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Derivatives Compass

P&L explain

Japanese
損益の説明
Also known as
Income attribution
Last reviewed
September 26, 2026

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P&L explain is the breakdown of daily profit and loss into sources such as market moves, the passage of time and new trades, to show where the result came from. When a large part of the P&L cannot be explained by these sources, the firm investigates it as a possible sign of valuation errors or unidentified risks.

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