This article explains every column of the Follower Accounts grid in the Replikanto window: what each one shows, which columns appear only with a given copy Method, what the Position and Orders columns mean (for example E:2 TP:4 SL:4), why Factor shows a percentage, how to show, hide and auto-fit columns, and what the Followers PnL: total above the grid adds up. It describes Replikanto 1.7.0.0 and later, and the group header rows added in Replikanto 1.7.1.0.
Where the grid is
The Follower Accounts grid is the list of follower accounts in each Replikanto tab, under the leader account and instrument. Right-click inside the grid to open its menu: Show account numbers, Import..., Export..., Columns, Auto-fit columns and Properties.... Starting with Replikanto 1.7.1.0 the menu also has the follower group items: Add to group, Remove from group, Edit group..., Rename group..., Delete group, New group..., Delete all custom groups..., Group followers by connection, Expand all groups and Collapse all groups. Which of them you see depends on where you right-click (an account row, a group header or an empty area); see the section "Group headers (1.7.1.0 or later)" below.
1 = Position, 2 = Orders, 3 = PnL, 4 = Followers PnL total. Sim103 has 2 contracts filled and 2 still to enter, with 4 in targets and 4 in stops.
Columns shown with every Method
| Column | What it shows |
|---|---|
| On | The status circle. Click it to turn copying on or off for that follower. Its color shows the state: green (on), yellow (out of sync), gray (off) or red (disarmed by Follower Guard). |
| Account | The follower account name. When Show account numbers is unchecked, the middle of the name is masked with asterisks. |
| Connection | The NinjaTrader connection the account belongs to. Hidden by default. |
| ATM Copy | Per-follower ATM Copy checkbox. Shown while ATM Copy is enabled in the window's right-click menu. |
| Market Only | Per-follower checkbox: instead of copying the leader's orders, mirror every leader fill (market, limit or stop, including a filled stop loss or target) as a market order on this follower. |
| Cross Order | The instrument this follower trades instead of the leader's instrument. Shown while Cross Order is enabled in the window's right-click menu and the tab's instrument is a futures contract that has Cross Order counterparts (for example ES and MES); otherwise the column stays hidden. |
| Side | Whether the follower's open position is Long or Short. |
| Position | The number of contracts in the follower's open position (see below). |
| Orders | The unfilled contracts of the follower's live orders, as E:2 TP:4 SL:4 (see below). |
| Avg. price | The average entry price of the follower's open position. |
| PnL | The unrealized PnL of the follower's open position. Blank when the follower is flat. It is position PnL, not the account's total or daily PnL. |
| Flatten (×) | Button that flattens that follower account. |
The position columns (Side, Position, Orders, Avg. price and PnL) read the follower's position and orders on this tab's instrument, or on the follower's Cross Order instrument when it has one. They stay blank on a row that is Off, except Avg. price, which shows 0.
Columns that depend on the copy Method
The Method selected for the tab adds the column you use to size each follower:
| Method | Extra columns |
|---|---|
| Ratio | Ratio |
| Pre Allocation | Pre Allocation |
| Pct Change | Pct. Change |
| Available Cash | Cash value and Factor |
| Net Liquidation | Net liquidation and Factor |
| Exact Quantity, Pooled Quantity | none |
The Cash value column can also be shown with the other methods: turn it on in Properties > Columns.
Position column (formerly Quantity)
Starting with Replikanto 1.7.0.0, the column that used to be called Quantity is called Position. It shows the same thing as before: how many contracts the follower holds in its open position. If you are looking for the Quantity column, it is this one. The column headers follow NinjaTrader's language, so with NinjaTrader in Portuguese it reads Posição.
Orders column: E, TP and SL
Starting with Replikanto 1.7.0.0, the Orders column, next to Position, shows what the follower's live orders are still waiting to do. For example, E:2 TP:4 SL:4 means two contracts still to enter, four resting in profit targets and four in stops.
- E = entry, TP = take profit (target), SL = stop loss. There are no other letters, and they stay the same in every language.
- The numbers are contracts, not a count of orders, and only the unfilled part of each order (quantity minus filled). An order for 5 with 3 filled counts 2; the 3 filled contracts are already in the Position column.
- Only live orders count (accepted, working, partially filled or waiting to trigger), on that follower's own account and on the instrument it trades. Filled, cancelled and rejected orders are never shown.
- Groups with nothing in them are left out (for example just
SL:2). The cell is blank when the follower has no live order. - Stop and stop-limit exits count as SL; limit exits count as TP. Exits sent as market orders are not shown.
- Orders you place by hand on the follower account are counted too, sorted by side: an order that would reduce the follower's position is an exit (TP or SL by its type), anything else is an entry. On a flat account such an order always counts as E, so a breakout stop on a flat account shows as E, not SL.
- The column refreshes about once per second. It is blank on rows that are Off and still shown on rows that are Disarmed, so you can see what is still working on a disarmed follower.
Replikanto does not show each order's price or its detailed status (Submitted, Accepted, Rejected, Cancelled...). For those, use the Orders and Log tabs of the NinjaTrader Control Center.
Factor column (shown as a percentage)
The Factor column appears with the Available Cash and Net Liquidation methods. It is each follower's share of the total balance of the participating followers (the followers that are not Off): Cash value for Available Cash, Net liquidation for Net Liquidation. The follower's quantity is the leader's quantity times its Factor, rounded down.
Starting with Replikanto 1.7.0.0, the Factor is shown as a percentage: a factor of 0.50 reads 50.00 %. This is display only; the sizing is unchanged. The number follows your Windows number format, so with a Portuguese (Brazil) format it reads 50,00 %.
