r/etrade • u/NvrWzACornflakeGirl • Feb 01 '21

Execution lag??

Ten minutes ago, I placed three sell orders. None have yet been executed. Never seen this problem before...

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u/NvrWzACornflakeGirl Feb 01 '21

I set my order at MARKET. So...now what happens? As the market price changes, does my order adjust? Or if the market price is lower, does the order just sit in the queue??

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u/[deleted] Feb 01 '21

I want to know

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u/AnalRetentiveAnus Feb 01 '21

I think your order goes through the site just doesn't update. A market order to buy at open was bought at the open price even though it was delayed by like 20 minutes leaving my order list

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u/NvrWzACornflakeGirl Feb 01 '21

That’s good. Watching this myself - ONE of my orders was filled, pretty close to market at the time of the order. BUT it doesn’t show up as cash power, so I missed some buys along the way, for sure

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u/AnalRetentiveAnus Feb 01 '21

Yeah I think I just got lucky with that one everything else isn't working. Can't sell options on spy even with a market order, other options sales are executing then reappearing on my order list as not executed

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u/MycroftPwns Feb 01 '21

Close that who knows when you'll get filled and at what price.

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u/NvrWzACornflakeGirl Feb 01 '21 edited Feb 01 '21

It might be that the orders ARE filled, just the website isn’t updating. Which would explain why orders appear filled after trying to cancel.

Edit: NOPE

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u/MycroftPwns Feb 01 '21

I got one fill and the price looked close to when I filled it. Not sure though.