Sure would love to hear the DETAILS about what happened to your Ameritrade Account. I fired Ameritrade back in 2003 because they stiffed me for $1,300,000. Not being able to sue them because they erased my transactions records before I could make copies ... I fired them and went to Scottrade, and was very happy with Scottrade for many years.
And THEN ... AmeriRADE bought Scottrade out, and now I'm back with the shysters by default!