Understanding your trade executions

When you place orders to buy or sell securities on our platform, as your broker we’re required to take your orders and send them to the market to be filled. The process of filling your order is referred to as "trade execution.” An order is considered executed when it gets filled—meaning you received or sold the shares—and not when the order is placed by the investor as not every order you place will necessarily get executed.

The Execution tab allows you to conveniently track your executed orders for the current day or for a certain time period you choose. Below, under the name of the trading platform you use, learn more about how to view and interpret information in this tab.

To access your execution tab:

1. Log in to Questrade Edge Web
2. Click/tap Account
3. Click/tap Executions
4. Choose an execution time period (Today, 1 week, 2 weeks, 1 month, or 3 months)

By default, the platform will show you key information about your executions such as symbol, action (buy or sell), quantity, fill price, total value, and time placed. However, you can add more data that is most relevant to you.

To do so:

1. Click on
2. Tap the + button to add fields or the - to remove ones

The charts below will define all of the fields you can add to your execution tab.

To access your execution tab:

1. Log in to Questrade Edge Desktop
2. Click Account
3. Click Executions
4. Choose an execution time period (1 day, 5 days, 10 days, 30 days, 60 days, or 90 days)

By default, the platform will show you key information about your executions such as symbol, action (buy or sell), quantity, fill price, total value, and time placed. However, you can add more data that is most relevant to you.

To do so:

1. Click the down arrow
2. Click Edit columns

The charts below will define all of the fields you can add to your Execution tab.

Note: The information in this blog is for educational purposes only and should not be used or construed as financial or investment advice by any individual. Information obtained from third parties is believed to be reliable, but no representations or warranty, expressed or implied, is made by Questrade, Inc., its affiliates or any other person to its accuracy.