When you line up a trade you can see a visualizations of profit, loss, and breakeven areas during order entry. We'll go over where you can view the profit, loss, and breakeven zones during order entry in each platform.
The green shaded area will mark the profit zone, a red shaded area will represent the loss zone, and the gray shaded area represents the breakeven. The orange shaded area is the expected move. To learn more about the expected move, please click here. To learn how to calculate max profit, loss, and breakeven points for all types of options strategies then click here.
Desktop Platform
In the example below, let's line up an order to sell one Sep 15, 2017, put at the 244 strike for a $2.08 credit. The profit/loss and breakeven zones are based upon the stock’s current market price.
Profit/loss zone in trade table on desktop platform
The expected move, profit zone, loss zone, and breakeven zone are visualized on the curve view as well.
Profit/loss zone in curve mode on desktop platform
Web-browser Platform
When lining up a trade in the table view or curve view you can see a visualization of profit, breakeven and loss areas inside either mode. The green shaded area will mark the profit zone, a red shaded area will represent the loss zone, and the gray shaded area represents the breakeven. To view a vertical profit/loss zone, click on "Table" Mode on the top left hand corner of the trade window.
Profit/loss zone in Table mode on Web platform
To view a horizontal profit/loss zone, click “Curve” on the top left-hand corner of the Trade window.
Profit/loss zone in Curve mode on Web platform
Mobile Platform
When lining up an order, the profit and loss zone is displayed when using the Table or Curve mode. Below are examples of the profit/loss zones and well as the expected move displayed in both trade modes.
Curve Mode
Profit/loss zone in Curve mode on Mobile platform
Table Mode
Profit/loss zone in Table mode on Mobile platform