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 * **Indicators**: Technical indicators (SMA, EMA, RSI, ...).
 * **Limit order**: Limit orders which execute at the defined limit price or better.
 * **Market order**: Guaranteed to fill, may move price depending on the order size.
+* **Current Profit**: Currently pending (unrealized) profit for this trade. This is mainly used throughout the bot and UI.
+* **Realized Profit**: Already realized profit. Only relevant in combination with [partial exits](strategy-callbacks.md#adjust-trade-position) - which also explains the calculation logic for this.
+* **Total Profit**: Combined realized and unrealized profit. The relative number (%) is calculated against the total investment in this trade.
 
 ## Fee handling