Private Accounts Summary

Articles:

1. What Are Private Accounts?

   • The purpose of the Private Accounts module

   • These are accounts you own with real capital

   • The key difference from Challenges and Funded Accounts

2. The Most Important Rule: Deposits ≠ Profit

   • Why withdrawals don't equal profit

   • How the platform calculates true trading P&L

   • The formula: P&L = Balance Change - Deposits + Withdrawals

3. Adding a New Private Account

   • Required fields: Account Name, Broker, Platform, Currency, Starting Balance

   • Why starting balance cannot be changed later

   • Account number and other optional fields

4. Recording Deposits and Withdrawals

   • Adding a deposit or withdrawal manually

   • What each transaction type means

   • How deposits and withdrawals appear in your records

5. Importing Broker Statements

   • Supported file formats

   • What the import process extracts

   • Reviewing imported data before confirming

6. Understanding Your Balance History

   • How balance snapshots work

   • Reading the balance history chart

   • When to update your balance

7. Calculating Net Trading P&L

   • The formula explained simply

   • Why this is the only true measure of trading performance

   • Monthly and all-time P&L views

8. Managing Account Status

   • Active, Paused, and Closed accounts

   • When to change status

   • Archiving old accounts