I tried to place an IRA trade for AMRN through Schwab and I couldn't do it myself.
Yup. And if it is a reasonable limit order and the price gaps up over at the opening, your choice is to call a second time and do the old fashioned phone/broker dance (at least nowadays you don't pay $100 for the privilege), or wait for the price to drift back down.
Yes, I did a couple of weeks ago as discussed by many on the board then.. I had to call and have an advisor place the order. Said it (AMRN) was on their 'fraud alert listing' and did not allow digital trading. Received the same message on Wednesday of this week.