TradeStation Help

About the Status Bar

The Status Bar appears at the bottom of the desktop and displays a summary of the account selected on the order bar along with order placement indicators, connection status, and current date/time. The Status Bar may be toggled to display or hide using the View > Status Bar Menu bar sequence or pressing Ctrl-Shift-U from the keyboard. 

Account Summary

A brief summary of the account currently selected on the order bar includes position, buying power, and P/L values that match the current tabbed section of the order bar.   

• Acct- Displays the account that is summarized which is the currently selected account on the order bar.
• Open Psns- The total number of open positions for the specified account and trading instrument (based on the order bar tab selected).
• DT BP- The real-time marginable Buying Power for the specified account.
• Closed P/L- The real-time realized P/L for today for the specified account.
• Open P/L- The real-time unrealized P/L for open positions for the specified account and current trading instrument.

Order Placement Indicators

Displays the lock/unlock status of the specified order placement tool where green indicates that orders may be placed (unlocked) and red that order placement is disabled (locked). The order placement indicators for the ORDER BAR and MACROS are always shown along with the order placement status of any active BASKET, MATRIX, or TRDMGR window. See Locking Order Placement Tools for more information.

Trading Status

The status bar displays whether you are trading on a Live account or a Simulated Account. If you are trading on a Live account, Trading: Live will be displayed; trading on a Simulated account, Trading: Sim will be displayed. For more information, see About Live Trading or About Simulated Trading.

Connection Status

The connection status displays the status of the TradeStation Data Network where Data indicates that you have an active connection to the trade server and Data informs you that the connection is not active. No orders will be transmitted and no data will be received if the TradeStation Data Network connection is not active. Double-clicking on an active connection status will disconnect the data network and double-clicking will allow you to try logging on to reconnect.

Status Bar Bell

The status bar displays a yellow bell that provides you with quick access to the status bar alert settings. By double-clicking on the bell in the status bar, it will open the Desktop Preferences - Status Bar tab to modify your alerts and notification settings.

Date/Time

Displays the current date and time from your local computer.