profit or loss for all trades on the account, in the account’s currency.
Max Profit	The maximum profit achieved by the account throughout its trading history.
Max Loss	The maximum loss experienced by the account throughout its trading history.
Open Positions Profit	The aggregate profit or loss for only the currently open positions.
Closed Positions Profit	The aggregate profit or loss for only the closed positions.
Open Positions	The current number of open positions on the account.
Open Buy Positions	The current number of open buy (long) positions.
Closed Positions	The total number of closed positions.
Closed Buy Positions	The total number of closed buy positions.
Open Sell Positions	The current number of open sell (short) positions.
Closed Sell Positions	The total number of closed sell positions.
Max Open Buy Positions	The maximum number of simultaneous open buy positions reached at any point.
Max Open Sell Positions	The maximum number of simultaneous open sell positions reached at any point.
Open Orders	The current total number of open orders on the account.
Open Buy Limit Orders	The current number of open buy limit orders.
Open Sell Limit Orders	The current number of open sell limit orders.
Open Buy Stop Orders	The current number of open buy stop orders.
Open Sell Stop Orders	The current number of open sell stop orders.
Has Open Positions	A true/false value indicating whether any positions are currently open.
Margin	The required margin for all open positions, in the account’s currency.
Margin %	The required margin as a percentage of current equity.
Max Margin	The maximum margin required at any point throughout trading history.
Max Margin %	The maximum margin as a percentage of equity throughout trading history.
Draw Down	The current drawdown amount (peak profit minus current profit/loss).
Draw Down %	The current drawdown as a percentage of starting balance.
Max Draw Down	The maximum drawdown amount experienced (largest peak-to-trough decline).
Max Draw Down %	The maximum drawdown as a percentage of starting balance.
Equity	The current equity of the account (Balance plus Profit).
Balance	The starting balance of the account.
Free Risk Amount (R)	The remaining amount that can still be risked (Risk Amount plus Profit).
Free Risk %	The free risk amount as a percentage of the original Risk Amount.
Free Margin	The total available funds for new positions (Balance plus Profit minus Margin).
Margin Level	The margin level calculated as Free Margin divided by current Equity.
Min Free Margin	The lowest free margin experienced throughout the account’s execution.
Max Free Margin	The highest free margin experienced throughout the account’s execution.
Amount Won	The aggregate value of all closed winning trades.
Amount Won Buys	The aggregate value of all closed winning buy trades.
Amount Won Sells	The aggregate value of all closed winning sell trades.
Amount Lost	The aggregate value of all closed losing trades.
Amount Lost Buys	The aggregate value of all closed losing buy trades.
Amount Lost Sells	The aggregate value of all closed losing sell trades.
Won Positions	The total number of winning positions closed.
Won Buy Positions	The total number of winning buy positions closed.
Won Sell Positions	The total number of winning sell positions closed.
Lost Positions	The total number of losing positions closed.
Lost Buy Positions	The total number of losing buy positions closed.
Lost Sell Positions	The total number of losing sell positions closed.
Biggest Win	The largest single winning trade amount.
Biggest Buy Win	The largest single winning buy trade amount.
Biggest Sell Win	The largest single winning sell trade amount.
Biggest Loss	The largest single losing trade amount.
Biggest Buy Loss	The largest single losing buy trade amount.
Biggest Sell Loss	The largest single losing sell trade amount.
Average Win	The average amount of winning trades.
Average Buy Win	The average amount of winning buy trades.
Average Sell Win	The average amount of winning sell trades.
Average Loss	The average amount of losing trades.
Average Buy Loss	The average amount of losing buy trades.
Average Sell Loss	The average amount of losing sell trades.
Stop Out Margin Breached	True/false indicating whether the margin level has fallen below the stop out threshold.
Account Risk Limit Exceeded	True/false indicating whether risk exposure has exceeded the defined risk amount.
Min Trading Margin Breached	True/false indicating whether the margin level has fallen below the minimum trading margin threshold.

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