I think the balance showed up after some time. That was causing the confusion.
But I still don't know if I am in a trade or not. I don't know how to tell.
JH
it may be because poloniex has some problems lately since they can not handle the traffic of large number of traders with their small servers. so their API (which this site is using) will be slow and might have some delays.
you should start to your trading job with yobit.net , this exchange is really cool and simple for the beginners when I started the Bitcoin trading then I started with this action because I don't understand the basic system in the trading and got confused in the Poloniex exchange .
So it will be more better that start with simple and if you get much experienced then start with big exchange like poloniex and bitrex etc .
this is a terrible advice.
first of all Yobit is a shady business that may very well run away at any moment.
secondly it is a terrible service, they lack support, they don't manage the platform well, it has a lot of bugs, the wallets are all dead apart from bitcoin and a couple of others. the orderbooks are so thin, the orders are fake, they fake pump the coins every hour and you can not do anything because the orders are fake or you will lose money, and a lot more.
even as a beginner there is no different between choosing a trading platform.