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Re:Robinhood is limiting purchases of stocks: AMC, Blackberr... by andrewmunsell on Thursday January 28, 2021 @11:16AM (#25944187)
> Or maybe the upstream market makers are forcing their hand.

I'm not a lawyer, but to me, that seems like it would be very very illegal.

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Re:Robinhood is limiting purchases of stocks: AMC, Blackberr... by cactus2093 on Thursday January 28, 2021 @11:18AM (#25944220)
I agree, with how much regulation is there is in every other aspect of the markets, I am surprised there is not more explicit process around just shutting off trades they don't like.
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