{"id":1079158,"date":"2024-07-12T03:35:48","date_gmt":"2024-07-12T03:35:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/8.217.125.72\/?p=1079158"},"modified":"2024-07-12T03:36:36","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T03:36:36","slug":"what-is-order-execution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/8.217.125.72\/index.php\/2024\/07\/12\/what-is-order-execution\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is Order Execution?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Investors and traders assume that orders are immediately executed once they click the &#8220;enter&#8221; button on an online&nbsp;trading account. However, they may be surprised at how an&nbsp;order&nbsp;is filled and the associated time delays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"mntl-sc-block-callout-heading_1-0\">KEY TAKEAWAYS<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Order execution is the process of accepting and completing a buy or sell order in the market on behalf of a client.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Order execution may be carried out manually or electronically, subject to the limits or conditions placed on the order by the account holder.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Brokers are beholden to best execution practices that are regulated by the SEC as well as individual exchanges.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Can a Broker Get a Better Price than Market Price for an Investor?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A broker may provide the execution at a better price than the public quotes, but that broker must report the details of these better prices.45&nbsp;With these rules in place, it is much easier to determine which brokers get the best prices and which ones use them only as a marketing pitch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"mntl-sc-block_21-0\">The Bottom Line<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_22-0\">The best possible execution is no substitute for a sound investment plan. Fast markets involve substantial risks and can cause the performance of orders at prices significantly different than expected. With a long-term horizon, however, these differences are merely a bump on the road to successful investing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How Does Execution Affect Different Order Types?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>For investors who place a limit order, their only risk is the order might not be filled. If they place a market order, speed and price execution become increasingly important.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Investors and traders assume that orders are immediately executed once they click the &#8220;enter&#8221; button on an online&nbsp;trading account. However, they may be surprised at how an&nbsp;order&nbsp;is filled and the associated time delays. KEY TAKEAWAYS Can a Broker Get a Better Price than Market Price for an Investor? A broker may provide the execution at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14,23],"tags":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/8.217.125.72\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1079158"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/8.217.125.72\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/8.217.125.72\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/8.217.125.72\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/8.217.125.72\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1079158"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/8.217.125.72\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1079158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1079160,"href":"http:\/\/8.217.125.72\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1079158\/revisions\/1079160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/8.217.125.72\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1079158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/8.217.125.72\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1079158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/8.217.125.72\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1079158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}