View the Trading Profit and Loss of a Despatch Order

A despatch order may be traded with multiple despatch orders, and may also have an untraded portion that is compared with the set of mark-to-market terms. This profit and loss (P&L) report displays data for all trades with this despatch order.

Security Note: Assuming you can view the despatch order, no specific security right is required for this activity.

Activity Steps

1. Open the Despatch Order.
2. Select the Trading » Profit And Loss tab.
3. If the trading settings include creating a copy of trade P&L (see Specify Trading Settings), you can select a different P&L Date.

   The P&L and MTM P&L columns display data for the selected date. See Trade Profit and Loss for a description of the data.

4. To view the detail of all line items, right-click in the Profit And Loss table and select Expand All from the menu.
5. To view a summary of the line items (that is, to view only the subtotals and totals), right-click in the Profit And Loss table and select Collapse All from the menu.
6. To recalculate the P&L:
   1. If viewing the flash P&L, right-click in the Profit And Loss table and select Queue Recalculation from the menu.
   2. If viewing an historical P&L, right-click in the Profit And Loss table and select Queue Historical Recalculation from the menu.

      A message about saving displays.

   3. Click OK.
   4. Click Save.