Executions
The Executions tab is the trade's source of truth. Each card represents a real market action, such as an entry, add-on entry, partial close, or final close, and those execution records power the rest of the trade review.
Trading Vault uses executions to calculate the trade's open quantity, closed quantity, remaining quantity, average prices, movement, reward:risk, profit, fees, efficiency, and trade status.
This execution-first structure supports simple trades, scaled positions, partial closes, imported broker fills, manual allocation fixes, position-management review, and broker reconciliation from the same trade screen.
Open and close executions
An open execution records entering a trade or adding to an existing trade. A close execution records exiting all or part of a trade.
For a long trade, open executions are buys and close executions are sells. For a short trade, open executions are sells and close executions are buys.
Common execution fields include:
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Side | Buy or sell. Trading Vault uses the trade direction to identify whether the execution opens or closes risk. |
| Date and time | When the execution happened. |
| Quantity | The amount filled. Quantity can be left blank for some manual workflows, but complete execution data gives better allocation and analysis. |
| Price | The execution price. |
| Stop | The active stop price for that execution. |
| Target | The active target price for that execution. |
| Cost per movement | The value of each pip, tick, or point for the execution. |
| Opening balance | The account balance used for risk and percentage calculations. |
Position management
Executions also record how the position was managed while the trade was open. Use stop and target values on execution cards to show the risk and target that applied at that point in the trade.
When the plan changes, update the execution's stop or target values so the trade review reflects the managed position. This is useful for common workflows such as:
- Moving a stop to break even.
- Trailing a stop after price moves in your favor.
- Reducing risk after a partial close.
- Moving a target after new market structure forms.
- Recording the stop or target that applied to an imported broker execution.
Position-management details are used in trade rollups, risk review, reward:risk, performance analysis, and shared trade permissions.
Open an execution card to review the deeper execution details. Imported executions can also show broker values, position-management values, MAP/MFP, allocation links, and other details inside the expanded execution view.
Scaling in and out
To scale in, add another open execution. To scale out, add one or more close executions. The trade's totals are calculated from all open and close executions together.
Trading Vault shows open quantity, closed quantity, and remaining quantity so you can see whether the trade is fully closed or still has exposure.
Allocation links
Allocations connect close executions back to the open executions they close. Trading Vault can use the account's allocation setting, such as FIFO, LIFO, broker position, or average price. You can also create manual allocation links when the automatic match does not describe the trade correctly.
Manual allocations are shown as links between open and close executions. You can unlink allocation rows or reset the trade back to the account's allocation setting.
Broker import details
Executions created from broker imports can include broker identifiers and broker facts, including:
- Broker position ID
- Broker order ID
- Broker fill ID
- Broker comment
- External symbol or account details
- Gross profit
- Commissions
- Fees
- Roll
- Dividends
- Broker balance after execution
Broker-imported facts are kept separate from manual edits. If you need to correct an imported value, enable broker value editing on the execution. You can revert the broker values later if you want to return to the imported data.
MAP and MFP
Maximum Adverse Price (MAP) and Maximum Favourable Price (MFP) are recorded on close executions. They are used for excursion and efficiency analysis.
You can enter MAP/MFP manually on any plan. Pro users can also calculate MAP/MFP from historical price data. If an execution already has MAP/MFP values, Trading Vault asks for confirmation before replacing them with calculated values.
Broker imports can also fill missing MAP/MFP values in the background after an import has completed when automatic MAP/MFP enrichment is available for the account.
Moving executions
Use the move action when an execution belongs on another trade. This can happen after importing broker history, correcting a manual entry, or splitting one trade into multiple reviews.
You can:
- Move the execution to a compatible existing trade.
- Move the execution into a new trade created from that execution.
Trading Vault checks that the destination trade is compatible with the execution. When manual allocation links involve the moved execution, Trading Vault refreshes the remaining allocation links after the move.
Review examples
Use executions to answer detailed trade-management questions, such as:
- Did the trade result come from the entry, the exit, or the position management between them?
- Did a scale-out reduce risk at the right time?
- Did the stop or target move match the plan you reviewed in Summary?
- Did the broker import group entries and exits into the right trade?
- Are MAP/MFP values showing a trade that gave back too much favorable movement?
Incomplete executions
Trading Vault highlights incomplete executions when required values such as side, date, or price are missing. Complete execution data gives the most accurate charts, stats, exports, and trade review.