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  • Concepts
    • Symbology
    • Orderflow
    • Accounts and portfolio management
    • Systems and connectivity diagram
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    • Symbology and instrument info
    • Marketdata
    • Order entry
    • Portfolio management
    • Connection management
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  1. Concepts

Accounts and portfolio management

In the Architect PMS, portfolios are represented as accounts, which contain balances and positions. Accounts are mapped one-to-one with their correspondent on each venue, exchange, or clearing entity. All Architect-managed accounts are uniquely identified by UUID. The following are some examples of different kinds of accounts:

Account
Example accout name
Description

US futures and options clearing account

STONEX:ABC123/JohnDoe

US equities clearing account

DORMAN:44444R/BLast

Coinbase portfolio

COINBASE:a2868946-2b80-4b9e-a672-cdda4bb200dc

For prop trading, the portfolio ID of a connected Coinbase crypto account

Balances and positions

Account balances describe the amount of cash or assets held; for example, an account may hold 5 BTC or 20 shares of AAPL, and have a margin balance of 1000 USD.

Positions represent ownership or exposure to financial instruments in an account; for example, an account may be net short 10 shares of TSLA or net long 3 CME GC contracts. By default, positions are unaggregated and separate orders in the same instrument will result in distinct positions.

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