- Mandatory regulations on odd-lot trading by Stock Exchanges: HOSE, HNX and UPCOM: Fewer than 100 shares.
1.1. Placing an Odd-lot Order on EzTrade
- The way to place an order to buy/sell shares in odd lot is the same as the ordinary stock trading.
- Navigate to the order-placing session, fill in the order information
- Securities symbol
- Quantity: From 1 to 99 units
- Price: Only LO (limit order) price is accepted
- Tick size and price range for odd-lot securities trading are the same as the board lot
- To cancel or modify an untraded order, go to the “Pending Order” session to perform the cancellation or modification:
Note: Odd-lot trading is completely separated from the board-lot trading: Odd-lot orders can only be matched with corresponding odd-lot orders and cannot be matched with board-lot orders.
2. View Odd-lot Price Board on EzTrade
- You can view the odd-lot price board of a given securities symbol on EzTrade as follows:
- Right-click on the symbol you want to view details on the Stock List and select Details <securities symbol>
Details about 3 best bid prices and 3 best ask prices and relevant volume quantity are displayed in the “Odd-Lot Trading” section: