What a joke. I can't believe you guys are whining about this. Do you even have a clue? Brokerages hold stock in companies and tell you how great the company is. They then sell you shares out of there own supply. When they are out of shares they then turn around and tell you the company is a POS so it goes in the toilet. They get rich and you get to hold the bag. The markets are a highly corupt game. If you end up on the right side of a trade consider yourself lucky.