I posted the original question/observation on Tuesday the 19th about what I later counted to be 36 trades in a row (at least that were still on my scrolling trades screen) of 500 shares each alternating between .525 and .53 (14:07-14:08 pm EST). These were certainly suspect to me and may be the issue which ST is refering. They may be handling it by forcing a call to a local broker. I tried myself today to place an order with ST and got the same message. This sounds more plauseable than the "trying to keep the price down" theories.

Todd