Order Lab Topic

Confirmation

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Plain-English Definition

What it means

Confirmation is the post-order record that shows what was executed, including security, side, quantity, price, time, fees, and account.

Order Protection

What it protects

It protects record accuracy by giving the client and firm a final execution reference.

Mechanics

How it works

Review the confirmation against the original instruction, order ticket, account, fill report, and fee disclosure.

Order Context

How it shows up

A client questions the fill price or timing. The learner should use the confirmation and order trail instead of guessing.

Review Action

What to do

Match the confirmation to the instruction, identify discrepancies, and escalate unresolved differences.

Common Mistakes

What to avoid

  • Submitting before every ticket field is checked.
  • Confusing order entry with execution.
  • Promising a fill, price, cancellation, or correction before the system confirms it.
  • Ignoring partial fills, rejected orders, timing rules, or open-order status.

Order Review Frame

Check the order before you react

A clean order review separates instruction, ticket, status, execution, and record. The learner should be able to say what the client wanted, what was entered, what the system shows, what has already happened, and what action is still available.

Topic Checklist

Before you mark this complete

  • Define the order concept in plain English.
  • Confirm account, authority, symbol, side, quantity, price condition, and time rule.
  • Identify whether the order is pending, open, filled, partially filled, canceled, rejected, or expired.
  • Separate client instruction from system result.
  • Choose whether to continue, wait, cancel, replace, document, or escalate.

Ready Check

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