RE:RE:RE:RE:Please Explain This Exchangeenergyinv, That explanation doesn't make sense to me. When you fill an order (even a partial fill) on a good to date order you are required to make settlement on your account within 3 banking days. The party on the other end is waiting for their cash on the sale of the stock. I have never heard of a settlement in an account that occurs when the bid expires. So if you have a buy order good for 30 days and fill part of your order, you don't have to make settlement until the order expires at the end of those 30 days? Sorry, but that isn't how things work. If your order didn't get filled, then perhaps the trade(s) that got filled were cross trades (buy/sell through the same brokerage house) or the orders that were filled were simply in the system before yours and time stamped accordingly./ok2