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Post Trade Allocations

The Post Trade Allocations page lets you allocate some or all of your US stock and options trades to defined clearing brokers. Make allocations any time during the trading day, from seconds after execution up until 6:00 PM ET. Note that you must first define settlement instructions in the Funds Management section of Account Management before you can allocate any trades post-trade. To activate the Post Trade Allocation feature, please contact your IB Sales Representative.

Note:  For complete instructions on using the Post Trade Allocations page in Account Management, see the Post Trade Allocations chapter in this guide.

Who Can Access the Post Trade Allocations Page?

You can access this page if you are a(n):

• Proprietary Trading Group Master User - Institutional accounts with IBExecution services can compress, split, and give-up trade executions to third-party brokers and IB cleared accounts.
• Investment Manager Master User
• Fund

To allocate trades post-trade

1. Click Trading Access on the left pane, then click Post Trade Allocations.
   
   The Post Trade Allocations page opens, showing trades and allocations.
2. Perform any of the following post trade allocation tasks:

• Allocate trades post-trade.
• Unallocate trades before the end of the day.
• Configure re-usable allocation templates that let you quickly allocate one or multiple trades to a pre-defined clearing broker or set of clearing brokers.
• View the allocation summary page.
• Import allocations from a .csv file.
• Create a custom Average Price trade.
• Define configuration preferences, including allocation settings, display preferences and symbol display.
• Manage odd lots allocation.

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