Example: two participating followers with a Cash value of 30,000 and 10,000 show a Factor of 75.00 % and 25.00 %. When the leader trades 4 contracts, they receive 3 and 1.
1 = Cash value, 2 = Factor. With Available Cash, 30,000 and 10,000 give a Factor of 75.00 % and 25.00 %.
Show or hide columns
- Right-click the grid > Columns, then check or uncheck Connection, Side, Position, Orders, Avg. price or PnL.
- Or right-click the Replikanto window > Properties... > Columns, where you also find Cash value.
Right-click the grid > Columns to show or hide Connection, Side, Position, Orders, Avg. price and PnL.
The Method columns (Ratio, Pre Allocation, Pct. Change, Factor, Net liquidation) are shown or hidden by the Method itself, ATM Copy by its menu item, and Cross Order by its menu item when the tab's instrument has Cross Order counterparts.
Resize columns and Auto-fit
Starting with Replikanto 1.7.0.0:
- Double-click the divider on the right edge of a column header to fit that column to its content.
- Right-click the grid > Auto-fit columns fits all columns at once.
- When the columns are wider than the window, a horizontal scrollbar appears, so a fitted column is no longer cut off.
- Column widths are saved with the NinjaTrader workspace.
The node lists (Replikanto Nodes) have the same Auto-fit columns item in their right-click menu.
Column layout after updating to 1.7.0.0
The grids were rebuilt in Replikanto 1.7.0.0, so your saved column layout (widths and arrangement) returns to the default once, the first time you open Replikanto 1.7.0.0. Your followers, ratios and other settings are kept. Adjust the columns again and save the workspace.
Followers PnL total
Starting with Replikanto 1.7.0.0, a Followers PnL: total appears at the top right of the Follower Accounts grid, on the same line as the grid title. It updates live and uses the same green/red colors as the PnL column.
What it adds up
- It is the sum of the PnL column of every follower row that is not Off. Disarmed and out-of-sync followers are included.
- Only unrealized PnL of open positions. Trades already closed today (realized PnL) are not included.
- Only this tab's instrument, or the follower's Cross Order instrument. Positions on other instruments in the same account are not included.
- Only local followers, the accounts connected in this NinjaTrader. Accounts behind a remote node are never included, and neither is the leader account.
- Each Replikanto tab shows its own total.
- If your followers use different account currencies, the amounts are added without conversion. In that case, read the PnL column of each row instead, or turn the total off.
The total is hidden when no follower it counts has an open position. It is not your accounts' total or daily PnL; for that, use your broker's platform or NinjaTrader's Trade Performance window (Control Center > New > Trade Performance).
Turn it off
Right-click the Replikanto window > Properties... > General > uncheck Followers PnL total. It is on by default, including in workspaces saved with older versions after you update, and the setting is saved with the workspace for each tab. The total works even when the PnL column is hidden.
Properties... > General > Followers PnL total (1).
Group headers (1.7.1.0 or later)
Starting with Replikanto 1.7.1.0 the grid can list the followers under group header rows, either one per broker connection (the Group followers by connection option, off by default) or for custom groups you create. A header shows the group name and the number of accounts, for example Simulation (3), and summarizes the group in the same columns. Groups only organize the list: they do not change how trades are copied. If you use neither kind of group, the grid looks as it did before.
The grid grouped by connection, plus one custom group (Prop firms). 1 = status circle of the Simulation header: the dashed ring means its accounts do not all have the same status (Sim104 is Off), 2 = a dash in Ratio: APX-001 has ratio 1 and APX-002 has ratio 2, 3 = Position and PnL of the Prop firms header: the combined 5 contracts and $105.00 of its two accounts, 4 = the Flatten button of the group.
| Column | What the header row shows |
|---|---|
| On | The most important status among the accounts of the group, in this order: Disarmed (red), Out of Sync (yellow), On (green), Off (gray). A dashed ring around the circle means the accounts do not all have the same status. The tooltip lists the counts, for example "Disarmed 1 · On 3 · Off 2". Clicking it turns the accounts of the group on or off. |
| Account | The + / - button to expand or collapse the group, the group name and the account count. A custom group with accounts that are not connected shows two numbers, such as Prop firms (2/3). |
| ATM Copy, Market Only, Cross Order | The state shared by the accounts of the group. A half-filled box means they differ. A click applies the change to the whole group. |
| Ratio, Pre Allocation, Pct. Change | The value the accounts share, or a dash (—) when they differ. Only the column of the active copy Method is shown. You can type a value in the header cell to set it on the whole group. |
| Side, Position, Orders, Avg. price, PnL | Combined figures of the accounts of the group that are not Off (an account that is Off, or not connected, is left out). Position and Orders are totals, and PnL is the sum, or a dash when the accounts use different currencies. Avg. price is weighted by quantity and by the point value of each account's instrument, and shows a dash when the sides are opposite. Side shows ± when the group has both long and short accounts. |
| Flatten (×) | Flattens every account of the group, after asking for confirmation. This is not the same as the tab's Flatten All button: the group button also closes accounts that are Off and never closes the leader. A Rearm button also appears next to the group name while the group has Disarmed accounts. |
| Connection, Cash value, Factor, Net liquidation | Empty on the header row. |
Expand or collapse a group with its + / - button or by double-clicking the header; a collapsed header keeps showing its status and totals. The Followers PnL: total above the grid works as described below, whether the groups are expanded or not. Creating groups, clicking the header cells and the Flatten and Rearm buttons are covered in the articles Follower groups in Replikanto: by connection or custom, Apply a setting to a whole follower group at once, Flatten or Rearm a whole follower group and Create, edit and delete custom follower groups.
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