You see, I had 106 shares of BIV and 56 shares of BLV in my account, acquired between September and November of last year. These were transferred in when I made the switch from Vanguard to Fidelity. As I attempted to sell some or all of my shares, Fidelity threw the following notice at me: … Read more
I recently ran into an issue with Fidelity while trying to trade Hong Kong stocks. I got hit with Error Code 020282, which left me asking myself, “What’s going on? I’ve traded Hong Kong stocks through Fidelity before!” The full message reads: (020282) Opening transactions online are not currently being accepted for this country. Please … Read more
Trying to place a trade in your brokerage account but encountering the “This Fidelity.com account is currently restricted” error? We break down some of the reasons why Fidelity may be restricting your trading. Here is what it says:
Are you trying to sell a put option (cash secured put) on Fidelity and stumbled upon the (354018) error? Here is the full error message: (354018) The equity or index sell put option order you are attempting to place requires cash in the account equaling the exercisable value of the option. The exercisable value is … Read more