Back Office: Purchase and Sales - Online

This module provides an overview of the duties of the Purchase and Sales Department in five areas: Recording, Figuration, Comparison and reconcilement, Confirmation and Booking.

This course replicates the content from module 3 of Brokerage Operations - Online

This is an asynchronous eLearning course that can be accessed 24/7 from any internet enabled computer. Subscription period for this course is 90 days.


Professionals new to the securities industry.
Students will be able to:
  • Identify how orders are received, tracked, and routed to the appropriate markets
  • Identify the types of orders and how they are implemented
  • Recognize how transaction details are tracked after the trade is executed.
  • Recognize how trades are recorded
  • Calculate the net amount due to a customer from a trade
  • Identify how trades are compared, reconciled confirmed, and booked.
  • Introduction to Brokerage Operations - Online
  • Back Office: The Order Room - Online
  • Back Office: The Margin Department - Online
  • Back Office: The Cashier's Department - Online
  • Current Trends in Brokerage Operations - Online
  • Back Office: Purchase and Sales
    • Recordation and Figuration
    • Calculating bond trades
    • Comparison
    • Trade-for-trade vs. systematized
    Duration: 1 hour