scotty trade and other bd's, online traders, are limiting the stocks they clear because the do not have the people in place to clear and fenra has made it the responsibility of the bd's to police their own actions, making them liable. they don't want the added expense and risk exposure. You can clear these thru your regular broker(full commish).
they also have a list not posted... they restrict a stock for 3 to 5 days when its starting to move... they have cost me huge when i got some pos pink that dies for a couple of years and then when they get it together and it starts to go... scottrader slaps a restriction... i wind up not being able to flip on the run..
its like being robbed of a chance.. makes holding and investing not worth the time in.... better to take small profits.
If you go to the website, the restrictions are no longer visible. Appears they have shuffled them under the carpet for some reason (or perhaps are experiencing "timely" technical issues). I guess folks taking their money to other brokers and complaining about the recent excesses of restrictions hit home. All in all, I'm certainly not gaining any confidence in them. In fact the way they're handling this business, they're beginning to remind me of a pinky stock.
My gripe was that the front page (Scottrade) says seven dollars for trades. Sounded good to me. So I sign up, send funds, and then discover that there is an additional fee involved.
I hate that kind of underhanded crap. I'll never knowingly use any outfit that is not upfront with me.
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