Reading Your Holdings Breakdown

Open an account and you’ll see what you own. On a computer that’s a sortable table; on a phone it’s a list of cards carrying the same figures. Here’s what each one means.

• Holding. The stock, ETF or fund, by ticker.
• Weight. What share of the account this holding represents. If it makes up 40% of the account, its weight is 40%.
• Quantity. How many units you own.
• Today’s gain. What this position has done since the market opened.
• Market value. What the position is worth right now, at the current price.
• All-time gain. Everything this holding has earned you. Green means up, red means down.

All-time gain is broader than it looks

It isn’t simply market value minus what you paid. It’s what you’d have made if you closed the position today, so it also counts dividends you’ve received and gains on shares you’ve already sold.

That’s a fairer measure of whether a holding has been good to you, but it means the number won’t always match the unrealized gain your brokerage shows. If you’re reconciling the two, that’s usually the difference.

On a computer, the sub-label under the column heading says the same thing.

Sold-out positions

Holdings you no longer own sit in their own section below, with Invested and Proceeds instead of the live columns. Turn them on with the exited holdings toggle.

Going deeper

Tap any holding to open it. You’ll get its full transaction history, which accounts hold it, its dividends, and how the position has performed over time.

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