This window displays balances of account-related categories.
If all accounts are selected, then accounts are listed vertically, and the balances are listed horizontally. To show all accounts, right-click the Accounts pane title bar, and then select All Accounts:
Margin Excess, Total Margins Value, and Total Purchasing Power rows are displayed if they are enabled in Notification preferences.
Depending on those preferences, these values can be updated automatically or manually (by clicking the Account Summary tab). Automatic updates occur only if the Account Summary window is active. The values are updated when you switch to the Account window from another window; when a fill, fill busted, or fill cancelled transaction occurs; when a day statement environment change occurs; when a current balance environment change occurs; and when the quantity of working orders changes.
Purchasing power is the sum of collateral balance, OTE, and MVO, where OTE and MVO are optional, and calculated by special rules.
Margin excess is the difference between purchasing power and total margin value. The value is displayed as N/A if OTE or MVO cannot be calculated. It is displayed in red if it is a negative value.
If the margin excess threshold is met, the row is highlighted in yellow. If you have more than one account displayed, then the header is highlighted. Hover the mouse over the margin excess field to open a tooltip.
Note for options traders: In rare cases, you may notice this issue: Orders and Positions information is correct, but Account Summary and OTE fields display N/A. It could be that your options positions recently expired, which results in the account showing N/A. To resolve this issue, ask your FCM to delete the positions.