diff --git a/app/controllers/account/trades_controller.rb b/app/controllers/account/trades_controller.rb
index 6ace6538..fd9b7d48 100644
--- a/app/controllers/account/trades_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/account/trades_controller.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ class Account::TradesController < ApplicationController
 
     def create_entry_params
       params.require(:account_entry).permit(
-        :account_id, :date, :amount, :currency, :qty, :price, :ticker, :type, :transfer_account_id
+        :account_id, :date, :amount, :currency, :qty, :price, :ticker, :manual_ticker, :type, :transfer_account_id
       ).tap do |params|
         account_id = params.delete(:account_id)
         params[:account] = Current.family.accounts.find(account_id)
diff --git a/app/models/account/trade_builder.rb b/app/models/account/trade_builder.rb
index 704d851f..c632f272 100644
--- a/app/models/account/trade_builder.rb
+++ b/app/models/account/trade_builder.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ class Account::TradeBuilder
   include ActiveModel::Model
 
   attr_accessor :account, :date, :amount, :currency, :qty,
-                :price, :ticker, :type, :transfer_account_id
+                :price, :ticker, :manual_ticker, :type, :transfer_account_id
 
   attr_reader :buildable
 
@@ -110,8 +110,9 @@ class Account::TradeBuilder
       account.family
     end
 
+    # Users can either look up a ticker from our provider (Synth) or enter a manual, "offline" ticker (that we won't fetch prices for)
     def security
-      ticker_symbol, exchange_operating_mic = ticker.split("|")
+      ticker_symbol, exchange_operating_mic = ticker.present? ? ticker.split("|") : [ manual_ticker, nil ]
 
       Security.find_or_create_by(ticker: ticker_symbol, exchange_operating_mic: exchange_operating_mic) do |s|
         FetchSecurityInfoJob.perform_later(s.id)
diff --git a/app/models/security.rb b/app/models/security.rb
index 46672fb5..991ac202 100644
--- a/app/models/security.rb
+++ b/app/models/security.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 class Security < ApplicationRecord
   include Providable
+
   before_save :upcase_ticker
 
   has_many :trades, dependent: :nullify, class_name: "Account::Trade"
@@ -9,6 +10,10 @@ class Security < ApplicationRecord
   validates :ticker, uniqueness: { scope: :exchange_operating_mic, case_sensitive: false }
 
   class << self
+    def provider
+      security_prices_provider
+    end
+
     def search(query)
       security_prices_provider.search_securities(
         query: query[:search],
diff --git a/app/views/account/trades/_form.html.erb b/app/views/account/trades/_form.html.erb
index c8dae4d3..a74d401f 100644
--- a/app/views/account/trades/_form.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/account/trades/_form.html.erb
@@ -27,9 +27,18 @@
         }} %>
 
       <% if %w[buy sell].include?(type) %>
-        <div class="form-field combobox">
-          <%= form.combobox :ticker, securities_path(country_code: Current.family.country), label: t(".holding"), placeholder: t(".ticker_placeholder"), required: true %>
-        </div>
+        <% if Security.provider.present? %>
+          <div class="form-field combobox">
+            <%= form.combobox :ticker, 
+                            securities_path(country_code: Current.family.country), 
+                            name_when_new: "account_entry[manual_ticker]",
+                            label: t(".holding"), 
+                            placeholder: t(".ticker_placeholder"), 
+                            required: true %>
+          </div>
+        <% else %>
+          <%= form.text_field :manual_ticker, label: "Ticker", placeholder: "AAPL", required: true %>
+        <% end %>
       <% end %>
 
       <%= form.date_field :date, label: true, value: Date.current, required: true %>