> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.ansio.trade/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Read balances and trading PnL

> Read total, free and used balances alongside account value and trading PnL. Understand realized results, remaining inventory, fees and Futures funding.

Monitoring shows several views of the same account. Balances tell you what it holds, account value marks those holdings in money, and PnL measures the result over its tracking window.

![ANSIO Monitoring with account value, token and USDT balances, realized and unrealized PnL and depth charts.](https://mintcdn.com/ansio/Tv7Q0RwZX2L68I0t/images/docs/monitoring.jpg?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=Tv7Q0RwZX2L68I0t\&q=85\&s=65e3f98c64dbcb1c54687bbcfa039aa8)

Read token and USDT balances together, then the realized and unrealized result. All values here are demonstration data.

## Balances and account value

| Value | Meaning |
| - | - |
| Total | The account's full balance for that asset. |
| Available / Free | The amount currently available for use. |
| Used | The amount committed or reserved. |
| Account value | Holdings marked at the current price. |

A falling token balance can be the result of sales that increased the USDT balance. A higher account value can come from a price move or a transfer. Neither is enough, alone, to describe trading profit.

## Spot PnL mode

Tracking starts when **PnL mode** is activated. Matched buys and sells contribute to realized results. The remaining inventory is marked at the current mid price for unrealized results.

The measurement window matters. Starting tracking after inventory was acquired changes the context of the numbers. Read the **before fees** label where it appears, and include costs when evaluating the result.

## Futures results

Futures unrealized PnL comes from the exchange position. Realized daily results use UTC days.

**Realized** excludes fees and funding. **Net** includes both. A profitable closing trade can therefore contribute to a lower net result once costs are included.

Completed daily records are finalized after midnight UTC. Historical data refreshes separately from the live position, so a fresh position reading and a historical chart can have different update times.

## Missing values

An empty value or dash is not zero. Missing history is left as a gap rather than drawn as a continuous result. If a reading looks old, use its timestamp and [connection status](https://docs.ansio.trade/troubleshooting/connections.md) before comparing it with a live exchange value.

For liquidity rather than profit, open [Depth and uptime](https://docs.ansio.trade/monitoring/depth-uptime.md).


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