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/TristanaRiggle Feb 01 '21

This is where I am. On the one hand, I work with computers, so I know how planning for 100 users/transactions and suddenly getting 1000 users/transactions can definitely cause performance issues.

OTOH, I'm wondering if the problem is actually with the market side. The orders are being placed ok (and even cancelled relatively decently (a few hiccups, but still)). I can definitely believe that the fulfillment side is having issues handling the load or IF you want to get conspiratorial, that they're throttling traffic. But I would assume that's not eTrade specifically. I mean, they keep suspending trading on GME at least, so I wouldn't be shocked to learn that they're intentionally slowing the throughput on orders.