Not sure if you can help me to create a column that is missing on the TOS Desktop but is available on TOS Web version.
It's the Cost Column.
The Web version will calculate the actual premium you paid or received when buying and selling calls and puts. It's similar to Net Liq, but it shows the debit or credit you received when the trade was placed.
When placed next to Net Liq, then you can easily subtract the difference in your head to see how the trade is preforming.
However, on the Desktop version it just shows the strike price bought or sold and doesn't multiply it out by the number of shares.
With Stocks being 100 shares per contract that is easy, but with futures being different contract sizes it becomes a challenge. Soybeans are 50, gold is 100, Oil is 1000,
I've tried to find this on think scripts but can't figure it out.
I've even spoken to TOS, and they are going to try and let the developers know about it.
Note they have one called " total cost " but that just multiples the price you paid times the number of contracts, not the number of shares.
So I sell 3 soybean contracts at $4.10.
The Web version shows the cost correctly as $615.
But the desk top just shows $4.10 and total cost shows 4.10 * 3 = 12.30.
But it should be 4.10*3 * 50 shares = 615….
Hope you don't mind taking a look at this as a possible Custom Column?
It's the Cost Column.
The Web version will calculate the actual premium you paid or received when buying and selling calls and puts. It's similar to Net Liq, but it shows the debit or credit you received when the trade was placed.
When placed next to Net Liq, then you can easily subtract the difference in your head to see how the trade is preforming.
However, on the Desktop version it just shows the strike price bought or sold and doesn't multiply it out by the number of shares.
With Stocks being 100 shares per contract that is easy, but with futures being different contract sizes it becomes a challenge. Soybeans are 50, gold is 100, Oil is 1000,
I've tried to find this on think scripts but can't figure it out.
I've even spoken to TOS, and they are going to try and let the developers know about it.
Note they have one called " total cost " but that just multiples the price you paid times the number of contracts, not the number of shares.
So I sell 3 soybean contracts at $4.10.
The Web version shows the cost correctly as $615.
But the desk top just shows $4.10 and total cost shows 4.10 * 3 = 12.30.
But it should be 4.10*3 * 50 shares = 615….
Hope you don't mind taking a look at this as a possible Custom Column?
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