# How to Create a Price Entity

## Prerequisites

We assume you have all prerequisites you may need, including:

1. If needed: the VPN is configured to access the Finmars resources
2. If needed: access to the Virtual Machine to work with the sensitive information
3. Must have: registered in Finmars in the needed region environment (self-registered or registered by Finmars)
4. Must have: having permissions set to allow continue with the Action in the Guide

## Creation of Price Entity

1. <span style="color: rgb(170, 170, 170); background-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Open the</span> ****“Valuation”**** <span style="color: rgb(170, 170, 170); background-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">section in the left-hand side menu. Select the</span> ****“Price”**** <span style="color: rgb(170, 170, 170); background-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); white-space: pre-wrap;">entity from the list under </span>****Valuation****<span style="color: rgb(170, 170, 170); background-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">.</span>  
    [![Снимок экрана 2025-05-08 045350.png](https://docs.finmars.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/scaled-1680-/snimok-ekrana-2025-05-08-045350.png)](https://docs.finmars.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/scaled-1680-/snimok-ekrana-2025-05-08-045350.png)
2. ****Click the “+ Add” button****<span style="color: rgb(170, 170, 170); background-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); white-space: pre-wrap;"> located in the top-left corner of the portfolio list view.</span>  
    [![Снимок экрана 2025-05-08 045357.png](https://docs.finmars.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/scaled-1680-/snimok-ekrana-2025-05-08-045357.png)](https://docs.finmars.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/scaled-1680-/snimok-ekrana-2025-05-08-045357.png)
3. <span style="color: rgb(170, 170, 170); background-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); white-space: pre-wrap;">This action opens the </span>****Add Price history** <span style="color: rgb(170, 170, 170); background-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">form.</span>  
    [![Снимок экрана 2025-05-08 045414.png](https://docs.finmars.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/scaled-1680-/snimok-ekrana-2025-05-08-045414.png)](https://docs.finmars.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/scaled-1680-/snimok-ekrana-2025-05-08-045414.png)
4. ****Fill out the following fields as needed:****
    1. ****Instrument****<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> – select the full name or unique identifier of the instrument (required).</span>
    2. ****Date****<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> – the date when the price is recorded, in </span>`<span class="editor-theme-code">yyyy-mm-dd</span>`<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> format (required).</span>
    3. ****Pricing Policy****<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> – select the pricing policy used for valuation.</span>
    4. ****Principal Price****<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> – main market price of the instrument (e.g., 100).</span>
    5. ****Accrued Price****<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> – the accrued interest or price component (e.g., 0).</span>
    6. ****Factor****<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> – scaling factor for partial repayments or amortization (e.g., 1 or 0.95).</span>
    7. ****YTM****<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> – yield to maturity as a percentage (e.g., 4.5).</span>
    8. ****Modified Duration****<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> – interest rate sensitivity measure (e.g., 2.3).</span>
    9. ****Is Temporary Price****<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> – optional checkbox; leave empty or check to mark the price as temporary.</span>
5. <span style="color: rgb(170, 170, 170); background-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Click</span> ****“Create and Exit”****<span style="color: rgb(170, 170, 170); background-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); white-space: pre-wrap;"> to save the portfolio and return to the list view. Alternatively, use </span>****“Create”****<span style="color: rgb(170, 170, 170); background-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); white-space: pre-wrap;"> to save and continue editing.</span>  
    [![copy4.png](https://docs.finmars.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/scaled-1680-/copy4.png)](https://docs.finmars.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/scaled-1680-/copy4.png)