Showing posts with label Regular way delivery settlement date. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Regular way delivery settlement date. Show all posts

Friday, May 9, 2014

customer accounts outline


Cash account

·        Pay for all of purchase

Margin account

·        Borrow $ for part of trade

Settlement date

·        Different date based on type of delivery

Same day delivery,cash trade,cash delivery

·        Transaction settles that day

·        Transaction complete by 2:30pm EST

Regular way delivery settlement date

T+3

·        FINRA sets dates

·        third day after trade date

·         transfer of securities-stock,bonds,municipal bond,exercising stock (equity) options

 

T+1

·        next business day

·         transfer of $, government securities

·        Trading options-stock,interest,interest rate, foreign currency

·        Exercise index options

·        Exercise interest rate options

·        Writer gives $ to buyer of option that is exercised