If you have a Tradovate account and would like to view your Trailing Drawdown, you can follow the steps below:
Go to your Tradovate dashboard and click on the Add Modules (Plus Symbol) button on the top-left corner of the screen.
Find the Accounts button, then click, hold, and drag the button over to your Dashboard. You will be able to place it anywhere in your dashboard, so go ahead and pick the best spot for it!
Once you have found the best placement for this module, let go of your mouse button to place it. You will see the Accounts module load in your dashboard.
In the Accounts module, go to the top right corner and you will see a Settings button. It will look like a Gear icon. Click here and then click on Select Columns.
A new window will pop-up. On the left-hand side, you will see all of the Available columns that can be added to the Accounts module. On the right-hand side, you will see all of the Visible columns that are already being displayed.
To add a column from the Available section to the Visible section you can simply just drag it from the left column over to the right column:
To track your Trailing Drawdown, the following Columns will assist you:
Drawdown Auto Liq Level - this will let you know what value your Trailing Drawdown is currently at.
Dist Drawdown Net Liq - this will show you how much you can lose before hitting your Trailing Drawdown.
To track your Daily Loss Limit, the following Columns will assist you:
Daily Loss Limit - this will show you your account's Daily Loss Limit value.
Dist to Daily Loss Limit - this will show you how much you can lose before you hit your Daily Loss Limit.
Other helpful Columns:
Cash Balance - this shows your current account's balance.
Dollar Open/Closed P L - this will show you your account's P&L information, helpful for Daily Loss tracking!
Note: We recommend adding all of the above Columns to your Accounts module!
Once you have added the necessary Columns, click the blue Save button on the bottom left corner of the pop-up window. You will now see all of your chosen Columns in the Accounts module.