[twistedsymphony]

I figured out the problem.

All usergroups will be defaulted to deny access to iTrader.

To allow access you will need to edit each usergroup through the usergroup manager in the admin CP.

at the very bottom of the list there is a section for iTrader where you can control the viewing, editing, and administering permissions for that group.

Once I went through each of my usergroups and set permissions everything started working exactly as it should.

... hopefully this helps someone else who was having similar problems to me.