A saved connection deserves a careful read. Begin at the top of its card. Check the connection name and provider together. The masked key reference can help distinguish credentials privately, but it is not a reason to share account details. A familiar name is helpful; it is not proof that every other setting is correct.

Next, read the status. Valid means the connection has passed its relevant validation. Invalid, disabled, or pending validation describes a different state. Do not rely on the color alone. Read the words and any error message, then check the timing information. A status describes what the app knows; it is not a permanent certificate that access can never change.

On desktop, find Balance synced and read its time, or the message that a sync has not happened yet. Refresh balance asks for an updated connection and cash check. On mobile, Check connection is the corresponding connection-check route, and the card shows when it was checked. If the request fails, the old value is not automatically a fresh balance.

Now separate the money labels. API-reported cash is the cash information returned for the connected account. Trading budget is the amount configured for TraderLobby to use. Project reserve is described here as cash outside that budget. Tradable cash is the app's displayed amount available under its current account calculation. These labels answer different questions; they should not be added together as though they were separate deposits.

Imagine an illustrative account with five hundred dollars of reported cash and a two-hundred-dollar budget. The simple idea is that the configured budget covers part of the cash, while the rest sits outside that budget. This example is not a promise that a particular order can spend two hundred dollars. Read the actual tradable figure and any restrictions before interpreting what the app can use.

The reserve label does not mean TraderLobby moved money into a separate bank account. Likewise, raising a budget does not deposit funds, create buying power at the exchange, or guarantee that the selected trading currency is available. If a value says Not reported, do not silently replace that message with zero. Missing information and a reported zero are different results.

The desktop card lets you edit capital controls and then choose Save capital controls. The mobile card uses editable Trading limit and Currency tiles followed by Save trading settings. Both flows require you to read the result after an intentional change. The optional profit-skim setting concerns a share of realized profit going into reserve; it is not an interest rate or a promised return. Leave it unchanged for this check.

Finally, confirm Trading currency again. Changing it does not convert funds, and the screen says a new currency requires order revalidation. If an edited field and a saved summary disagree, do not assume the edit took effect. Check the save result and the refreshed card. The summary, currency, validation status, and balance timing should tell one understandable story.

For your check, point to the identity, status, currency, and timing information. Explain the difference between reported cash, budget, and reserve. You do not need to disclose any real amounts. You should be able to tell what a label means without treating every number on the card as money ready for an order.