Holdings columns are the fields of the Target positions & exits table on a strategy's Holdings view, one row per holding. Three of them get misread most often: Side says whether the target position is Long or Short, Last is the instrument's most recent price in the asset's own currency, and Qty is the number of shares or units the target works out to. The currency of Last is the trap — it is never converted to your account's base currency, so a single row can pair a dollar price with a euro value.
The table has eight columns, in this order: Symbol, Asset type, Side, Last, Qty, Target value, Deployed, Exits.
What do Side, Last, and Qty mean?
| Column | What it holds | Currency or unit |
|---|---|---|
Side | Long — the position profits if the price rises — or Short, which profits if the price falls | not a number |
Last | the instrument's most recent price | the asset's currency, at that asset's own decimal precision |
Qty | the target quantity of the instrument | a count of shares, units, or contracts — never money |
Qty is the same quantity concept the app calls Contracts in its trade and position tables.
Why is Last in a different currency from the rest of the row?
Because Last is the price on the instrument's own exchange, quoted the way that market quotes it, while the money columns are converted to your account's base currency so a portfolio total can be added up at all. A US-listed stock is quoted in dollars whatever currency your account keeps score in; converting that quote would show you a price no exchange displays.
The row tells you when the two differ. Target value prints in your base currency and adds a second, muted figure in the asset's currency underneath — but only when the asset's currency is not your base currency. If a row shows that sub-line, Last is in the sub-line's currency. If it shows no sub-line, the asset trades in your base currency and every figure on the row is in one currency.
The practical consequence: you cannot check a row by multiplying Last × Qty and comparing the result to Target value. That product is in the asset's currency, while Target value and Deployed are in yours. Convert first, or compare against the muted sub-line instead.
Defaults in Fincanva
Siderenders as a badge readingLongorShort.Lastis formatted in the asset's currency at that asset's own number of decimals, so one row may show two decimal places and another more.Qtyis a plain count, shown without decimals when the target quantity is a whole number.- Take-profit and stop-loss chips in the
Exitscolumn are priced in the asset's currency too, matchingLastrather than the money columns (see Exit reason). - The money columns are always in your base currency:
Target valueis the target notional andDeployedis what fits in whole shares (see Target vs deployed). - Every figure is a target for a paper portfolio; no order is placed and nothing is traded (see Portfolio).
Worked example
Your account keeps score in euros and the portfolio holds a US-listed stock. The row reads Side Long · Last $412.00 · Qty 6 · Target value €2,500 with a muted $2,700 beneath it, and Deployed €2,289.
Read it in the right currencies. The target is €2,500, which is $2,700 at the day's rate — that is what the sub-line is for. At $412.00 a share, $2,700 buys 6 whole shares, so Qty is 6. Multiplying Last × Qty gives $2,472, which is dollars, and falls short of the $2,700 target by less than one share's price; that shortfall is target vs deployed at work. The Deployed column shows that same $2,472 converted back to euros, about €2,289. Nothing on the row is inconsistent: Last is the price New York quotes, while Target value and Deployed are the euros your account measures in.
Every column describes a paper target a strategy's rules produced. A Short badge is a description of that target position, never a suggestion to short anything, and no row is a recommendation to buy, sell, or hold. Fincanva provides no financial advice — see Is this financial advice?.
Fincanva provides no financial advice. Backtests show what would have happened — not what will.
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