I've been through the same with ticker/name changes and use Scottrade also and that has been what it usually takes in the past is about 2-4 days. About the same as when you make a deposit and want to use those funds to trade in pennies. When it runs into taking a week or weeks before you can trade that is usually due to a reverse or forward split that has happened, which I've unfortunately have had to deal with in the past also on other stocks :( Thankfully that is not the case here :) GO SEEK !!!!