the order the order is filled 25 once the order has been executed or filled 25 the electronic trading company is notified and the investor 39 s account is documented 26 and the investor 17 is informed the investor 17 must now place another order 27 to close out his or her position and make a profit an example of this process would be if an investor 17 initiated the process to buy 100 shares of stock xyz at 50 00 a share 18 received notification that the order was fully executed 26 now the investor 17 must resubmit an order 27 to sell 100 shares of xyz at 52 00 to make a profit the order 27 is submitted to the electronic trading company where a new order is generated 28 order submitted 29 presented in the trading pit 30 filled 31 documented and the account is updated and the investor notified 32 current state of the art methods require the investor or broker 17 to be involved in both transactions fig5 shows the main embodiment of the lock method process and order flow sequence for opening and closing a lock order the method begins with the investor 17 submitting a lock order 19 which contains sufficient information as described in fig3 the lock order 19 is submitted to the electronic trading company 20 where the order is identified as a lock order and enters the lock management module process 12 the lock management module 12 comprises the software interfaces that receive the lock order 19 document and generate a tracking record 33 record the lock increment 35 monitor the submission of the first part of the lock order submission 34 as.