Identical/Duplicate Trades

Considerations

If this alert displays on the Check-Up page, it means that there are identical trades in your portfolio that require your attention. If you confirm the trade is a duplicate by comparing it to the information on your brokerage statement, then you can delete the trade. If you cannot confirm it is a duplicate trade, do not delete it. It is entirely possible to have valid trades with identical information. In some cases, brokerages can split your order into several pieces to process.

Procedure

To delete a duplicate trade from the Check-Up page:

1. Enter a date to view duplicate trades after in the field provided next to the Identical/Duplicate Trades after alert. Click the Update button.

2. Click the Show button next to the Identical/Duplicate Trades after alert. The Check-Up: Identical Transactions page displays. The grid at the bottom of the page contains all of the duplicate trades, that were encountered in your portfolio, from the date specified through today's date.

Note: To view duplicate trades based on a customized date range, click the Customized Date Range link. Enter the Date From and the To date, along with the security Symbol in the fields that display. Click GO to view the duplicate trades for the customized date range.

3. Once you have confirmed a trade is a duplicate, select the checkbox to the left of that trade.

4. Click Delete.

Click any of the links below to access additional information about the fields on the Identical Transactions page.

• Symbol

  This column contains the ticker symbol of the security. Click the column header to filter the view on this column.

• Trade Type

  This column contains the trade type of the transaction. Cover short, for example. Click the column header to filter the view on this column.

• Date

  This column contains the date of the transaction. Click the column header to filter the view on this column.

• Units

  This column contains the number of units associated with the transaction. Number of shares, for example.

• Price

  This column contains the price per unit of the security.

• Fees

  This column contains the amount of any fees or commissions that were incurred by the transaction.

• Total Cost/Proceeds

  This column contains the total cost or total proceeds of the transaction.

• Added

  This column contains the date and time that the transaction was added to the system.

Example

Click here to view an example of the Check-Up: Identical Transactions page.