Greening up

[mactavish]

Hi, I'm somewhat confused by this. using only minimum stakes so only making small gains. But I green up at say 10p great that appears in the account. I trade again and the numbers show 15 so I green up again but only get 5p in the account. I then have a downturn and end up greening up for a red figure of 1.So I have lost a penny but won 15 - I think , but no I have actually lost 16p. I think I understand that the green-up display just accumulates all the time, but how can I make a profit if the machine keeps eating it up. Is there a way round this ??

[jimibt]

the green value is only relative to what is happening at the time, it doesn't know about cumulative values, so if you green on £1, then add more trades and green again on £2, the sum total green is still £2 -and so on (the same goes for red losses)

[mactavish]

Thanks, but if I green at £1 and then again at £2 as you suggest, then I have made £2 if I then lose £1 and green up I will actually lose the £2 I had gained plus the £1 Loss . So I will end up out by £1. It doesn't seem to be very profitable.

[Dallas]

Thanks, but if I green at £1 and then again at £2 as you suggest, then I have made £2 if I then lose £1 and green up I will actually lose the £2 I had gained plus the £1 Loss . So I will end up out by £1. It doesn't seem to be very profitable.

If after you have greened at £2 you lose £1 then green up again you will have £1 profit still
But if you lose £3 (having already greened up at £2) then you will have a loss of -£1

As Jimibt says its a running total and the P/L from your most recent trade is added/subtracted from this total

[rdth1978]

sorry this may sound a bit stupid but I tick the green up box then the figure keeps changing? how do i lock in the green up profit shown??

[Dallas]

sorry this may sound a bit stupid but I tick the green up box then the figure keeps changing? how do i lock in the green up profit shown??

Click on the figure showing