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For most stock trades, settlement occurs two business days after the day the order executes, or T+2 (trade date plus two days). For example, if you were to execute an order on Monday, it would typically settle on Wednesday. For some products, such as mutual funds, settlement occurs on a different timeline.

A settlement period is a duration in which the securities are handed over to the new owner, and the transaction is fully completed. In the security market, a settlement period is a duration between the trade date, week, month, and year when the trade is performed and the settlement date when the trade is final.

What are settled funds or settled cash? You guessed it: Settled funds are basically the inverse of unsettled funds. Proceeds from selling a security become settled funds after the settlement period has ended. Similarly, cash you deposit or wire into your brokerage account to use for trading is considered settled.

The settlement date is the date when a trade is final, and the buyer must make payment to the seller while the seller delivers the assets to the buyer. The settlement date for stocks and bonds is usually two business days after the execution date (T+2).

'T+2' refers to the Settlement Date - the date when the funds are transferred to the seller's account in exchange for the securities. T+2 = The Trade Date + 2 additional trading days. Settlement will only occur on trading days.

The standard time for the settlement of sell trades on the US exchange is T+2 days, where T is the transaction date and + 2 refers to 2 business days from the transaction date. This means the cash for executed sell orders take 2 days to clear back into your trading account.

What is settlement? Settlement marks the official transfer of securities to the buyer's account and cash to the seller's account.

The settlement date for securities transactions such as a stock sale. It refers to the obligation in the brokerage business to settle securities trades by the third day following the trade date.

Most stocks and bonds settle within two business days after the transaction date. This two-day window is called the T+2. Government bills, bonds, and options settle the next business day. Spot foreign exchange transactions usually settle two business days after the execution date.

Historically, a stock trade could take as many as five business days (T+5) to settle a trade. Today, with the advances in technology and electronic trading, most stock trades settle in just two business days (T+2).