| Balance | Description | Update Frequency |
|---|---|---|
| Total Account Value | The total market value of all positions in the account, including Core, minus any outstanding debit balances and any amount required to cover short option positions that are in-the-money. | Real-Time |
| Account Equity Percentage | The account equity, as a percentage of the total market value of positions in your account. The total market value is calculated by using the real-time absolute market value of all sellable security types in your account including cash, margin, and short positions, as well as options market value. It also includes options requirements and the exercisable value of cash covered puts while excluding your core account. The total account value is divided by the total market value to calculate your Account Equity Percentage. | Real-Time |
| Cash (core) | Account settlement position for trade activity and money movement, including core and other eligible additional Fidelity money markets. Executed Buy orders and cash withdrawals will reduce the Core, and executed Sell orders and cash deposits will increase the Core. | Overnight |
| Cash Credit/Debit | A Cash Credit (positive value) reflects a credit from unsettled trades or deposits that has not yet swept into the core account. In certain circumstances, cash credits may not be swept to your core account. When that occurs, the cash credit balance will reflect both amounts credited to the account from unsettled activity as well as un-swept settled cash balances. A Cash Debit (negative value) is an amount that will be debited from the account at settlement. | Intraday |
| Securities Held in Cash | The total market value of all long Cash account positions. This figure is reduced by the value of any in-the-money covered options and does not include shares bought on Margin, shares held short, or cash in the Core Money Market. | Real-Time |
| Margin Credit/Debit | A margin credit indicates the amount due to you based on margin trade executions or an amount needed to meet margin requirements. On settlement date, this amount would be journaled to your Core if there is surplus in the Margin account. A margin debit indicates the amount you owe Fidelity based on margin trade executions. If there is cash in your Core, a journal would take place on settlement date to reduce this debit balance. If there was not enough cash in the Core, you would start paying margin interest on this value at settlement. | Intraday |
| Securities Held in Margin | The total market value of all long Margin account positions. This figure is reduced by the value of any in-the-money covered options and does not include shares held as Cash positions, shares held short, or cash in the Core Money Market. | Real-Time |
| Securities Held in Options | The market value of all long and short option positions held in the account. | Real-Time |
| Short Credit/Debit | A Short Credit is the amount of money held aside to close short positions in an account. This value is compared against the market value of securities held short, and is marked to market weekly. If the market value of the securities Held Short increases (moves against you), it will cost more to close short positions, and money will be journaled (transferred) from margin and increase the Short Credit balance. If the market value of securities held short decreases (moves in your favor), it will cost less to close short positions, and money will be journaled (transferred) out of the Short Credit to margin. When a short position was covered and there were insufficient funds held as a short credit to cover the position, a Short Debit occurs instead of a Short Credit. This debit would be cleared with the mark to market following settlement. | Intraday |
| Securities Held Short | The total market value of all positions held short in the account. This figure is reduced by the value of any in-the-money covered options and does not include shares held as Cash or Margin positions, or cash in the Core Money Market. | Real-Time |
| Daily Mark to Market | The difference between the Short Credit balance and the Market Value of Securities Held Short balance, which reflects whether short positions have decreased in price and moved in your favor(positive value), or
increased in price and moved against you (negative value), on a daily basis. This balance does not impact the weekly
mark to market which is calculated each Friday morning. See the Short Credit/Short Debit balance definition for
more information about this weekly process. Note: Unsettled short positions are not reflected in the Daily Mark to Market balance. |
Real-Time |
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