says I have $82k in buying power but it wont let me place a trade says I only can use $6k??

Haven't had one of these issues, but I would report it to WSS. 

Derricka:

Haven't had one of these issues, but I would report it to WSS. 

I did no reply but it started working again after I had sold 1 stock, was weird had no cash but had plenty of buying power

Yah i had the same thing but i think its fixed now but for me its ok i couldnt buy another stock and lose on it lol

lol

I'm not sure if they have the $5 margin rule in here or not, but I think they might.

They do this on real margin accounts ... it may be $3 now ... used to not be able to short less than $5 stocks.

So if you own a stock that's worth less than $5 you can't use it's value for margin buys.

Even though the display shows you have it in buying power.

I had something like this happen to me once, but once I sold the stock that was around $1

I had full use of all my buying power back.

YES  I have had a similiar problem. I  can only buy a little over $100000 but all my stocks are under $4 with one a short so not sure what the problem is. I have emailed WSS but await a reply. 

 I get this bug from time to time.  Simply log out and log in again to fix the problem!

 Yes, the rule is you can't short any stock on margin (loan) with a price less than $3.00

 See Rule #7 here:  http://www.wallstreetsurvivor.com/Public/Content/Rules.aspx