Profit or Loss - Noob Question

[itsrobwhite]

Can someone look at the below screenshots and explain why it is showing up as a loss on my account?

Average price per share is £24.538, current share price is £24.578. Why is it showing as a 4.31% loss?

[Richard.W]

The sell price is shown as £23.997. The chart only shows buy price.

[CaptainDangernoodle]

Greatland Gold plc (GGP)

Whenever you do a deal you have a bid and ask. The bid is the top price a buyer is willing to pay and the ask is the top price the seller hopes to get, and between these two a price is gets agreed. The broker makes a living off the difference (the spread). When you are selling the return is based on roughly what you hope to get for it in this case around 8.8p Its kind of like part-exchanging a car and the dealer goes we’ll give you £800 for that banger, and you want at least a grand so we’ll …