# Reject agent place without a fresh quote

Do not let the agent place on a stale chat number — require a fresh broker quote (or last-look) in the same review step as size and buying power. Pair with read-only-quote-before-trade-connector, confirm-buying-power-before-place, never-skip-review-before-place, dry-run-before-first-live-place, confirm-fills-in-broker-not-chat. Agent Lane does not place trades, hold wallets, or invent broker UI.

Canonical HTML: https://agentlane.net/guides/reject-agent-place-without-quote/

## Answer first

Before a live place: require a fresh broker quote (or last-look) in the same review step as size and buying power — not a number the agent typed in chat minutes ago. If the quote is missing or stale, reject the place. Size still comes from written sleeve rules; buying power still from the venue UI; the human still runs review before place.

## Reject agent place without a fresh quote in plain terms

1. **Venue quote first** — open the official quote / last-look for the symbol in play.
2. **Not a chat number** — agent summaries, memory, and “we’re still at ~$X” are not the source of truth.
3. **Same review step** — fresh quote + [size-from-sleeve-not-from-hope.md](./size-from-sleeve-not-from-hope.md) + [confirm-buying-power-before-place.md](./confirm-buying-power-before-place.md) before approve.
4. **Gate at review** — enforce at [never-skip-review-before-place.md](./never-skip-review-before-place.md); reject if the quote is stale or missing.
5. **Re-fetch after lag** — after idle, fills, cancels, or chat delay; confirm fills afterward in [confirm-fills-in-broker-not-chat.md](./confirm-fills-in-broker-not-chat.md).

## Why a stale chat number is the failure mode

- **Chat lags the book** — [read-only-quote-before-trade-connector.md](./read-only-quote-before-trade-connector.md).
- **Bad fills and rejects** — [never-skip-review-before-place.md](./never-skip-review-before-place.md).
- **Size no longer fits BP** — [confirm-buying-power-before-place.md](./confirm-buying-power-before-place.md), [size-from-sleeve-not-from-hope.md](./size-from-sleeve-not-from-hope.md).
- **Hope pricing** — [confirm-fills-in-broker-not-chat.md](./confirm-fills-in-broker-not-chat.md).

## Shield stack

1. [read-only-quote-before-trade-connector.md](./read-only-quote-before-trade-connector.md) — prove prices before place rights.
2. [dry-run-before-first-live-place.md](./dry-run-before-first-live-place.md) — prove the pipe without live cash.
3. [size-from-sleeve-not-from-hope.md](./size-from-sleeve-not-from-hope.md) — written ticket size rules.
4. [confirm-buying-power-before-place.md](./confirm-buying-power-before-place.md) — venue cash/BP covers that ticket.
5. Reject agent place without a fresh quote (this page) — price freshness in the same review step.
6. [never-skip-review-before-place.md](./never-skip-review-before-place.md) — human gate enforces the check.
7. [confirm-fills-in-broker-not-chat.md](./confirm-fills-in-broker-not-chat.md) — after-the-fact venue truth.

## How to run reject agent place without a fresh quote

1. Keep review before place on — [never-skip-review-before-place.md](./never-skip-review-before-place.md); no invented UI.
2. Open official quote or last-look — quote ladder: [read-only-quote-before-trade-connector.md](./read-only-quote-before-trade-connector.md).
3. Same step as size and buying power — [size-from-sleeve-not-from-hope.md](./size-from-sleeve-not-from-hope.md), [confirm-buying-power-before-place.md](./confirm-buying-power-before-place.md), [one-risk-unit-per-idea.md](./one-risk-unit-per-idea.md); large tickets: [two-person-rule-for-large-places.md](./two-person-rule-for-large-places.md).
4. Reject if the quote is stale or missing — re-fetch, resize, or skip.
5. Place only after human review; confirm afterward — [confirm-fills-in-broker-not-chat.md](./confirm-fills-in-broker-not-chat.md); first live after novelty: [dry-run-before-first-live-place.md](./dry-run-before-first-live-place.md).
6. Re-fetch after idle, fills, cancels, or chat lag; journal overrides — [journal-every-override.md](./journal-every-override.md), [revoke-before-debug.md](./revoke-before-debug.md).

## Practical checklist

- Official quote / last-look open in the same review step as size and BP.
- Chat numbers are not quotes.
- Ticket fits sleeve rules and venue cash/BP at the fresh price.
- Reject / re-fetch / skip if the quote is stale or missing — no “submit on chat.”
- Review before place still on — human enforces the gate.
- Re-fetch after idle, fill, cancel, or chat lag.
- Confirm fills afterward in the broker UI.
- Dry run done before first live with a new connector/strategy.
- Overrides journaled if anyone places on a stale chat number.
- Official paths only — no invented broker UI.

Related: [Confirm symbol before place](./confirm-symbol-before-place.md), [No chase after partial fill](./no-chase-after-partial-fill.md), [Max slippage or cancel](./max-slippage-or-cancel.md), [no-market-order-without-go.md](./no-market-order-without-go.md), [read-only-quote-before-trade-connector.md](./read-only-quote-before-trade-connector.md), [confirm-buying-power-before-place.md](./confirm-buying-power-before-place.md), [never-skip-review-before-place.md](./never-skip-review-before-place.md), [dry-run-before-first-live-place.md](./dry-run-before-first-live-place.md), [confirm-fills-in-broker-not-chat.md](./confirm-fills-in-broker-not-chat.md), [size-from-sleeve-not-from-hope.md](./size-from-sleeve-not-from-hope.md), [confirm-cancel-in-broker-not-chat.md](./confirm-cancel-in-broker-not-chat.md), [one-risk-unit-per-idea.md](./one-risk-unit-per-idea.md), [two-person-rule-for-large-places.md](./two-person-rule-for-large-places.md), [journal-every-override.md](./journal-every-override.md), [no-new-risk-after-session-end.md](./no-new-risk-after-session-end.md).

## FAQ

**What does reject agent place without a fresh quote mean?**
Do not approve an agent place on a stale chat number. Require a fresh broker quote (or last-look) in the same review step as size and buying power. Pair with read-only-quote-before-trade-connector, confirm-buying-power-before-place, never-skip-review-before-place, dry-run-before-first-live-place, confirm-fills-in-broker-not-chat.

**Do I invent a quote or last-look broker UI?**
No. Official venue quote / last-look screen and your written sleeve rules. Agent Lane does not invent UI or read your broker for you.

**Does this replace read-only quote or confirm buying power?**
No. Read-only quote is the ladder before place rights; confirm buying power is the cash/BP gate; this page is the price freshness gate at the same review step; never-skip-review is the human ticket gate; confirm-fills is after-the-fact venue truth. You need the stack.

## Sources

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