Balance is the closed-book view of your broker account. It reflects every deposit, every withdrawal, every positionPositionA single entry held on the broker account, with a direction, a size, and a current floating result.Click the word to learn more that has been closed and settled. Open positions do not show here, no matter how far they have moved.
Deposit 5,000. Close a few positions at a net 300 gain. Balance reads 5,300, whether you have a half-dozen positions floating around or none at all. Open positions sit in equityEquityThe live value of your broker account, including the floating profit or loss of open positions.Click the word to learn more, not here. Balance only moves on four events: a deposit lands, a withdrawal leaves, a swap or overnight financing is charged, or a position closes and settles. Anything else is invisible to it.
Most broker terminals display balance and equity side by side. The gap between them is the live floating result of every open position, summed up. Read both together for the full picture: balance for what is locked in, equity for what the account is worth right now.
Javlot reports historical performance against closed-position balance, not floating equity. A floating gain is not a gain until the position closes. Counting it would mean counting the same euros twice on some days and missing them on others. Closed positions have happened. They count.