IN PLAIN ENGLISH
Shows what your precious metals are worth today against what you paid for them — in total, then every holding from the biggest gain to the biggest loss. It's the Gainers & Losers widget with Precious metals vs price paid picked as its data. What you paid is entered on the Portfolio page.
WHY IT HELPS
Shows which gold, silver, platinum or palladium holdings are up on what you paid and which are down, the way a portfolio's gains do for shares.
HOW IT'S CALCULATED
For each holding: Gain/Loss = value today − what you paid for it; % = Gain/Loss ÷ paid × 100. Value today is the holding's fine metal content at today's spot price (its Precious Metal Value). Paid, Worth now and Gain/Loss add up only the holdings that have both a paid value in your portfolio currency and a price today; the rest are counted in the note underneath. The value is the metal's market price, not a dealer's buy-back price, so a coin or bar bought at a premium usually starts at a loss.
Educational content only. It is not personal financial advice.