What is Settlement?
Final exchange of cash and securities after a trade is agreed.
cash and shares swapped · settled
Settlement completes when…
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Settlement failed on trade 8842. Chase the counterparty before the T+1 cutoff.
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The agreed ticket hangs clipped above; the cash drawer and the securities drawer slide in together, cash crosses one way and the certificate the other, and the interlock clicks shut.
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