# PnL display Points/Ticks

**URL:** <https://community.tradovate.com/t/pnl-display-points-ticks/6741>\
**Category:** Trader Desktop\
**Created:** [February 21, 2023, 5:02pm UTC](https://community.tradovate.com/t/pnl-display-points-ticks/6741 "2023-02-21T17:02:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![jiri\_Endal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f19dbf/32.png) [@jiri\_Endal](https://community.tradovate.com/u/jiri_Endal)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2023, 5:02pm UTC](https://community.tradovate.com/t/pnl-display-points-ticks/6741/1 "2023-02-21T17:02:46Z")

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PnL in Points/Ticks instead of dollars on charts i would love this feature i know that its in doms but thats just not it…would love this feature added and as i read others people too

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**Author:** ![sap\_bus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@sap\_bus](https://community.tradovate.com/u/sap_bus)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2023, 11:47pm UTC](https://community.tradovate.com/t/pnl-display-points-ticks/6741/2 "2023-02-27T23:47:52Z")

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yes , need this option to lookup points, instead of dollars.

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**Author:** ![Rfalcon19](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@Rfalcon19](https://community.tradovate.com/u/Rfalcon19)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2024, 1:33pm UTC](https://community.tradovate.com/t/pnl-display-points-ticks/6741/3 "2024-01-18T13:33:44Z")

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Bumping this. It is so important and seems so easy to implement. What’s going on Tradovate? Please do this!

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**Author:** ![John\_Braddock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7993a0/32.png) [@John\_Braddock](https://community.tradovate.com/u/John_Braddock)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2024, 7:29am UTC](https://community.tradovate.com/t/pnl-display-points-ticks/6741/4 "2024-03-30T07:29:40Z")

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Also would love this feature

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**Author:** ![Christopher\_Michael](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.tradovate.com/christopher_michael/32/2754_2.png) [@Christopher\_Michael](https://community.tradovate.com/u/Christopher_Michael)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2024, 8:49pm UTC](https://community.tradovate.com/t/pnl-display-points-ticks/6741/5 "2024-04-13T20:49:15Z")

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See [Shell script to calculate daily point totals from CSV](https://community.tradovate.com/t/shell-script-to-calculate-daily-point-totals-from-csv/9214) for more instructions

```auto
#!/bin/bash
#pointcalc, Chris Tucker & Myke H., April 2024.
#This program calculates daily points total using a TopStep Tradovate "Performance" account report in comma-seperate values (CSV) file as the data source.
#usage: type ./pointcalc filename.csv

	total=0
	tradeCount=0

#Read column data (f1-13)
	while IFS=',' read -r f1 f2 f3 f4 f5 f6 f7 f8 f9 f10 f11 f12 f13
	do
		((tradeCount+=1))
		echo "Trade No. $tradeCount: $f8 / $f9"
	delta=$(echo "$f9 - $f8" | bc)
	echo "Delta: $delta"
		total=$(echo "$total + $delta" | bc)
	echo "Running total: $total"
	echo ""

#Use tail command to ignore first line of CSV data, which are just labels.
	done < <(tail -n +2 $1)

```