--- title: "Broker positions, gaps and your demat | RupeeCase" description: "Your cash and shares stay in your own broker and demat account. Broker positions shows what the broker holds, and Gaps compares it with your portfolios." source_url: "https://www.rupeecase.com/learn/terminal/your-money-stays-at-your-broker" --- ## Watch: Broker positions More options, Broker positions, reads your broker account.Broker positions: does the app hold my money or shares? 5 chapters, 1:04, with voice and music 1. [Chapter 1Where it is0:08](/instiv2/media/tut4/your-money-stays-at-your-broker-where-phone-dark-v4-va2.mp4) 2. [Chapter 2What it means0:26](/instiv2/media/tut4/your-money-stays-at-your-broker-meaning-phone-dark-v4-va2.mp4) 3. [Chapter 3Worked example0:06](/instiv2/media/tut4/your-money-stays-at-your-broker-example-phone-dark-v4-va2.mp4) 4. [Chapter 4How to read it0:13](/instiv2/media/tut4/your-money-stays-at-your-broker-reading-phone-dark-v4-va2.mp4) 5. [Chapter 5Watch out0:10](/instiv2/media/tut4/your-money-stays-at-your-broker-watch-phone-dark-v4-va2.mp4) Screens from the RupeeCase app on sample data. Strategy figures are model, back tested, as of the date on screen. Formula and example numbers are illustrative. Mark as watched 4In this screen ## Every button the video points at. A still from each chapter with its buttons and fields numbered. Pick a number to zoom in on it; hover the still for a close up; Esc shows the whole screen again. Sample data, no order is placed. **1**Where it is**2**What it means**4**How to read it ### Chapter 1: Where it is 1 Show the whole screen 1 Show the whole screen 1. 1**Broker positions**More options, Broker positions, reads your broker account. Shown in the video, not on this still ### Chapter 2: What it means 12 Show the whole screen 12 Show the whole screen 1. 1**At your broker**Positions, Holdings and Orders: what your broker holds. Shown in the video, not on this still 2. 2**GOOD or GAP**Gaps sets your portfolios beside the broker, stock by stock. Shown in the video, not on this still ### Chapter 4: How to read it 1 Show the whole screen 1 Show the whole screen 1. 1**Your broker account**In Advanced the Dashboard's broker row has Broker positions too. Shown in the video, not on this still ## Where it is ScreenPortfolio, More optionsBasic A Live portfolio: More options, Broker positions. In Advanced the Dashboard's broker row has Broker positions too. The Ledger lists Corporate action and Combined rows. Index in this video: [Large Cap Multi Asset](/strategies/largecap-multi-asset) (the sample portfolio). ## What it means RupeeCase sends orders to your own broker account; the cash and the shares stay with your broker and in your demat account. Broker positions reads that account live: Positions (today's intraday), Holdings (delivery holdings), Orders (today's order book) and Gaps. Gaps adds up what your Live portfolios on that broker should hold, stock by stock, beside what the broker holds: GOOD when they match, GAP when they differ, and any extra at the broker that no portfolio holds. A Corporate action row in the Ledger is a split or bonus the server booked, with no order. Combine portfolios merges your portfolios on one strategy and mode in the books, with no order. ## The formula Gaps: for each stock, your Live portfolios' total quantity on this broker beside the broker's quantity. As computed in the RupeeCase app`Gaps: portfolios quantity and broker quantity per stock; Diff; GOOD or GAP Extra at broker: held at the broker, in no portfolio Corporate action, Combined: ledger rows with no broker order` ## Worked example Example only * Two Live portfolios hold 10 and 5 shares of one stock: 15 * Your broker account holds 18 of it * Gaps shows a difference of 3: GAP ## How to read it * All GOOD: the broker covers every stock your portfolios expect. * A GAP can come from a trade made outside RupeeCase, or an order still open. * Broker positions covers the whole broker account, not one portfolio. ## Watch out * The sheet reads your broker live; its figures keep Indian grouping. * Combine portfolios lists only your portfolios on the same strategy and trading mode. * Practice portfolios place no broker orders, so they are not in Gaps. ## Transcript Tap Sound on for voice and music. These are the captions of the video, chapter by chapter. 1. 0:00**Where it is.** More options, Broker positions, reads your broker account. 2. 0:08**What it means.** Positions, Holdings and Orders: what your broker holds. 3. 0:34**Worked example.** Worked example, example only: Two Live portfolios hold 10 and 5 shares of one stock: 15. Your broker account holds 18 of it. Gaps shows a difference of 3: GAP. 4. 0:40**How to read it.** In Advanced the Dashboard's broker row has Broker positions too. 5. 0:54**Watch out.** Watch out: The sheet reads your broker live; its figures keep Indian grouping. Combine portfolios lists only your portfolios on the same strategy and trading mode. Practice portfolios place no broker orders, so they are not in Gaps. ## Terms in this tutorial * [Demat account](/learn/glossary#demat-account)The account at a depository, opened through your broker, that holds your shares in electronic form in your own name. * [Broker positions](/learn/glossary#broker-positions)The shares your broker says you hold in your account, read straight from the broker. * [Corporate action](/learn/glossary#corporate-action)An event a company carries out that changes its shares, such as a bonus issue, a split, a dividend or a merger. * [Combine portfolios](/learn/glossary#combine-portfolios)Merging two portfolios on the same strategy into one, so their holdings and money history sit together. ## Learn it in depth * [Module 1.1: How Indian Stock Markets Work12 min read, free](/learn/path-1/module-1-1-how-indian-stock-markets-work) * [Module 1.6: Your Accounts and Your Safety10 min read, free](/learn/path-1/module-1-6-your-accounts-and-your-safety) * [Module 10.5: Portfolio Monitoring & Rebalancing in Practice9 min read, free](/learn/path-10/module-10-5-portfolio-monitoring-and-rebalancing-in-practice) TKeep watching ## Next tutorial. 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