Your realised and unrealised profits are calculated differently based on your trading positions and whether you have closed them.
Realised profit calculation
Your realised profit is calculated when you square off a trade. This calculation includes your closed F&O and intraday equity positions.
When you square off a CNC (Longterm) trade during the day, this trade does not affect your realised profit. However, the P&L from the intraday CNC trade that you have squared off is included in your available margin.
Unrealised profit calculation
Your unrealised profit is determined using marked-to-market losses from your open F&O and intraday equity positions. These losses represent your unrealised profit.
The marked-to-market losses reduce your available balance, but you cannot use the benefit of marked-to-market profits in your available margin. When you have open positions, your unrealised profit is calculated based on the net result of all your positions.
Example scenarios
- Scenario 1: You have position A with a loss of ₹100 and position B with a profit of ₹50. Your unrealised profit will be -₹50. Kite will subtract this negative value from your available margin.
- Scenario 2: You have position A with a loss of ₹100 and position B with a profit of ₹150. Your unrealised profit will be ₹0. This happens because you cannot utilise the benefit of the profit to increase your available margin.
- Scenario 3: Your realised and unrealised profit will show as negative values when you incur losses.