Government regulators want to ensure that investing is fair. People are restricted from buying or selling a stock/security when they have material non-public information that may give them a trading advantage. As a result, employees, officers, or directors of public corporations or people with access to this type of information are not allowed to directly own stock in that company.

When you open your investment account, we will ask you if there are any stocks you cannot not hold, and exclude them from our trading algorithm.