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Every KPI, emotion flag, options label, and ledger line you see in NiyataBook — with formulas and examples.

KPI Today / Week / Month P&L

What it is: Net profit or loss for the selected window — after brokerage where imported — on closed trades only.

In the app: Dashboard top row. FY chips still scope the rest of the page; these three cards stay calendar windows (today IST, this ISO week, this calendar month).

Example: Three closed trades today: +₹2,400, −₹800, +₹1,100 → Today P&L = +₹2,700.

KPI Win Rate (%)

What it is: Share of closed trades that finished green.

Win Rate = (Winning trades ÷ Total closed trades) × 100

Example: 12 wins, 8 losses → 60%. High win rate alone is not enough — check Expectancy.

KPI Expectancy (₹ / trade)

What it is: Average rupees you expect to make (or lose) on the next trade, from history.

Expectancy = (Win Rate × Avg Win) − (Loss Rate × Avg Loss)

Example: 50% wins, avg win ₹4,000, avg loss ₹2,000 → (0.5×4000) − (0.5×2000) = +₹1,000 / trade. Even at 50% wins, the book prints money if winners are larger than losers.

KPI R-Multiple

What it is: How large average wins are versus average losses. NiyataBook shows Avg Win ÷ Avg Loss as X.XX:1.

R-Multiple = Avg winning P&L ÷ Avg losing P&L (absolute)

Example: Avg win ₹3,000, avg loss ₹1,500 → 2.00:1. You take home ₹2 for every ₹1 you give back on losers.

KPI Streak

What it is: Current run of consecutive wins or losses in the selected period, plus best / worst streak in that period.

Example: Last four closed trades W-W-W-L → current streak 1L; best may still show 3W.

KPI Discipline ( /10 )

What it is: Average discipline score across trades in scope (manual journal score + rulebook context). Sparkline on the card shows recent trend.

In the app: Pair with Rulebook — max daily loss, max trades/day, consecutive-loss shutdown. Low discipline + green P&L still means fragile edge.

KPI Profit Factor

What it is: Total rupees from winners divided by total rupees from losers. System robustness check.

Profit Factor = Sum of winning P&L ÷ |Sum of losing P&L|

  • < 1.0 — losing system
  • 1.0–1.5 — modest edge
  • > 2.0 — strong system (sample size matters)
Emotion Revenge Trading

What it means: Jumping back in right after a loss — often bigger size — to “get money back from the market.”

NiyataBook detect: Re-entry soon after a stop-out with roughly ≥1.5× prior size (sensitivity: Relaxed / Normal / Strict).

Example: −₹5,000 at 10:15, then 10:18 with double lots → flagged Revenge Trading.

Emotion FOMO

What it means: Chasing a move that already ran — late entry, stretched vs VWAP / day high-low, weak R:R.

NiyataBook detect: Poor planned R:R, chase near session extremes, optional live VWAP / day-range checks when broker bars exist.

Emotion Disposition Effect

What it means: Holding losers too long hoping for recovery, while cutting winners early.

Flag when avg hold of losers ÷ avg hold of winners is several× (e.g. ~4×)

Example: Losers held 90 min avg, winners 20 min → disposition bias.

Emotion Tilt, Fear, Overconfidence & more

Emotions page also surfaces Tilt Spiral, Fear / Premature Exit, Overconfidence, Anchoring, Analysis Paralysis, Gambler’s Fallacy, plus session traps (opening bell, lunch boredom, EOD panic).

Each card links to the trades that triggered it — review the path, not just the badge.

Options Long Straddle

What it is: Buy CE and PE at the same strike and expiry. Pays when a big move hits either side (RBI, Budget, election).

In the app: Multi-leg engine groups matching legs into strategy rows on Trade Log / Analytics.

Options Long Strangle

What it is: Buy OTM CE and OTM PE (different strikes). Cheaper than a straddle; needs a larger move to profit.

Options Bull Call Spread

What it is: Buy lower-strike CE, sell higher-strike CE (same expiry). Caps upside, cuts premium vs naked long call.

Options Naked Short Call / Put

What it is: Sell an option with no hedge (no stock / no long option). Theoretical loss can be large — NiyataBook flags naked shorts so you see exposure clearly.

Funds Net Obligation

What it is: Daily net cash settlement from the broker ledger — trade P&L, premiums, and charges rolled into one obligation line.

Cash movement chart plots how that flows into ledger balance over time.

Funds SPAN & Exposure Margin

What it is: Exchange margin blocked for open F&O. Not a fee — usually reverses next session when positions flatten or margin is released.

Don’t treat margin blocks as “burnt money” when reading the ledger.

Funds STT, Brokerage & GST

What it is: Real costs that eat expectancy — Securities Transaction Tax, broker brokerage, GST on charges, exchange fees.

In the app: Funds & fees shows fee leakage and “₹ eaten per lakh deployed” so costs stay visible next to P&L.

Funds Cash movement & Burnt

Cash movement: Ledger balance path over FY — deposits, withdrawals, trade obligation bubbles. Crosshair reads date + balance like a trading chart.

Burnt: Balance hit ≤ ₹0 — account depleted marker on the path. Time to pause, not revenge.

Terms match labels on the live dashboard, Emotions, Trade Log, and Funds pages. Not investment advice.

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