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This morning they just removed 2849 symbols from the list, that is like a third from the total. You cannot short some of the most liquid stocks around, like POT, AMZN. It might be related to the routing problem they had Friday.

Thanks, I will look it up.

Had enough! I only trade stocks, and I liked their charting and backtesting, but I don't use it that much anymore, so IB - here I come.

This is the message from them. Total bummer, just after the open: We are currently experiencing technical issues with one of our routing venues and are working to resolve the issue. We will provide an update when it is available. The TradeStatio Trade Desk

Same problems here. I placed a market order to close a position, and it got stuck into the system. Tradestation would not answer the phone - not available operators. Luckily a restarted the platform and found out that my initial order has been actually executed - no money lost, but scary as...

You guys should get a reality check. Read Naomi Klein's book The Shock Doctrine http://www.amazon.com/Shock-Doctrine-Rise-Disaster-Capitalism/dp/0312427999/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1231700816&sr=8-1 You will see that government and elected officials, always, and everywhere, work...

While I agree with everything you said, even though some ideas are still fuzzy to me, I think you need to put all things into a global perspective. I think Paulson's friends on Wall Street swim in a global see of finance, and don't give a rat's ass if the USA ship sinks. Maybe is just the plan...

But isn't this what created the bubble in the first place?

Or, there was no reason for it to go that high.

I am not that naive. I actually read a good book that has an entire chapter about the [un]constitutionality of the gread gold robery, check it out: http://www.amazon.com/Who-Killed-Constitution-American-Liberty/dp/0307405753

Of course you can take out your 401k money any time you want, but you have to pay taxes that were deferred, and a penalty on top, if you are not at least 59 1/2.

They cannot seize that money. It is not a government pension fund. It is the 401k owner's money. They might eliminate the tax deferred advantage though and then, they could impose a mandatory retirement contribution, similar to social security, to replace the 401ks

Right on. I remember that poor worldcom guy, grilled for a 10000 umbrella stand and a birthday party in greece, and the newspapers went on and on for weeks. On the other hand, who would entrust a christian with their money :D

Why kill self when in couple a years he will get a presidential pardon for all the money he and his sons will contribute to the democrats/republicans. I say his timing was a little off, he just missed the first round of pardons by a bit.

In a cash account you can buy and sell a stock anytime you want, but the money will not be available for another trade until your first trade settles, usually 3 days. By the way, you cannot short in a cash account.

No surprise here, SDS is also on the not-easy-to-borrow list. Of course, I could juggle between SPY and SDS, but this really sucks.

Not just SPY, but DIA and QQQQ too. This is really annoying. Anyone else, with a different broker, experiencing the same?

As incredible as it seems, it's real. Tryed this morning to short SPY and cannot at TradeStation. I ALMOST had enough of it.

I'm thinking of ordering a t-shirt on zazzle.com: "I wanna be like Neke!"

What's so "staggering" in a 4% rise, when the entire market was up big?