Glossary · In Propcockpit

Buffer

What is left of the day: the daily loss limit, less today's loss, less the risk of the open positions.

The number the cockpit paints on every frame and the one an order has to fit inside. It falls as positions go under water and as new risk is added, and it is the figure most calculators in this category leave out - they show room to the line, not room after what is already at risk.

Not to be confused with
Reserve, which is held back from the limit rather than read from it
Words this product avoids for it
margin; headroom

See it at work

Related terms

Keyboard

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Open and close this sheet.
Escape
Stand down anything that is armed - the kill switch, an open notification panel, this sheet. It never commits anything.
Tab / Shift + Tab
Move between controls. Every one of them shows a focus ring.
Arrow keys
Nudge a focused panel around the canvas. Hold Shift to move it further per press.
Enter or Space
Activate the control that is focused, and only that one. There is deliberately no key anywhere that sends an order on its own.