Frequently Asked Questions
General
What is ‘Amalgamate’?
For markets that allow amalgamation, the auto-amalgamate feature enables you to combine your orders based on your average traded price. This will allow you to save on your brokerages.
Conditions for auto-amalgamate:
Please note that the online rate will apply for amalgamation of trades across different trading channels e.g. broker-assisted, POEMS online.
- The trades must be done on the same trading day.
- The trades must be of the same stock.
- The trades must be of the same action. (A buy action can be amalgamated with another buy action regardless of the trading mode)
- The trade is done through the same account.
- The payment mode must be the same. (cash or CPF)
- The settlement currency must be the same. (USD or SGD or HKD or AUD or MYR or JPY)
| Countries | Exchange |
| Singapore | SGX |
| Hong Kong | HKEx |
| Hong Kong | HK Pre IPO |
| China | SH-HK Stock Connect |
| China | SZ-HK Stock Connect |
| China | SSE, SZSE |
| Taiwan | TWSE |
| Malaysia | Bursa |
| Indonesia | IDX |
| Philippine | PSE |
| Thailand | SET |
| Japan | JPX |
| Australia | ASX |
| Germany | FWB |
| Turkey | BIST |
Other faq that might help you
- Which are the modes available for trading?
- Which trading mode should I use?
- Can I place trading orders 24 hours a day?
- On which regional bourses can I trade?
- Can I use my SRS funds to purchase shares?
- How can I check the status of my orders?
- What is the validity period for my orders?
- What will happen to my order if it happen to be on a public holiday?
- Can I withdraw my orders?
- How can I check whether I have the sufficient shareholdings in my CDP account or CPF agent bank account?
- Will POEMS be able to check whether I have the sufficient shares in CDP before I submit a sell order?
- Is odd lot trading available over the Internet?
- What is the minimum bid size (MBS) for trading?
- What is ‘Amalgamate’?
- Why is my order invalid?
- Can I submit online trades on POEMS while my account GSA linkage is still pending approval with CDP?
- What are the pre-open and pre-close routines?
- Is there a trading limit?
- How can I increase my trading limit?
- How will I be informed of my new trading limit?
- What is my order type that I am submitting into the POEMS trading platform?
- What is a ‘force key’?
- How many force keys can I use?
- What is the force key range for counter with last done price more than $0.50?
- What is the maximum limit for buy and sell order in POEMS internet?
- Why is there a Confirmation Order page shown when order is submitted?
- What markets/products does the force key range checking apply to?
- Why is my limit or market order not done when the market opens at 9.30am (EST) and why is my executed price different from the opening price shown on POEMS?
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