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Choose rebalance method

Decide which rebalance method you want to use. Rebalance method is the approach to rebalancing that defines how much the portfolio is adjusted to bring it in line with target. The rebalance method you choose affects the rebalance options defined in the next step.

Buy with current cash (conservative rebalance)

With conservative rebalance, you can buy only with the cash in the portfolio account. You can realign the portfolio with the model in two rounds. In the first round, the system sells the excess positions above the target and buys with the available cash. After executing the sells and acquiring cash, the second round buys more with the newly available cash to rebalance the portfolio fully.

Existing outstanding trade orders (all statuses except "Open") affect conservative rebalance in the following way:

  • Buy trade orders reduce the available cash for buys.

  • Outstanding trade orders with the same type for the same security are taken into account when the system suggests new trade orders. If you need to buy something but you already have a buy trade order, or if you need to sell but already have a sell trade order, the trade amount of the outstanding order is subtracted from the suggested order.

    Example: You need to buy Security A for 100 €, but you already have a trade order to buy Security A for 40 €. Rebalancing would create a buy trade order worth 100 € - 40 € = 60 €.

To apply the conservative rebalance method, choose "Current cash only" option in the Buy with field when you rebalance.

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Buy with current cash and cash from sells (full rebalance)

With full rebalance, you can buy securities with available cash and the cash expected from suggested sells. This method calculates buys based on the estimated cash you will have after executing suggested sales with the latest market prices. With full rebalance, you can realign portfolios against the target in one go.

This method requires careful trade order management to ensure you settle the trades promptly and have enough cash to complete the buys. To mitigate the risk, you can set a limit on the cash from sells to use for buys during a full rebalance. For example, instead of counting sell values at 100%, you can count them at 95%. If the prices drop between rebalancing and executing sales, you'll likely still have enough cash to complete your buys. See Preference - Portfolios in FA Back for details.

Existing outstanding trade orders (all statuses except "Open") affect full rebalancing in the following way:

  • Buy trade orders reduce the available cash for buys.

  • Outstanding trade orders with the same type for the same security are taken into account when the system suggests new trade orders. If you need to buy something but you already have a buy trade order, or if you need to sell but already have a sell trade order, the trade amount of the outstanding order is subtracted from the suggested order.

    Example: You need to buy Security A for 100 €, but you already have a trade order to buy Security A for 40 €. Rebalancing would create a buy trade order worth 100 € - 40 € = 60 €.

To apply the conservative rebalance method, choose "Current cash and cash from sells" option in the Buy with field when you rebalance.

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Buy with current cash, cash from sells and from orders (Full rebalance including outstanding orders)

With full rebalance including outstanding orders, you can buy securities with available cash, expected cash from suggested sells, and cash from outstanding trade orders with a positive cash effect (all statuses except "Open"), such as deposits and sells. Full rebalance estimates available cash that will be received after executing all sells with the latest market prices.

Before rebalancing, the system calculates expected positions. It sells any expected excess positions and buys with the cash expected from executing these orders. With full rebalance including outstanding trade orders, you can realign your entire portfolio at once, considering the effect of outstanding orders.

This method requires careful trade order management to ensure you settle the trades promptly and have enough cash to complete the buys. To mitigate the risk, you can set a limit on the cash from sells to use for buys during a full rebalance. For example, instead of counting sell values at 100%, you can count them at 95%. If the prices drop between rebalancing and executing sales, you'll likely still have enough cash to complete your buys. See Preference - Portfolios in FA Back for details.

To apply this method, choose "Current cash, cash from sells and from orders" option in the Buy with field when you rebalance.

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Exchange

With exchange, you can sell a portfolio position that is above the target and buy a position that is below the target with the cash you expect to get from selling. The cash received from sells is estimated based on the latest market prices.

This method requires careful trade order management to ensure you settle the trades promptly and have enough cash to complete the buys. To mitigate the risk, you can set a limit on the cash from sells to use for buys during a full rebalance. For example, instead of counting sell values at 100%, you can count them at 95%. If the prices drop between rebalancing and executing sales, you'll likely still have enough cash to complete your buys. See Preference - Portfolios in FA Back for details.

Existing outstanding trade orders (all statuses except "Open") affect exchange rebalancing in the following way:

  • Buy trade orders reduce the available cash for buys.

  • Outstanding trade orders with the same type for the same security are taken into account when the system suggests new trade orders. If you need to buy something but you already have a buy trade order, or if you need to sell but already have a sell trade order, the trade amount of the outstanding order is subtracted from the suggested order.

    Example: You need to buy Security A for 100 €, but you already have a trade order to buy Security A for 40 €. Rebalancing would create a buy trade order worth 100 € - 40 € = 60 €.

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Invest cash

With the invest cash method, you can only use the excess cash in your account to buy securities, without making any other changes. It calculates buys based on the available cash but does not involve selling any positions.

To apply this method:

  1. Choose Restrict rebalancing to accounts in the Rebalance window. This ensures that rebalancing will only buy with the excess cash you have, but will not sell anything.

  2. Choose "Current cash only" in the Buy with field in the Rebalance window.

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Cover for cash

With the cover-for-cash method, you can only use sells to address negative account balance without making any other changes to your portfolio. The rebalancing process only sells enough to cover the negative balance, or example after withdrawing fees from the portfolio, and prevents excess cash in the account.

To apply this method, choose Restrict rebalancing to accounts in the Rebalance window. This ensures that rebalancing will only sell to cover for the negative cash you have, but will not buy anything.

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Model change

With the model change, you can update your portfolio model by selling the securities from the old model and investing everything into the securities in the new model.

You have an option to execute a model change either as conservative rebalancing (buying with current cash) or full rebalancing (buying with current cash, cash from sells and, optionally, cash from orders), depending on whether you prefer to do it gradually or all at once. Regardless of the method chosen, rebalancing will sell off your old positions entirely and reinvest the proceeds into the new positions.

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