IB banning opening new put option positions in GME

Oh great. IB is now restricting opening new calls as well. The free market is dead apparently.

 

Correct, with such insane volatility, everyone must realize & know that this is a very probable fact.

 

Well, of course, please shed some light.

 

Are they legally allowed to do so?

 

And here it goes, $347.51 close. All the money in the system is covering shorts at the same time.

 

IB did you a favor, because GME is going to 1000.

 

My man.

 

you cannot just say "imma allow buying puts but not shorting them"
you either allow trading them or not...what about the dude who wants to open a putspread?