An early 2000s rule intended to protect small investors from the risks of day trading is no longer. The Pattern Day Trader (PDT) rule was established in 2001 by the Financial Industry Regulatory ...

Eliminating this rule could boost trading volumes at Robinhood.

For many years, day trading was reserved for professional traders and wealthy investors — not just figuratively but because of a restriction known as the pattern day-trading rule. Essentially, ...

The $25,000 Pattern Day Trader rule is officially gone as of June 4, 2026. SEC and FINRA replace it with new intraday margin rules.

Starting Thursday, you may find it easier to place rapid-fire trades in stocks and options as a rule dating back to the dot-com era officially goes off the books. The “pattern day trader” rule has ...

(FLASH FRIDAY is a weekly content series looking at the past, present and future of capital markets trading and technology. FLASH FRIDAY is sponsored by Instinet, a Nomura company.) The SEC’s approval ...

Webull Corp (NASDAQ:BULL)is up 1.66% at $6.00, while eToro Group Ltd (NASDAQ:ETOR) is gaining 1.76% to trade at $39.88.

Finra voted to change its pattern day-trading rule, which would allow investors with smaller account sizes to trade actively Retail investors may soon be able to day trade regardless of how much they ...

Robinhood traders have one more reason to celebrate the Fourth of July.

For more than two decades, one single number has quietly defined who actively trades in U.S. markets: $25,000. That’s the minimum equity a retail investor must maintain to freely day trade under the ...

Investors were previously restricted from day trading if their brokerage accounts were valued at less than $25,000. For many years, day trading was reserved for professional traders and wealthy ...