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An Overview of Positions in Altrady

Positions are one of the core concepts in Altrady. They help you understand how your trades relate to each other, how much you’ve gained or lost, and how your strategy is performing over time. This article explains what positions are and how Altrady uses them across Spot and Futures markets.

For instructions on controlling or analysing positions, see the links at the end of this page.


What Is a Position?

A position is a group of trades on the same market that Altrady treats as a single unit for tracking and analysis.

A position allows Altrady to calculate:

  • Average Entry Price (AEP)
  • Break-Even Price (BEP)
  • Realised and Unrealised PnL
  • Remaining size
  • Direction (long/short on Futures)

For Futures, additional data comes from the exchange, including:

  • Leverage
  • Margin
  • Liquidation price


A position remains open as long as you still hold an amount on that market (Spot) or the exchange reports an open quantity (Futures).


New Accounts and “No Positions” Messages

When you first create an account in Altrady, you may see a message saying that you don’t have any open positions. This is normal.

  • Spot positions are only created when trades occur or when you manually create a position.
  • Futures positions appear automatically when the exchange reports an open amount.
  • In both cases, the initial data may not fully reflect your trading history until imports are complete, or if the exchange provides limited historical data at first.

This does not affect your ability to trade, and your positions will populate as soon as Altrady has sufficient data.


The Dashboard before any positions exist


Types of Positions

Altrady supports several types of positions, depending on how the orders were placed.


Manual Positions (Spot or Futures)

A manual position is created for analytics only.

It does not place or manage orders.

Manual positions can be created by you, or automatically in certain situations (see below).


Smart Positions (Spot or Futures)

A Smart Position is created when you place a Smart Order. A smart order is used for semi-automated trading: you create a set of orders that work together to enter the market, sell at multiple TP levels, and Stop Loss. It can also include additional automation to start at a certain time or price, to expire if an entry hasn't filled, or to close once a period of time has passed.

A smart position includes everything a manual position provides, plus automated order management:

  • Take Profit
  • Stop Loss
  • Trailing Stop
  • Entry triggers
  • Auto-close rules

Smart Orders are created in the trading widget and managed through the Trading widget and Position Info widget.


Bot-Created Positions

Two types of bots create positions automatically:

  • Signal Bot Positions – Smart positions created from external signals
  • Grid Bot Positions – Smart positions managed by the Grid Bot; analytics appear in the bot panel

Bot-created positions behave like Smart Positions and are also included in bot-level analytics.


How Positions Are Created in Altrady

Spot Markets

A manual Spot position is created when:

  • You create one manually from existing trades in the Position Info widget or Trading widget
  • Altrady detects new trades on a market that has previously had a position, or
  • You confirm a prompt to create a position for imported trades

Smart positions are created automatically when you place a Smart Order.


Futures Markets

Futures positions are created automatically whenever the exchange reports an open amount on that market.

This happens regardless of whether the trades were placed:

  • On Altrady
  • Directly on the exchange
  • Through another platform

If you place a Smart Order on a Futures market, Altrady will create a Smart Futures position and track automation on top of the exchange position.

If you place an order on the exchange, or using a regular type of order in Altrady, a manual Futures position is create.


What Positions Are Used For

Across all market types and position types, positions in Altrady help you:

  • See whether you are in profit or loss
  • Understand your average entry and break-even
  • Track partial exits or multiple entries
  • Manage Smart Order automation (for Smart/Bot positions)
  • Analyse your trading performance


Different parts of the interface show different levels of detail:

  • Account Dashboard – Brief list of open positions and recently closed positions
  • My Positions – Full list of open/closed positions showing basic analytics
  • Position Info Widget – Full analytics and trade breakdown, amounts invested.
  • Trading Widget – Controls for Smart Position management
  • Bot Dashboards and Analytics– Bot-specific analytics


Where to Learn More

For details, screenshots, and instructions, see:


Updated on: 21/11/2025

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