Converting pounds in to usd

[NeilB]

Hi @bhav this is a common question and the app gives you your +/- in GBP(£) not USD($), FT have their reason for this probably simplicity & to deter day / swing trading - see thread below.

[Feature Request ] USD/GBP View Mode

I agree with what you’re suggesting. I like to track my holdings in other places, such as Yahoo Finance. They have an average price paid column for my holdings and it would be better to be able to input the average $ amount paid for $ stocks. Otherwise I’m just going to have to convert from £ to $ at that specific moment in time and my average price paid for $ stocks will be incorrect. Please can we have the option to display average amount paid in the stock’s native currency?

In short you won’t know the exact figure because the FX is the spot price given to FT from their FX provider +0.45%. This changes by the minute.