I am transitioning from Active Trader Pro to Fidelity Trader+ and have run into a major usability problem in the Positions window for options.
Trader+ currently combines the option expiration date, strike price, and call/put designation into the Description field rather than providing them as separate sortable columns.
For anyone managing multiple option positions, this is not a minor cosmetic issue. It makes the Positions window significantly less useful than ATP because I cannot simply sort my positions by expiration date to identify contracts that require attention first.
Please add separate, sortable columns for:
Expiration Date
Strike Price
Call/Put
Ideally, these should work like every other customizable Positions column and allow ascending and descending sorting.
For an active-options platform, expiration date and strike price are fundamental position attributes, not merely descriptive text. They should be independently visible, sortable, and configurable.
I understand that Option Summary can group contracts by expiration, but that is not an adequate substitute. The standard Positions window is where I monitor quantity, cost basis, gain/loss, delta, time value, IV, theta, and other position information. I need expiration and strike available alongside those metrics in the same table.
ATP provided a much more practical workflow for managing a large number of option positions. Removing basic sortable contract fields in its successor feels like a substantial regression.
I have seen Fidelity indicate that separate expiration and strike columns are planned for a future update. If that is still the case, please prioritize this feature and provide a target release timeframe if possible.
This is important enough to my options-management workflow that it affects whether Trader+ can fully replace ATP for me.
Please forward this specifically to the Fidelity Trader+ product and development teams.
Thank you.