Portfolio analytics
What the figures under your holdings work out, how each one is computed and what it leaves out.
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Analytics looks at your holdings as one portfolio. It uses the sizes you entered and the latest published prices. Watched names are not included.
What it shows
| Figure | How it is computed |
|---|---|
| Value | Shares times the latest price, summed over holdings that have both. |
| Day change | Each holding's value times its day change, summed, then divided by the previous value. |
| Gain or loss | Latest price against your average cost, per holding and in total. |
| Allocation | Each holding's value as a share of the total, and the same grouped by sector. |
| Concentration | The weight of your largest holding and of your top few together. |
| Against the S&P 500 | Your holdings' return over a window next to the index over the same window. |
- Holding A: 20 shares at $150, up 2.0% today. Value $3,000, change +$58.82.
- Holding B: 10 shares at $400, down 1.0% today. Value $4,000, change −$40.40.
- Portfolio: $7,000 today, $6,981.58 yesterday. Change +$18.42, or +0.26%.
How to read concentration
There is no correct number. A top holding at 40% means one earnings report can move your whole portfolio. Whether that is acceptable is yours to decide. The figure is there so the decision is deliberate.
What it leaves out
- Cash, options, bonds, funds we do not cover and anything in an account you did not enter.
- Dividends you received and taxes you paid.
- The dates you bought. Without them we cannot compute a true time-weighted return, so the comparison with the S&P 500 is of the holdings as they stand today, not of your actual history.
- A tax view. We do not compute harvestable losses or wash-sale windows.
Read next
- Adding holdingsThe difference between holding and watching, what to enter for a holding, and what the product does with it.
- Position size calculatorHow many shares to buy so that being wrong costs a set amount. Enter your account, the risk you accept, your entry and your stop.
- How each number is computedThe exact definition of total return, CAGR, volatility, Sharpe, max drawdown, hit rate and turnover as our engine calculates them.
Something here wrong or unclear? Tell us. Informational only, not investment advice.