Posted by cwa82675 on 19th of Aug 2008 at 10:22 am
I had that problem one time. Had huge positions in my 401k
in sds and the market gapped down big so I tried to sell on the
open. Took 30 minutes and over 2% before it sold. When
I called them they said the market had not opened until 9:50, but I
could have sold them pre-market. That was a costly learning
lesson. Now it appears that if something is trading you can
sell it, but you have to specify it as pre-market whether in ib or
ameritrade....
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I had that problem one
I have had "trading halted" on all etf's on Charles ...
Posted by cwa82675 on 19th of Aug 2008 at 10:22 am
I had that problem one time. Had huge positions in my 401k in sds and the market gapped down big so I tried to sell on the open. Took 30 minutes and over 2% before it sold. When I called them they said the market had not opened until 9:50, but I could have sold them pre-market. That was a costly learning lesson. Now it appears that if something is trading you can sell it, but you have to specify it as pre-market whether in ib or ameritrade....