Due to the industry impact of the recent SEC emergency order on short selling, TradeStation Securities will not be able to facilitate retail short sales that are cleared through TradeStation Securities in the following securities beginning 12:00:01 a.m. on Monday, July 21, 2008, and ending 11:59:59 p.m. on Tuesday, July 29, 2008.
We will notify you if the SEC extends its emergency order beyond Tuesday, July 29, 2008, in which case TradeStation Securities will likely extend its restrictions.
The securities identified in the SEC's order are:
Company Ticker Symbol(s)
BNP Paribas Securities Corp.
BNPQF or BNPQY
Bank of America Corporation
BAC
Barclays PLC
BCS
Citigroup Inc.
C
Credit Suisse Group
CS
Daiwa Securities Group Inc.
DSECY
Deutsche Bank Group AG
DB
Allianz SE
AZ
Goldman, Sachs Group Inc
GS
Royal Bank ADS
RBS
HSBC Holdings PLC ADS
HBC and HSI
J. P. Morgan Chase & Co.
JPM
Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.
LEH
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
MER
Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.
MFG
Morgan Stanley
MS
UBS AG
UBS
Freddie Mac
FRE
Fannie Mae
FNM