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Overview

Customize trading preferences so they accommodate your order processing requirements. If your orders often have similar characteristics, setting these preferences may save you time. Your choices here are unique to your ID and automatically populate order tickets, Orders Unsent, Orders Sent, and Security Cross Reference windows when opened.

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Field	Definition
Action	The order action: Buy Sell Sell Short Buy Calls to Close Buy Calls to Open Buy Puts to Close Buy Puts to Open Sell Calls to Close Sell Calls to Open Sell Puts to Close Sell Puts to Open
Block Account	The default block account at your firm that is available when placing block orders.
Price Type	The price requirements on the order: L - Limit M - Market (Default) S - Stop Loss SL - Stop Limit TLD - Trailing Stop Limit by $ TSD - Trailing Stop Loss by $ TLP - Trailing Stop Limit by % TSP - Trailing Stop Loss by %
Special Conditions	The condition to add to the order. These conditions are not common, are not required, and may decrease the chances of the order being filled. The options available for this field depend on the values selected for Action, Price Type, and Time in Force. All or None (AON) Not Held (H)
Time In Force	The time requirements on the order: Day (Default) Good til Canceled (GTC) Fill or Kill (FOK) Immediate or Cancel (IOC)

Field	Definition
Action	The order action: Buy Sell
Comm. Override Type	The commission type paid for the order: Flat Fee No Commission
Commission	The commission per share of the security, based on the commission type. This value must be greater than or equal to 0.
DTC	The 4-digit Depository Trust Company (DTC) number associated with the executing broker.

Field	Definition
Account Type	The account type for the order: DVP/RVP (0) Cash (1) (Default) Margin (2) Short (3)
Action	The order action: B - Buy S - Sell SH - Sell Short BC - Buy to Cover
Client Confirm Note	The power of discretion for the order. This information displays on the trade confirm. Advisor Directed Client Requested Cross Trade
Price Type	The execution price for the order: M - Market (Default) L - Limit S - Stop Loss SL - Stop Limit TLD - Trailing Stop Limit by $ TLP - Trailing Stop Limit by % TSD - Trailing Stop Loss by $ TSP - Trailing Stop Loss by %
Quantity Type	The type of quantity entered, if entitled: Shares Dollars
Special Condition	The condition to add to the order. These conditions are not common, are not required, and may decrease the chances of the order being filled. The options available for this field depend on the values selected for Action, Price Type, and Time in Force. All or None (AON) AON/DNR (AR) Do Not Reduce (R) Not Held (H)
Time In Force	The time requirements on the order: Day (Default) Fill or Kill (FOK) Good til Canceled (GTC) Immediate or Cancel (IOC) On the Close On the Open

Field	Definition
Automatically lock orders when created	Place imported orders or orders saved from order tickets in a locked state on the Orders Unsent window. Locked orders cannot be sent to Fidelity until they are unlocked. This functionality may be helpful if your firm has traders whose orders require firm approval before being sent to Fidelity. (Lock and Unlock Orders)
Remember last account on save	Maintain last account number used to help expedite the entry of multiple orders for the same account. Note that this setting does not apply to the Equities, Options, and Mutual Funds order tickets, which automatically populate with the last account in context.
Display Send Order(s) Status screen	Control whether to display the Send Orders - Verification window when sending saved orders from the Orders-Unsent pane at the bottom of an order ticket.

Field	Definition
Strategy	Select a default MLO strategy: Buy Write Spread Straddle Roll Butterfly Collar Condor Combination
Edit Option Symbol	Indicate whether to allow editing of the option symbol, which prefills based on the Expiration Date and Strike Price.
Do not pre-populate Order Type and Net Amount	Indicate whether to prevent Order Type and Net Amount from populating based on your order entries.

Field	Definition
Account Type	The account type for the order: Cash (1) (Default) Margin (2)
Action	The order action: BF - Buy Fund SF - Sell Fund EF - Exchange Fund CF - Cross Fund Family (If entitled)
CDSC Waiver	If entitled, the reason for the Contingent Deferred Sales Charges (CDSC) waiver, which is a back-end load tied to a specific time frame: No Waiver (Default) 5 - Death 6 - Disability 7 - Mandatory Dist 8 - Sys Withdrawal 9 - Def Contribution A - Hardship B - No Comm Paid Note Applies to Sell Fund, Exchange Fund, and Cross Fund Family order actions.
Client Confirm Note	The power of discretion for the order. This information displays on the trade confirm. Advisor Directed Client Requested Cross Trade
Quantity Type	The quantity of the order: Dollars (Default) Full Liquidation Shares
Redemption Fee Waiver	The reason to waive the short-term redemption fee: No Waiver (Default) Correction (1) Death (2) Disability (3) MRD (4) (Minimum Required Distribution) Defined Contribution (6) Auto Rebalance (8) Termination Dist (9) Involuntary Distr (A) Return of Excess (D) Wrap Program (E) QDRO/Divorce (G) Plan Fees (H)

Field	Definition
Account, Client, or Group	Whether the swap applies to a specific account, group, or client: Account All Accounts (Default) Client Group
Account Type	The account type for the order: Cash (1) (Default) Margin (2) Cash & Margin (1 & 2) Short (3)
Display Quantity Type	The order quantity type to display in the Positions and Proposed Orders list: Dollars Shares/Contracts (Default)
Match	Indicates which accounts to apply the cross reference. These options display as check boxes on the Security Cross Reference window. Choosing a check box here pre-selects the check box on Security Cross Reference: Accounts Already Holding Security (Default) Accounts That Do Not Hold Security Note Accounts That Do Not Hold Security applies only when the account type is Cash & Margin.
Order Type	The order/allocation type to create: Allocations Only Block Order with Allocations Prime Brokerage Allocations Only Prime Brokerage Trade with Allocations Single Orders (Default)
Search By	This field is no longer used.
Show 0 Quantity Orders	Indicates whether to hide proposed orders with a quantity of zero from the Positions and Proposed Orders list.

Trade Preferences

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Field Definitions

Allocation Order Ticket

Block Order Ticket

Currency Block Order Ticket

Currency Exchange Order Ticket

DVP/RVP Trade Away Order Ticket

Equity Order Ticket

General Trade Options

Global Block Order Ticket

Global Equity Order Ticket

Multi-Leg Options Ticket

Mutual Fund Order Ticket

Options Order Ticket

Prime Brokerage Order Ticket

Security Cross Reference

Step In Order Ticket