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Understanding your trade executions

Learn the status and important information of your orders once it's been filled.

When you place orders to buy or sell securities on our platform, as your broker we’re required to take your orders and send them to the market to be filled. The process of filling your order is referred to as "trade execution.” An order is considered executed when it gets filled—meaning you received or sold the shares—and not when the order is placed by the investor as not every order you place will necessarily get executed.

The Execution tab allows you to conveniently track your executed orders for the current day or for a certain time period you choose. Below, under the name of the trading platform you use, learn more about how to view and interpret information in this tab.

Note: This help article is for the Edge web and desktop platforms specifically.

Head to Explore QuestMobile, or Introduction to Questrade Trading for questions about those platforms.

To access your execution tab:

  1. Log in to Questrade Edge Web
  2. Click/tap Account
  3. Click/tap Executions
  4. Choose an execution time period (Today, 1 week, 2 weeks, 1 month, or 3 months)
trade execution tab edge web

By default, the platform will show you key information about your executions such as symbol, action (buy or sell), quantity, fill price, total value, and time placed. However, you can add more data that is most relevant to you.

To do so:

  1. Click on option icon
  2. Tap the + button to add fields or the - to remove ones

The charts below will define all of the fields you can add to your execution tab.

Column

Description

Symbol The ticker symbol for the security
Action Indicates your trade action
Fill qty The amount of shares/contracts that have been filled
Fill price The price you paid or received for your execution
Total value The total cost of the execution
Time placed Commission charges for the execution
Commission The lowest price the market is willing to accept for this security
Cross zero ID The unique identifying number assigned by us to each cross zero order
Currency The full name of the security
Description The length of time the order stays active until it is filled or expires
Duration The listing exchange for the security 
ECN fees Fees charged by the electronic communication network (ECN)
Exec fees The unique identifying number assigned by the trading venue to each execution
Exec ID (exch) The unique identifying number assigned by the trading venue to each execution
Exec time The time at which the order was executed
Limit price The price you are willing to pay or receive
Strategy type The type of multi-leg strategy for your option contract (e.g., covered call, married put, condor call, etc.)
Option type Identifies whether your option contract is a call or put
Order ID The unique identifying number assigned by us to each order
Order ID (exch) The unique identifying number assigned by the trading venue to each order
Order type The order type used (e.g., market, limit, or stop)
Parent ID The unique identifying number assigned to a primary order that has multiple related orders (e.g., bracket orders, trailing-stop orders, etc.)
Qty The amount of shares/contracts requested for the order
Route The preferred trading venue to send the order to
SEC fee Fees charged by the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC)
Security ID The unique identifying number assigned to the security
Source Indicates where the order was placed from
Special inst Identifies any special instructions for the order
Sub-route The alternative trading venue to send the order to if the primary exchange is unavailable
Venue (actual) The exchange or alternative trading system (ATS) where the order was executed
Venue (sent) The exchange or alternative trading system (ATS) the order was sent to

To access your execution tab:

  1. Log in to Questrade Edge Desktop
  2. Click Account
  3. Click Executions
  4. Choose an execution time period (1 day, 5 days, 10 days, 30 days, 60 days, or 90 days)
trade execution tab edge desktop

By default, the platform will show you key information about your executions such as symbol, action (buy or sell), quantity, fill price, total value, and time placed. However, you can add more data that is most relevant to you.

To do so:

  1. Click the down arrow down arrow icon
  2. Click Edit columns

The charts below will define all of the fields you can add to your Execution tab.

Column

Description

Symbol The ticker symbol for the security
Action Indicates your trade action
Fill qty The amount of shares/contracts that have been filled
Fill price The price you paid or received for your execution
Total value The total cost of the execution
Time placed Commission charges for the execution
Commission The lowest price the market is willing to accept for this security
Cross zero ID The unique identifying number assigned by us to each cross zero order
Currency The full name of the security
Description The length of time the order stays active until it is filled or expires
Duration The listing exchange for the security 
ECN fees Fees charged by the electronic communication network (ECN)
Exec fees The unique identifying number assigned by the trading venue to each execution
Exec ID (exch) The unique identifying number assigned by the trading venue to each execution
Exec time The time at which the order was executed
Limit price The price you are willing to pay or receive
Strategy type The type of multi-leg strategy for your option contract (e.g., covered call, married put, condor call, etc.)
Option type Identifies whether your option contract is a call or put
Order ID The unique identifying number assigned by us to each order
Order ID (exch) The unique identifying number assigned by the trading venue to each order
Order type The order type used (e.g., market, limit, or stop)
Parent ID The unique identifying number assigned to a primary order that has multiple related orders (e.g., bracket orders, trailing-stop orders, etc.)
Qty The amount of shares/contracts requested for the order
Route The preferred trading venue to send the order to
SEC fee Fees charged by the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC)
Security ID The unique identifying number assigned to the security
Source Indicates where the order was placed from
Special inst Identifies any special instructions for the order
Sub-route The alternative trading venue to send the order to if the primary exchange is unavailable
Venue (actual) The exchange or alternative trading system (ATS) where the order was executed
Venue (sent) The exchange or alternative trading system (ATS) the order was sent to

Note: The information in this blog is for educational purposes only and should not be used or construed as financial or investment advice by any individual. Information obtained from third parties is believed to be reliable, but no representations or warranty, expressed or implied, is made by Questrade, Inc., its affiliates or any other person to its accuracy.

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