Not sure, but may have been when the skull and crossbones was placed. It may be short lived if the filings satisfy the powers that be. If you call, they may place a buy, but may charge more. TD used to do that a lot, Scott occasionally too, they always said it was to protect me, but employees shared with me that on a number of occasions it was because the trade would cost them too much because they couldn't process through normal channels. Etrade is more akin to a direct broker, they seem to process everything a bit faster and never say no.