TradeStation Help

Position Search Wizard/Format Search - Costs/Capital

 Access from the Position Search Wizard/Format Search - Underlying Asset Target Price, or Format > Search and select the Costs/Capital tab.

Costs/Capitalization  

• Commission $ [ ] Per Contract - Enter your anticipated commission cost per contract.
• Slippage $ [ ] Per Contract - Enter your anticipated slippage cost per contract.
• Initial Capital $ [ ] - Enter the dollar amount of initial capital. The default amount is $5,000.00 but you can modify that value to suit your own trading preferences.
• Buy or Sell Short Underlying Asset on Margin - Check this setting if the underlying asset in your position search is a stock. When selected, margin is calculated at 50% of gross. This value is reflected in the position section of the Position Analysis window.

Set as default - Check this setting to use any changes that you made as your default setting.  

 From the wizard, click Next to proceed, Back to display the previous dialog, or Cancel to exit without changes.

 From the Format > Search menu sequence, click OK to apply changes or Cancel to exit without changes.