New ask Hacker News story: YC-backed Alpaca Trading blocks buy orders on popular stocks

YC-backed Alpaca Trading blocks buy orders on popular stocks
6 by NiekvdMaas | 2 comments on Hacker News.
I just received this email: === Dear Alpaca Client, Effective immediately, the following symbols: AMC - AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. BB - BlackBerry Ltd. EXPR - Express, Inc. GME - GameStop Corp. KOSS - Koss Corporation NAKD - Naked Brand Groups Ltd NOK - Nokia Oyj will se set to 'closing only' order status. You will only be able to submit orders to close out any open positions you have in these symbols. New opening orders will not be accepted at this time. Please note that there might also be additional securities added to this restriction list before market close today. Additional messages may follow. Should you have any questions or issues liquidating any of the above securities, please do not hesitate to reach out to our support team: support@alpaca.markets. Thank you, Alpaca Team

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