Understanding your FCM Report (Daily Statement)

Last updated: 10 juli 2025

Kraken Derivatives US issues statements on days where there is activity in your account. This includes trading activity, administrative fees, and profits / losses from positions held past the close of that day's trading session. Kraken Derivatives US also issues monthly statements for all accounts with balances.

This will only have an entry if you held a position past the close of that day's trading session. If you are in a position at the close, the statement will show the amount of equity in that open position.

Most clients will see No Open Trade Equity under this section.

This section will give an overview of your balance for that day's trading session.

  • Beginning Balance is the balance in your account at the state of that day's trading session

  • Activity includes the net total of profits, losses, and administrative fees through that trading session

  • Ending Balance is the net result of Beginning Balance plus or minus Activity

  • Ledger refers to your cash balance

  • Open Trade refers to any profit or loss from a position that is open at the close of that day's trading session

  • Total is the net result of Ledger plus or minus Open Trade

  • Net Liquidating Value is the net result of the ledger balance plus or minus results of Open Trade, converted to USD

This section itemizes activity in your account from that day's trading session. On the left-hand side, you will see the futures contracts traded in your account, along with clearing fees and administrative fees (if applicable):

  • Contracts gives a total number of contracts traded in that instrument and includes both buys and sells

  • Exchange Fees is the total of fees charged by the instrument's Exchange. In the case of MES futures, the exchange is the Chicago Mercantile Exchange

  • Commissions are the total fees charged by Kraken Derivatives US

  • NFA Fees are the total fees charged by the National Futures Association

  • PNL/Other refers to the total gross profit or loss on that instrument throughout that trading session

  • Segregated lists the net profit or loss on that instrument throughout that trading session

  • Clearing_Fee refers to the total fee charged by the Clearing Firm / FCM for all instruments

  • Mkdt_FeeADJ (not pictured) refers to the Market Data Fee

More information on the various trading costs can be found here: US Futures Fees.

This section itemizes all trading activity for your account during a particular trading session.

  • Date & Time lists the time of each fill. Please note that this is the time your order was filled, not when your order was placed

  • Code:

    • FILL refers to orders that were filled during this statement's trading session

    • MM refers to positions that are still open from a prior statement's trading session

    • COST refers to positions that were left open at the end of this statement's trading session

  • Buy Qty is populated if the execution was for a buy order, and will list the number of contracts filled

  • Sell Qty is populated if the execution was for a sell order, and will list the number of contracts filled

  • Filled Price lists the price at which the order was filled

  • Order_Id gives a list of the Order ID for each order

  • Gross Profit or Loss from Trades shows the total gross profit or loss from trades opened and closed in that day's trading session

  • Change in Open Trade Equity will be populated if there are open positions in the account at the closing of that day's trading session

Brokerage services are provided by NinjaTrader Clearing, LLC doing business as Kraken Derivatives US, a Futures Commission Merchant registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and a member of the National Futures Association (NFA ID #0309379).

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