Dude, the real reason I can't take a loss here is that I didn't have a loss. I do have a few shares left in TD Ameritrade account which they will not remove because they are being held hostage by the global lock down. sorry drugmanx, but those two sentences completely contradict one another. if you own shares in SPNGQ, then you have a loss. it doesn't matter if you traded SPNGQ for a profit before it was locked. the shares currently in your account are a loss. /facepalm