I've had the same problem with scottrade. I also use Charles Schwab and have found that my penny stock orders often get filled by them while my orders at scottrade sit. I don't know for sure, but I believe that scottrade uses a very limited number of market makers or something as they don't seem to have access to all the buying and selling going on in the penny stock market. That's just my guess.
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