I would think the majority of those transactions are done electronically in seconds. Similar to when I transfer funds to and from my bank account to the brokerage account via an ACH deposit/withdrawl. Why would that take 3 days to settle? I'm quite certain, if the funds weren't available immediately? That transaction would be disallowed before it even started.
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