This page highlights your portfolio page, as good portfolio management often starts with an overview that meets your needs. In this article, you'll read not only what we've improved based on your feedback, but also how you can make the most of your portfolio overview.
- Quickly find the value of your assets on any specific date
- Find historical purchase prices
- Find historical purchase prices on the website
- How to customise your portfolio?
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Quickly find the value of your assets on any specific date
Via the website (not through the app), you can access the value of your portfolio on a specific day in two clicks.
- Navigate to Portfolio, and if you have multiple accounts, select the desired account or All accounts.
- From the Overview you can see the Current or switch to the Historical positions. If you look at the Historical tab you can find the value (Current price) of each asset in your portfolio on any date.
See the image below to view your historical values, for example on 31 December. The following image apply to both SaxoTrader and SaxoInvestor.
Find historical purchase prices
To find the purchase price you bought (and sold) an instrument. Especially when you bought and sold at different times, it can be important to see the different prices listed.
Navigate to Portfolio, and if you have multiple accounts, select the desired account or All accounts.
- Click on the Performance tab.
- Select All time.
- Select the relevant trade under the Earnings breakdown.
- Click on Transactions.
- Finally click on Trades.
- Here you will find the purchase and sell prices of your trades.
How to customise your portfolio according to your own needs?
Step 1: Choose table view or list view
For SaxoInvestor
You can customise your portfolio according to your own preferences. We have created two different types of views for this: a list view and a table view. On the website, you always have a table view. Let's show the difference:
List view shows your positions under each other and all information is visible on the screen. There are three selected columns, and the return is shown in percentage and a real number. The data will be visible to the right and under the name of the position. By clicking, you will see other data.
Table view is slightly more compact, and you see all columns to the right of the (shortened) name of the asset. In a column, you see the same data neatly under each other. You can sort by clicking on each column, and you can choose more than three columns via the settings wheel.
For SaxoTrader
On SaxoTrader you always have a table view both in the app and on the website. Lets see how that looks:
Step 2: You can group and sort
On the website, you can adjust your grouping at the top right of the portfolio. You can, for example, split all product types (stocks, ETFs, bonds, options, etc.) into separate groups and do the same for currencies (EUR, USD, etc.) or create separate groups per underlying asset.
Based on your chosen grouping, you will be able to view the total amount of that group(s). In the list view, you can also choose to sort your assets within the selected group. You can rank your assets based on a chosen column. In table view, you sort directly in the portfolio by clicking on the column title.
Step 3: Which columns can I choose and what do they mean?
There is an abundance of information available about your assets, and we have therefore a lot of columns you can choose from. Whether you want to see your total return and/or daily return, in percentages or in real value, the current price, bid and ask, or the total value — there are many possibilities. You can select the columns via the settings wheel at the top right of the portfolio in SaxoInvestor, or use
in SaxoTrader.
Below you will find a list of all abbreviations and what they mean. With a star we indicate the new columns that show the daily result.
| Column title | Explanation |
| Account | The specific account where the position is opened |
| Accrued interest | The amount of interest that has accumulated since the last interest payment (last coupon) was made |
| Asset class | Specific classification within an asset class, such as equity or fixed income (for funds only) |
| Asset type | The broad category of the instrument, such as ETF, bonds, mutual funds, stocks etc. |
| Bid/Ask | Current buying (bid) and selling (ask) prices in the market for the instrument |
| Cost Price | The price at which the position was opened, inclusive of transaction cost to open |
| Currency | The currency in which the instrument is denominated |
| Current price | The current market price of the instrument |
| % 1D |
The percentage change in the instrument's price over one day |
| Day P/L |
Profit or loss for the current trading day |
| Expiry | The date when the financial instrument or contract expires |
| Exposure | Current exposure in the instrument (only for SaxoTrader) |
| Gross Return % | Price return before deducting any fees or expenses (only for SaxoInvestor) |
| ISIN | International Securities Identification Number, a unique identifier for the asset |
| Issuer | The company or entity that has issued the financial instrument |
| Last update | The time and date of the most recent update for the price |
| L/S | Indicates whether the position is long (L) or short (S) |
| Limit | A quick button to add a limit order (only for SaxoTrader) |
| Market status | The current operational status of the market (open, closed, etc.) |
| Market value | Current market value of the holdings |
| Morningstar™ | Rating or analysis from Morningstar regarding the instrument's performance or sustainability |
| Net return % | Price return after deducting any fees or expenses (only for SaxoInvestor) |
| Notice date | Notice date specifies the day when the contract goes into the "notification period" and when long positions can be assigned delivery (only for SaxoTrader) |
| Open interest | The total number of outstanding derivative contracts, such as futures or options, that remain active and unsettled in the market at a given time (only for SaxoTrader) |
| Open price | The price at which the position was opened |
| Open time | The time at which the position was opened |
| Orders | Number of all working orders in the instrument |
| Original value | The initial value of the investment |
| Pips/Ticks | The price move since open expressed in pips/ticks |
| P/L | Total profit or loss from Open to Current price including Conversion P/L and trade fees |
| Portfolio % | The current market value of the position against the account value |
| % Price | Change in price since position opening expressed as a percentage |
| Position ID | A unique identifier for a specific position (only for Saxotrader) |
| Quantity | The amount of the position held |
| Status | Current position status such as "open" or "closed" |
| Stop | A quick button to add a stop order (only for SaxoTrader) |
| Sustainability | Information related to the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) aspects of the instrument |
| Symbol | The ticker symbol representing the financial instrument |
| Trade P/L | Profit or loss from open price to current price, excluding costs and conversion P/L |
| Value date | The date on which a transaction is settled and funds are credited or debited |
| # | Number of single positions in the instrument (only for SaxoTrader) |
In addition to the above columns, there are a few other columns that are specifically useful for certain product types such as options, ETFs, funds and/or bonds. For example, you can select the option greeks and an indicative risk calculation for options, the stop loss level for turbos, or the sustainability and morning star score at ETFs and non-listed funds.
Example with stocks
In this example, we choose to start with the number of shares we have (quantity). Next, we show the price we bought the share for (open price) and the current price (current price). We also want to see whether we are making a profit or loss (P/L), and we would also like to see the total value (market value). Additionally, we include the weighting of the position in the total wealth (portfolio %) and also the daily return (% 1D).
If the percentage of the weighting becomes too large, we might rebalance. If the percentage is too small, it might be time to close the position or increase it.
Also, with a certain percentage of loss (% Price) you might decide to close your position to prevent further losses. Or you choose to buy more and lower your weighted average purchase price.
When we want to immediately see what changes daily, we add the column "day P/L". With a large daily fluctuation, we can look up more information about the asset to see if there is any news. Via our inspiration pages and our daily stock market alert, you often read in the morning what is happening on the international stock markets.
With a customized portfolio view, you can always follow what you find important with any instrument.