Profit and loss, or P&L, is the total gain or loss on your holdings, combining both realized profits from sales and unrealized changes in value.
P&L stands for profit and loss. It is the running total of how much money you have made or lost on an investment or an entire portfolio.
P&L has two parts. Realized P&L comes from positions you have actually sold or closed. Unrealized P&L reflects the paper gain or loss on positions you still hold, based on the current market price versus your cost basis.
Tracking P&L helps you see performance at a glance and make decisions about when to take profits or cut losses. A green portfolio P&L means your assets are collectively worth more than you paid.
WalletLens calculates your P&L automatically across every asset, showing both realized and unrealized figures so you can see your true performance without manual math.
WalletLens is a free, private net-worth tracker that puts concepts like this into practice — it tracks your crypto, stocks, gold and cash in one dashboard, computing cost basis, P&L and allocation automatically with live prices. No account, and your data stays on your device.
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