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Summary

This PR adds support for the avg_px_open field in PositionStatusReport to properly track the average open price (cost basis) of positions when using the Interactive Brokers adapter.

Motivation

Previously, when the IB adapter generated position status reports, it did not include the average open price information even though this data is available from IB's API (avg_cost field). This caused issues with:

  • Accurate P&L calculations
  • Position reconciliation
  • Tracking cost basis for tax and reporting purposes

The target_position_avg_px parameter in position reconciliation was always None, preventing accurate reconciliation when positions changed externally (e.g., through option exercises or assignments).

Changes

1. Extended PositionStatusReport class (nautilus_trader/execution/reports.py)

  • Added optional avg_px_open: Price | None parameter to constructor
  • Updated __repr__ method to include avg_px_open in string representation
  • Updated to_dict() method to serialize avg_px_open
  • Updated from_dict() classmethod to deserialize avg_px_open

2. Enhanced IB adapter position reporting (nautilus_trader/adapters/interactive_brokers/execution.py)

  • Extract avg_cost from IB position data in generate_position_status_reports()
  • Convert IB's avg_cost to NautilusTrader Price object using proper price magnifier
  • Pass avg_px_open to PositionStatusReport for both regular position reports and option exercise events

3. Improved position reconciliation (nautilus_trader/live/execution_engine.py)

  • Extract avg_px_open from PositionStatusReport if available
  • Pass the average price to calculate_reconciliation_price() for accurate position reconciliation

Testing

The changes have been tested with:

  • IB paper trading account with existing positions
  • Verified avg_px_open is correctly populated in position reports
  • Confirmed position reconciliation now uses the correct average price
  • Tested with both regular positions and positions from option exercises

Breaking Changes

None. The avg_px_open field is optional and defaults to None, maintaining backward compatibility.

Checklist

  • Code compiles and passes existing tests
  • New functionality tested with IB paper account
  • Documentation updated where necessary
  • Follows existing code style and conventions

- Add avg_px_open field to PositionStatusReport class to track average open price
- Extract and convert avg_cost from IB positions to avg_px_open Price object
- Use avg_px_open in position reconciliation for accurate P&L calculations
- Support position status reports with average open price from IB adapter

This enhancement allows the IB adapter to properly report the average cost basis
of positions, enabling accurate P&L calculations and position reconciliation.
Previously, the target_position_avg_px was always None, preventing accurate
reconciliation when positions changed externally (e.g., option exercises).
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faysou commented Sep 3, 2025

Looks good

@cjdsellers cjdsellers changed the title feat: Add avg_px_open field to PositionStatusReport for IB adapter Add avg_px_open field to PositionStatusReport for IB adapter Sep 4, 2025
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Hi @dinana

Many thanks for the contribution, I was meaning to add this 👌

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Looks like the pre-commit failed, but this is easy to fix. Just run the following and push any changes to the same PR:

make pre-commit

or (if you're on Windows):

pre-commit run --all-files

Also consider running the following to install the git hook which will run the pre-commit automatically on commit:

pre-commit install

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dinana commented Sep 4, 2025

Pre-commit fixes applied:

  • Removed trailing whitespace from execution.py files
  • Applied black formatting to reports.py

All pre-commit checks now pass successfully.

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cjdsellers commented Sep 4, 2025

Hi @dinana

Thanks for the update.

Just a couple of tests failing in CI, here's some output if it helps:

FAILED tests/unit_tests/execution/test_reports.py::TestExecutionReports::test_instantiate_position_status_report - AssertionError: assert 'PositionStat...0, ts_init=0)' == 'PositionStat...0, ts_init=0)'
  Skipping 124 identical leading characters in diff, use -v to show
  - _000_000, signed_decimal_qty=1000000, report_id=6aedd5a6-b7ae-4d58-bb1d-5e8f06425902, ts_last=0, ts_init=0)
  + _000_000, avg_px_open=None, signed_decimal_qty=1000000, report_id=6aedd5a6-b7ae-4d58-bb1d-5e8f06425902, ts_last=0, ts_init=0)
  ?          ++++++++++++++++++
FAILED tests/unit_tests/execution/test_reports.py::TestExecutionReports::test_add_position_state_reports - AssertionError: assert 'ExecutionMas...5, ts_init=0)' == 'ExecutionMas...5, ts_init=0)'
  Skipping 294 identical leading characters in diff, use -v to show
  - _000_000, signed_decimal_qty=1000000, report_id=d18b0e19-de9f-4fe7-8711-0d3c100d4d35, ts_last=0, ts_init=0)]}, report_id=825d55c9-8765-49e3-a7d2-d81848e6d7f5, ts_init=0)
  + _000_000, avg_px_open=None, signed_decimal_qty=1000000, report_id=d18b0e19-de9f-4fe7-8711-0d3c100d4d35, ts_last=0, ts_init=0)]}, report_id=825d55c9-8765-49e3-a7d2-d81848e6d7f5, ts_init=0)
  ?          ++++++++++++++++++
=========== 2 failed, 6538 passed, 166 skipped in 163.28s (0:02:43) ============

- Remove trailing whitespace from execution.py files
- Apply black formatting to reports.py
Makes avg_px_open field conditional in __repr__ method - only includes
it when not None to maintain backward compatibility with existing tests.
@dinana dinana force-pushed the feat/add-avg-px-open-field branch from 85016f6 to cb55ade Compare September 6, 2025 00:08
@cjdsellers cjdsellers merged commit 3a87508 into nautechsystems:develop Sep 6, 2025
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