Order Time Reporting for Manual Orders

Instructions

For accounts requiring Consolidated Audit Trail (CAT) reporting to remain in compliance with FINRA Rule 7440, a record of the order time (in hours, minutes and seconds) must be made for "manual" orders. An order is considered manual if instructions to submit/revise/cancel the order are received from a client in any way, for example over the phone, in writing or by another medium.

Orders entered at the discretion of a broker or advisor do not require the Manual Order Time.

To Set the Manual Order Time from Classic TWS

  1. From the order ticket, select the Misc. tab

  2. Confirm or set the Manual Order Time.

    • Orders allocated using a group, a profile or "All" display a blank Manual Order Time field. Use the calendar icon to set the order time.

    • Non-allocated orders display a default Manual Order Time of now. Use the calendar icon to modify if needed.

    The order ticket misc. tab in classic TWS.

To Set the Manual Order Time from Mosaic

  1. Create an order.

  2. Click Advanced to open the Advanced Order Entry panel.

  3. Confirm or set the Manual Order Time.

    • Orders allocated using a group, a profile or "All" display a blank Manual Order Time field. Use the calendar icon to set the order time.

    • Non-allocated orders display a default Manual Order Time of now. Use the calendar icon to modify if needed.

    The advanced order entry panel in TWS.

 

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