Holdings is the view that shows what a strategy would hold right now — the target positions its rules imply at a chosen rebalance date — rather than how it performed across history. It answers "what does this strategy hold today?", where the Analysis view answers "how did it do?". Holdings reads from a completed run, so a strategy has to have been run at least once before it can show anything.
Also seen as: current state, target portfolio
What does the Holdings view show?
Holdings shows one rebalance date's target book, in five parts. Four KPIs summarise it — Target notional, Cash, Positions, and Accuracy (see accuracy). The Order plan lists what would be bought, sold, and adjusted to reach that book, grouped as Entering, Exiting, and Adjusted (see order plan). Target allocation shows the resulting weights, including any cash. Rebalances lets you move between past and upcoming rebalance dates. And the Target positions & exits sheet lists every position with its Qty, Target value, Deployed amount, and exits (see target vs deployed).
How is Holdings different from the Analysis view?
Holdings describes a single point in time; Analysis describes the whole path. Holdings also runs on its own fixed set of assumptions rather than the simulation assumptions toggles — see Holdings forced assumptions for what that set is and why the two views can disagree on the same date.
Defaults in Fincanva
- Holdings needs a completed run. With none it shows "No results yet" and "Run this strategy to see its target portfolio — use Save & Run from the strategy editor."
- You choose which rebalance date to view; when it is not the most recent one the view warns "You're viewing
{date}— not the latest rebalance". - Refresh recomputes the current state, showing "Refreshing…" while it works. It changes nothing about the strategy itself.
- You can type your own figure into Capital, and the target values rescale to it. The saved strategy's own starting capital is unchanged.
- A Combined with only one member strategy shows example results rather than its own — see Incomplete Combined.
Worked example
A monthly-rebalanced strategy last rebalanced on 1 July and rebalances next on 1 August. Open Holdings and it shows the 1 July target book against 50,000 of capital: 12 positions, a Target notional of 48,000, 4% cash, and 96% Accuracy — the shortfall coming from whole-share rounding across the positions. The Order plan for that date reads 3 Entering, 2 Exiting, and 7 Adjusted, with an estimated turnover figure beside it. Switch the date to the previous rebalance and every panel re-reads that older book instead, with a warning that you are not looking at the latest one.
The Holdings view describes a paper target portfolio a strategy's rules imply, never real orders, and no position or figure on it is a recommendation to buy, sell, or hold. Fincanva provides no financial advice — see Is this financial advice?.
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