Overview of InstantBroker

InstantBroker provides order execution reports, admin reports, quote updates, account summaries, positions, notifications of stock corporate actions, notifications of bond calls and maturities, new issue updates and integrated balences including Retirement plans and Personal Investing accounts to its customers via one-way text pager, two-way text pager, e-mail, and/or eligible personal data assistant:

• Trades, Confirmations and Status Reports 

An order for any security on your account that gets filled or partially filled or cancelled will generate an execution report.  Notification of full and/or partial executions.

Sample execution report format:

• Last 4 digits of account number
• Symbol
• Time of order execution
• BOT (Bought) or SLD (Sold)
• Quantity
• Price at which order executed
• 'Leaves' quantity (any unfilled quantity)

• Admin Reports

Status reports relative to your orders.

Sample execution report format:

• Last 4 digits of account number
• You Are Stopped - A stopped order is where the specialist on the exchange floor has guaranteed a specific execution price and is seeking a better price.
• Too Late to Cancel - Displayed for an executed order when a cancellation attempt was too late.
• Nothing Done - An order that did not execute and is no longer valid.
• You are Out - A canceled order that is no longer valid.

• Account Summary

Scheduled summaries of a Fidelity brokerage account registered with InstantBroker.  All amounts are as of the previous business day's close.

Sample account summary format:

• Last 4 digits of account number
• Cash account balance
• Net worth
• Fed call
• House call
• NYSE call
• Margin market value
• Margin credit balance
• Margin debit balance

• Account Positions

Scheduled positions of a Fidelity brokerage account registered with InstantBroker.  InstantBroker will provide the symbol for a security when it is available, otherwise we will provide the security's CUSIP.

Sample account position format:

• Last 4 digits of account number
• Account type (1-Cash, 2-Margin)
• Trade date quantity
• Symbol or CUSIP
• Price of position as of 24:00 on the prior business day

• Stocks - Corporate Action Alerts

For stocks you hold, you will receive notification when Fidelity is notified of certain corporate actions that may impact your account. Corporate action notifications will only include voluntary offer types, or those that may require action by you. These include tender offers, exercise of rights or warrants, and mergers with election.

You will receive a message that contains:

• Corporate action type
• CUSIP
• Security description
• Quantity held
• Offered by
• Cutoff date

You will also receive Tender Offer reminders that will provide you with the upcoming deadline for pending offers. Furthermore, we will send an alert if you are short a security and an expiring corporate action puts your account at risk of incurring a liability due to the short position.

• Bonds - Calls and Maturity Notifications

For bonds you hold, you will receive an alert when Fidelity is notified that a bond has been fully or partially called and when bonds in your account will mature within 14 days.

You will receive a message that contains:

• CUSIP
• Security description
• Rate
• Maturity Date
• Call Date
• Amount called

• Quotes

A quote schedule can be set up to send notification, at a specified time, with the quote for a desired symbol.  For example, once you have activated a quote schedule, you will receive notification with the quote for IBM at market open, Monday through Friday, until the quote schedule is deleted.  We currently permit you to maintain up to 30 securities quoted every 15 minutes with a maximum of 100 quotes per day.

Sample quote format:

• Bid & Ask
• Bid & Ask size
• % Change
• Last trade size
• Open
• High/Low
• Previous close
• Volume
• Last tick

• Triggers

A trigger is a schedule that is set up to send you notification when the quote for a specified symbol is greater than or less than a specified dollar amount (Trigger point).  For example, once you set up a trigger for IBM greater than 70, you will receive notification when the quote of IBM is greater than $70 (Trigger point).  Once the page is sent, the trigger becomes expired, and will not be sent again.

Sample trigger format:

• Symbol
• Trigger quote
• Text displaying whether the trigger went above or below the trigger quote.

Active (Ready) Triggers

Triggers that have been set up, but not executed. When viewing your list of expired triggers, active triggers are listed in the "Status" column as "Ready".

Expired (Sent) Triggers

Triggers that have been set up and executed. When viewing your list of expired triggers, expired triggers are listed in the "Status" column as "Sent".

• Margin Calls

Margin calls are automatically generated by InstantBroker after close of business, and are sent to your notification device.  A margin call is when the value of the marginable securities or cash in your margin account has fallen below the minimums required by Fidelity, the NYSE, or the Federal Reserve.

Sample margin call format:

• Last 4 digits of account number
• Data and time of margin call
• Call type, i.e. FED, House, Exchange
• Amount
• Margin Call due-date

• Option Assignments

Option assignments are automatically generated by InstantBroker and sent to your notification device.  An option assignment is when your short in-the-money option has been exercised against you.

Sample option assignment format:

• Last 4 digits of account number
• Spelled-out option symbol,
  i.e. BA AUG 55
• Option type (Call or Put)
• Number of contracts

• Integrated Balances

Receive your NetBenefitsSM plan balances, Personal Investing account balances, and a portfolio total. The market value balances and portfolio total are as of the date displayed for your Personal Investing and NetBenefitsSM accounts. A NetBenefitsSM account is an account recordkept at Fidelity that your employer has set up so that you can take advantage of tax-deferred retirement account benefits. The availability of market value balances and portfolio totals depends on the specific features of your employer's plan. For more information on your NetBenefitsSM account visit http://netbenefits.fidelity.com

Sample Integrated Balances format:

• NetBenefitsSM plan account balances (each listed separately)
• NetBenefitsSM plan(s) total balance
• Personal Investing account balances (each listed separately)
• Personal Investing total balance
• Total Integrated Portfolio balance

• Device Overview

What and How information will be sent.
	SkyTel Two-Way	SkyTel One-Way	E-Mail	BellSouth Two-Way Pager	PageMart One-Way Pager via eligible PDA
Account Balances
Account Positions
Stock Corp. Actions
Bond Calls & Maturities
Security Quotes
Security Triggers
Order Executions
Order Admin Msgs
Option Assignments
Margin Calls
New Issue Offerings
Integrated Balances

Prerequisites for Users

• Established Fidelity PIN & SSN

Fidelity PIN

Eligible users must have an established Fidelity Personal Identification Number (PIN) and SSN.

If you currently maintain a Fidelity Brokerage Account and do not have a PIN, please call TouchTone Xpress^® at 1-800-343-6038 or visit the Fidelity Home Page to set up your PIN on-line. Your new PIN will provide computer and TouchTone telephone access to all accounts registered in your name.

Please see Your Fidelity PIN for more details.

Social Security Number

You must have a valid SSN in order to establish a InstantBroker account.

• A valid PIN for your Text Pager and/or eligible Personal Data Assistant and/or a valid e-mail address.

• Eastablished Institutional Retirement Account:

You must be an Institutional Retirement customer and NetBenefitsSM user to receive your NetBenefitsSM plan balances, Personal Investing account balances, and a portfolio total. A NetBenefitsSM account is an account recordkept at Fidelity that your employer has set up so that you can take advantage of tax-deferred retirement account benefits. The availability of market value balances and portfolio totals also depends on the specific features of your employer's plan. For more information on your NetBenefitsSM account visit http://netbenefits.fidelity.com .

You must also ensure that you have elected to display your NetBenefitsSM balances for your web portfolio view. To customize your web portfolio view to include NetBenefitsSM balances, please visit www.fidelity.com.

• A Note About This Service:

  Please remember that the number of messages received such as quotes, account summary, positions, etc. can result in a charge to you from your paging vendor.  Many paging vendors charge per character sent.  For example, a InstantBroker quote can range from 50 characters to 250 characters, depending on the type of information selected.

  Although charges per character, or message, vary from vendor to vendor, it may be wise to determine the total allotment of characters per month for the device selected to receive InstantBroker information.

  For example, 30 quotes of an average length of 80 characters in one month will result in 1600 (80 char, 5 days, 4 weeks) additional characters used that month.

How to Use This Web Site

Login

When signing on to InstantBroker, you are required to enter your Social Security Number and a secured Personal Identification Number (PIN). If the SSN and PIN that you enter are not correct, you will receive a warning message.  Please see Your Fidelity PIN and Security Information for more details.

If you currently maintain a Fidelity Brokerage Account and do not have a PIN, please call TouchTone Xpress at 1-800-343-6038 or visit the Fidelity Home Page to set up your PIN on-line. Your new PIN will provide computer and TouchTone telephone access to all accounts registered in your name.

For assistance with this web site please call 1-800-544-7595, Monday - Friday, 8:00am to 6:00pm eastern standard time.

The Navigation Bar

To return to Using This Site at any time, simply click on the "InstantBroker" title, located on the navigation bar on the top left-hand side of your screen.

• InstantBroker Device Setup

Your InstantBroker account profile can be accessed by clicking on the "Device Setup" icon, located on the left side navigation bar. Use the "Account Profile" screen to set up how you would like to be notified, i.e. One-Way or Two-Way Pager. For more information on what and how information will be sent, click here.

You have the option to enter one or more of the following methods of notification:

• SkyTel One-Way Pager
• SkyTel Two-Way Pager
• E-mail Address - not available for real-time quotes and trading.
• Fax Number - for New Issue Offerings.
• Telephone Number
• BellSouth Pager
• PageMart Pager

Enter your pager PIN or E-mail address in the "Information" field.  Enter a personal description for each device in the "Description" field. For example, enter "Work PIN" in the description field next to the pager PIN entered in the information field.

Enter the required information and click the "Save Updates" button to save/update your account profile.  Please note, you may change your account profile at any time. 

Please omit the dash (-) when entering your PIN or other information. For example:

Correct PIN entry: 1234567

Incorrect PIN entry: 123-4567

Click the "Add Device" button to add a new device to your profile.  From the "Add Device" screen, select a new device, enter the new information/description and select the "Save" button to add a new device to your profile.

Click the "Delete Entire List" button to remove your account profile from the InstantBroker system. Please NOTE:  You will not receive any notices until you login again and enter new device information.

Click the "Pager Applications" button  to download the Quote or Order Entry
Application to your RIM Interactive 950 Two-Way Pager from BellSouth
Wireless Data.

• PriceTriggers

  A price trigger is a schedule that is set up to send you notification when the quote for a specified symbol is greater than or less than a specified dollar amount (Trigger point).  For example, once you set up a trigger for IBM greater than 70, you will receive notification when the quote of IBM is greater than $70 (Trigger point).  Once the page is sent, the trigger becomes expired, and will not be sent again. 

  Active (Ready) Triggers

  Triggers that have been set up, but not executed. When viewing your list of expired triggers, active triggers are listed in the "Status" column as "Ready".

  Expired (Sent) Triggers

  Triggers that have been set up and executed. When viewing your list of expired triggers, expired triggers are listed in the "Status" column as "Sent".

  In order to view and/or modify your active triggers, please click on the "Triggers" icon, located on the left side navigation bar.

  

  Add Triggers

  Select the "Add Triggers" button to add new triggers to your InstantBroker account.  On the "Add Trigger" screen, enter the symbol, choose greater than or less than, enter a trigger point, and select your method(s) of notification from the selection list.  In order to select more than one device, hold the "Control" (CTRL) key down and click on the desired devices.

  If a method of notification is not selected, the triggers will be sent to the first item in the device list.

  INDEX
  When entering an index, place a "." before the index symbol.

  Index example: Type ".DJI" to receive the Dow Jones Industrial Average.

  For a description of index symbols, click here.

   

  PREFERRED EQUITIES

  For example, preferred equity PZN PRA

  To request a quote using InstantBroker enter:

  PZN/PA

  To place a trade using InstantBroker enter:

  PZNPRA

   

  OPTIONS
  When entering an option, enter a dash (-) and the option symbol (Example: -IBMAB). Option quotes entered in this manner will default to the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) since no particular exchange is designated. For securities that do not trade on the CBOE or for those options that you would like to have priced on a particular exchange, enter a dot "." after the option symbol followed by the desired exchange symbol. (Example: -AOLKE.P). The following are option exchanges with corresponding exchange symbols:

  Chicago Board Options Exchange (W), American Options Exchange (A), Pacific Options Exchange (P), Philadelphia Options Exchange (X). There may be variances in prices through other quotation channels as other systems generate a primary exchange quote as opposed to defaulting to the CBOE.

  For a description of exchange symbols, click here.

  Two-Way quoting functionality is currently only available using BellSouth's pager. For more information, click here.

  In order to activate new triggers, you must click the "Save" button.  You will receive a confirmation that your trigger list has been saved, as well as a confirmation of the total number of rows that have been added.

  

  Remove A Single Trigger

  When viewing your active triggers, place a check in the box located in the "Remove Item" column and click the "Save Updates" button to delete the selected Trigger.

  Delete Entire List

  Select this button to delete the entire trigger list. You will receive a confirmation that your list has been deleted, as well as a confirmation of the total number of rows that have been deleted.

  You will not receive any trigger notices until you enter new trigger information.

  Save Updates

  Select this button to save any changes or updates made to your active trigger list.  You will receive a confirmation that your list has been saved or deleted, as well as a confirmation of the total number of rows that have been added or deleted.

  View Closed Triggers

  Select this button to view your list of closed or expired triggers, triggers that have already been sent.  You will be able to view the symbol, greater than or less than, trigger point, status, and time that notification was sent to your designated device by InstantBroker.

  

• Quote Lists

A quote list can be set up to send notification, at a specified time, with the quote for a desired symbol.  For example, once you have activated a quote schedule, you will receive notification with the quote for IBM at market open, Monday through Friday, until the quote schedule is deleted.  We currently permit you to maintain up to 30 securities quoted every 15 minutes with a maximum of 100 quotes per day.

Quotes are available for stocks, mutual funds, indices and options.

InstantBroker will allow up to 30 unique securities for a total of 100 quotes per day. For example, you could have 10 separate symbols to be quoted every half hour. In this example, you would reach your daily quote limit after 5 hours. After reaching your quote maximum of 100, you will not receive any additional quotes until the next day.

Quote lists may be set up for market open, market close, mid-day, market open and close, market open/mid-day/close, every hour, every half hour, or every 15 minutes. You will continue to receive notification at this time, until the quote schedule is deleted.

Quote options may be selected by checking the appropriate check box:

• Open
• Bid & Ask
• High & Low
• Bid & Ask Size
• % Change
• Previous Close
• Last Trade Size
• Volume
• Last Tick

If none of the quote options are selected, the symbol's last trade price and change will be sent.

In order to view and/or modify your active quote schedules, please click on the "Quote Lists" icon, located on the left side navigation bar.

Add Quotes

Select the "Add Quotes" button to add a new quote schedule to your InstantBroker account.  On the "Add Quotes" screen, enter the symbol, choose a quote schedule and quote options (If none of the quote options are selected, the
symbol's last trade price and change will be sent), and select your method(s) of notification from the selection list.  In order to select more than one device, hold the "Control" (CTRL) key down and click on the desired devices.

If a method of notification is not selected, the quotes will be sent to the first item in the device list.

INDEX
When entering an index, place a "." before the index symbol.

Index example: Type ".DJI" to receive the Dow Jones Industrial Average.

For a description of index symbols, click here.

 

PREFERRED EQUITIES

For example, preferred equity PZN PRA

To request a quote using InstantBroker enter:

PZN/PA

To place a trade using InstantBroker enter:

PZNPRA

 

OPTIONS
When entering an option, enter a dash (-) and the option symbol (Example: -IBMAB). Option quotes entered in this manner will default to the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) since no particular exchange is designated. For securities that do not trade on the CBOE or for those options that you would like to have priced on a particular exchange, enter a dot "." after the option symbol followed by the desired exchange symbol. (Example: -AOLKE.P). The following are option exchanges with corresponding exchange symbols:

Chicago Board Options Exchange (W), American Options Exchange (A), Pacific Options Exchange (P), Philadelphia Options Exchange (X). There may be variances in prices through other quotation channels as other systems generate a primary exchange quote as opposed to defaulting to the CBOE.

For a description of exchange symbols, click here.

Two-Way quoting functionality is currently only available using BellSouth's pager. For more information, click here.

In order to activate new quote schedule, you must click the "Save" button.  You will receive a confirmation that your quote list has been saved, as well as a confirmation of the total number of rows that have been added.

Remove A Single Quote

When viewing your active quote schedules, place a check in the box located in the "Remove Item" column and click the "Save Updates" button to delete the selected Quote.

Delete Entire List

Select this button to delete the entire quote list. You will receive a confirmation that your list has been deleted, as well as a confirmation of the total number of rows that have been deleted.

You will not receive any quote notices until you enter new quote information.

Save Updates

Select this button to save any changes or updates to your active quote list.  You will receive a confirmation that your list has been saved or deleted, as well as a confirmation of the total number of rows that have been added or deleted.

View Quotes

Select this button to view your complete list of scheduled quotes.

• New Issue Offerings

  For questions regarding the New Issue Offerings section of this web site, please click here.

  

• Help

  The Help section, which you can access by clicking on the "Help" button on the navigation bar on the left-hand side of your screen, contains instructions on how to use the service. See especially the topics "Overview of InstantBroker" and "How to Use This Web Site".

  

• Account Information

  InstantBroker will only send information regarding brokerage accounts associated with your Social Security or Tax Identification Number.

  By registering for InstantBroker, we will send margin call and option assignment messages by default.

  To learn more about what and how information will be sent, click here.

  A Fidelity brokerage account can be set-up for report notification by clicking on the account number listed under "Account Information", located on the left side navigation bar.   These reports reflect your account balances as of the previous business day's close.

  Trading Activity

  Check "Trade Reports" to receive an alert of any full or partial trade executions in your account. To view sample execution report format, click here. Clicking this you will also receive a report of administrative messages regarding your order. To view sample administrative report format, click here. 

  Hold the "CTRL" (Control Key) down to select more than one device from the list.

  Account Activity

  Check "Account Summary" to receive a summary of your account balances, as of the previous business day's close.  To view sample account summary report format, click here.

  Check "Account Positions" to receive your current account positions, at a specified time.  Account positions are reports as of the previous business day's close.  To view sample account position report format, click here.

  Stocks - Corporate Actions

Check "Stocks - Corporate Actions" to receive notifications of voluntary corporate actions on positions held in your account, that may require action on your part. To view sample corporate action alert summary format, click here.

Bonds - Call / Maturities Notifications

Check "Bonds - Call / Maturities Notifications" to receive when bonds in your account have been partially or fully called, and when bonds in your account will mature within 14 days. To view sample corporate action alert summary format, click here.

In order to receive Account Balances or Account Position reports, Stock, Bond or Option Assignment notifications make sure to check the appropriate box, select the method(s) of notification, and select a time to be transmitted. If a time is not selected, the default time will be set to 7:00am.  Hold the "CTRL" (Control Key) down to select more than one device from the list.

If a method of notification is not selected, the reports will be sent to the first item in the device list.

Select the "Save Updates" button to activate your request.

Select the "Delete" button to stop receiving reports for the specific account.  You will not receive any reports for the account until you enter new account information.

• Logout

To end your on line session in InstantBroker, click "Logout" on the navigation bar on the bottom left-hand side of your screen.

We recommend that you close your Web browser when you are finished using this online service. The account information you see remains in your Web browser's memory until you close the browser.

If you would like to return to the InstantBroker Web Site, simply click the "Login Again" button.

InstantBroker Two-Way Paging

Utilizing BellSouth's paging service with the "RIM" Interactive 950 Two-Way pager, customers may request and receive quotes and place stock orders directly using the pager. Customers may also receive integrated balances including Retirement plans and Personal Investing accounts via the Two-Way pager.

If you do not have a RIM Interactive 950 Two-Way pager, and would like to obtain one, go to bottom of the Account Profile screen and push the "Purchase a BellSouth Pager" button.

If you do have the RIM Interactive 950 Two-Way pager , and do not have the Quote Application or the Order Entry Application, select the "Device Setup" option on the navigation bar on the left-hand side of your screen.  On the Device Setup screen, select the "Pager Applications" button.  Follow the instructions at the bottom of the screen to download the applications to your RIM device.

For more information regarding the particular applications, please click below:

• Two-Way Quote Application

• Two-Way Order Entry Application

• Two-Way Order Status Application

• Two-Way Balances Application

• Quick Reference to the Two-Way Pager

Two-Way Quote Application Instructions

Once the Quote Application has been successfully installed, please follow these instructions for the Quote Application:

1. From power off, Click (Press down on the wheel).

2. Scroll the wheel and Click RAMpowertool.   The RAMpowertool is an application that runs on the device to enable Two-Way quoting functionality.

3. Scroll the wheel and Click Quote, on the main screen.

4. Scroll the wheel and Click Action.

5. Enter the Symbol (Upper or lower case). To enter more than one symbol, separate each quote by a space.

6. Click (Press down on the wheel).

7. Scroll and Click Send.

8. When the quote is retrieved, a line will appear above the quote request displaying the summary information for each symbol entered.

9.  If you wish to see additional symbol detail, scroll up to the desired symbol, press down on the wheel and select View.

10. Click the Backspace arrow (on upper right) to return to the previous screen.  To view other quotes, continue from step #9.

11.  To perform a new quote request, continue clicking the Backspace arrow until you reach the RAMpowertool main menu.   Highlight Quote and continue from step #3.

Please Note:  If your pager runs out of memory, your expired quotes will be deleted automatically.  To delete expired quotes yourself, go to the RAMpowertool menu, highlight Quote, and select Purge from the dropdown menu.  You will not be able to delete quotes until the 1 hour expiration time has elapsed.

Two-Way Balances Application Instructions

1. From Powertool menu screen, select Balances, click on Action.

2. Enter SSN & PIN # and click on Send.

3. A summary line will appear above the "Sign On" line that will display the total portfolio amount. Select "View" to see NetBenefits and Personal Investing balances and the Portfolio Total. This includes all retirement plans and personal investing accounts.

4. Scroll the wheel down to select either NetBenefitsSM Total or Personal Investing Total and click Action.

5. All accounts for specified account type will be displayed in a list, along with corresponding account balances.

Your Fidelity PIN

Changing Your Fidelity PIN

If you need to change your Fidelity PIN, please call TouchTone Xpress^® at 1-800-343-6038, and our secured automated telephone system will walk you through the steps of changing your PIN.

If you currently maintain a Fidelity Brokerage Account and do not have a PIN, please call TouchTone Xpress^® at 1-800-343-6038 or visit the Fidelity Home Page to set up your PIN on-line. Your new PIN will provide computer and TouchTone telephone access to all accounts registered in your name.

Forget Your PIN?

If you forget your Fidelity PIN, your old PIN must be cleared by a representative before you re-establish a new one.  Please call 1-800-544-0187, and a Fidelity representative will assist you.

Security Information

Fidelity recommends that users of this electronic system take the following security steps:

• Create a hard-to-guess PIN. A general rule for creating a PIN is the longer the better. Don't use sequential or repetitive characters, or PINs such as your phone number or date of birth.
• Don't tell anyone your PIN. Ideally, your PIN will be easy for you to remember so you won't have to write it down, but difficult for others to guess.
• Change your PIN frequently. For instructions, see "Changing Your PIN," above.
• Be aware that if you leave your desk during or after an online session, another user may be able to use your browser's "Back" button to view information. We recommend that you exit your browser on completion of online activity to minimize this type of security risk.
• Keep your pager with you at all times to minimize the risk of someone else viewing your information.