Use the Post Trade Allocations screen to specify post-trade clearing instructions at any time during the trading day, from minutes after execution until 6:00 pm ET.
● Access PTA by logging into Account Management from the IB website and expanding the Trading Access category.
● Allocate any time during the day: up until 6:00 pm ET for equities and up until 5:15 PM ET for options; After this time, your trades will automatically be allocated using the selected default clearing destination.
● Quickly unallocate any trades before the end of the day.
● Configure re-usable allocation templates that allow you to quickly allocate one or multiple trades to a pre-defined clearing broker or set of clearing brokers.
● Import allocations from a properly-formatted .csv file.
● Create a custom Average Price trade by selecting trades for the same symbol and side where only the price differs. By default an average price display is expandable to show actual trades and trade prices.
● Define configuration preferences including allocation settings, display preferences and symbol display.
● Manage odd lots allocations. By default, the feature is set to allow round lots only.
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