Hey hon, how about using portfolio analyst instead of IB paper-trader? Why are you so afraid to use portfolio analyst? Because it won't work with IB paper-trader? https://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/index.php?f=asr_portfolioanalyst&p=snapshotpdfreports
Hmmm...OP says "official 2014 PnL "blotter" thread. same rules as previous years trader PnL threads." Can't find the rule about using portfolio analyst.
Absolutely. You should be posting from the TWS quote page or a PA if using IB. Why is it so hard for you to post something legitimate? IB offers it and sellindexvol66 uses it to post his PNL.
You do it from the quote page, or wait until the PM-release of the run. She can do it, but she likes to use the paper-trader now. She's done it correctly in the past. You don't even have to redact the account number as it's on the top-right of the app http://www.elitetrader.com/et/index.php?attachments/nodojipnl-jpg.99767/ Show the top menu row so you can see that it's not sim. The account number is on the far-right and unseen. Left is an IB sim account. On the right is a production IB account: