# How orders work | Amal Invest Help

Every action on a fund becomes a set of stock orders at Alpaca. Amal shows them working on the Overview, and anything placed outside market hours waits for the next open.

Key Takeaways

*   Orders placed during US market hours usually fill within minutes
*   Outside market hours they queue under **Scheduled Orders** and run at the next open
*   Automated sales caused by a compliance change wait 24 hours first, unless you turn the review period off
*   Expert mode adds a technical log with every order's details

## In Progress

The moment you submit an investment, withdrawal, or rebalance, an **In Progress** section appears at the top of the Overview. Each row shows the fund, the order type such as **Invest $500** or **Rebalance**, and a status chip.

*   **Placing orders** means Amal is sending them to Alpaca now.
*   **Queued** means they are waiting behind another batch.

The table refreshes itself every 15 seconds and disappears when everything has filled.

![The In Progress table with a Placing orders chip](https://amalinvest.com/help-assets/in-progress-orders.png)

## Scheduled Orders

US markets are open 9:30 to 16:00 Eastern time, Monday to Friday. Anything submitted outside those hours lands in **Scheduled Orders** with a next-run time that reads "at market open".

Recurring buys also live here, marked with a repeat symbol and the interval, for example "$100 weekly".

![The Scheduled Orders table showing an order due at market open](https://amalinvest.com/help-assets/scheduled-orders.png)

You can cancel a scheduled order from the fund's **Activity** tab before it runs.

## Individual stock orders

Stock purchases show as cards under **Pending Stock Orders** with a Buy or Sell label, the amount, and the submission time. The X on a card opens a **Cancel Order** confirmation.

![A pending stock order card with the Cancel Order dialog open](https://amalinvest.com/help-assets/pending-stock-order-cancel.png)

## Automated sales and the review period

When a holding fails screening and your fund is set to sell it, Amal does not sell immediately. A 24-hour **review period** starts, you get an email, and the sale runs after it unless you intervene. You can turn this off under **Settings → Safety**, but we recommend keeping it. See [Safety and disconnecting](https://amalinvest.com/help/safety-and-disconnecting).

## Common problems

**Orders have been "Placing" for over an hour during market hours.** Check the fund's Activity tab for an error, then email support with the fund name.

**The filled amount is slightly different from what I entered.** Prices move between preview and fill. Fractional shares keep the difference to cents.

**I want to see exactly which orders were placed.** Turn on **Expert mode** in the sidebar footer. Each fund's Activity tab gains a **Technical log** with every order.