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To: E_K_S who wrote (78264)	10/14/2025 1:33:35 PM
From: S. maltophilia	Respond to of 78462

OT: contacting Charles Schwab directly Now, they're liable to try to sell you something. I doubt they can smell cooked books any better than anyone else.

To: E_K_S who wrote (78264)	10/14/2025 2:11:29 PM
From: Elroy	2 Recommendations Recommended By Lance Bredvold S. maltophilia Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 78462

For current restriction policies or reasons, contacting Charles Schwab directly I've spoken with them about SIMO being on this list a few times. They can explain that it means the stock (not the company) exhibits some type of irregular activity, but they can't give any examples or say what it is that placed SIMO on the list, and they have no idea when it will come off the list. They say the list of stocks restricted in this way has grown tremendously in the past month. It sounds like somone in compliance is going a bit nutso. Interestingly, I can sell SIMO using the web interface, and I can trade options, but if I want to buy SIMO I gotta place the order through a broker. I have no idea what that extra step accomplishes in terms of reducing SIMO's irregular trading pattern, because, well, they won't tell us customers what trading pattern caused the problem. It's a bit of a black box.

To: E_K_S who wrote (78264)	10/14/2025 4:10:16 PM
From: E_K_S	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 78462

I was talking to Schwab about "short sale borrowing rate" to see if I could earn money lending my shares to be shorted. An interesting game they play and you only receive 50% of the borrowing rate and Schwab keeps 50%. I am thinking of building a SLV position (stacking silver) as 1 share SLV is close to 1 oz silver. I can lend them and earn 4% but that rate changes daily too. There are still risks when you lend your shares too. ----------------------------------------------------------- I also asked them about why they restricted stocks and/or how stocks made that list. There was a no answer really and I asked if they had a list they published that customers could review. NO ! It's their risk team that makes the determination w/ no explanation. An interesting response as I would think their Risk Team would want customer's to know. You can always Sell stocks on the list but need a broker to Buy any on that list.