Lock a Hedge Position Valuation or Settlement

Locking a valuation or settlement is required to:

• Calculate hedging profit/loss or linked hedging profit/loss for an invoice
• Create journal entries for profit or loss

Valuations and settlements created by a hedge revaluation can also be locked by locking the hedge revaluation. See Hedge Revaluation.

Security Note: You need the Allow the user to maintain hedge actions security right in the Accounting user group security rights group for this activity.

Activity Steps

1. Open the Hedging Explorer.
2. Select the Hedge Actions tab.
3. Find the required hedge position. See Find Hedge Positions.
4. Select (that is, highlight) the hedge position in the Hedge Actions table.
5. Select the Valuations sub-tab.

   For spread contracts, the valuations are specific to one leg of the spread contract. The tab name indicates if this is the Buy or Sell leg.

6. Checked Locked for the valuation or settlement.

   Locking the valuation or settlement of one leg of a spread contract also locks the matching valuation or settlement of the other leg.

7. Click Save.