FINRA is getting rid of the 2001 Pattern Day Trader (PDT) rule and replacing it with new intraday margin requirements. Here’s ...

A Securities and Exchange Commission move to axe a decades-old rule aimed at damping risky trades could encourage small investors to get even more active in the U.S. stock market. Retail brokerages su ...

The SEC approved FINRA's plan to abolish the $25,000 pattern day trader rule, replacing it with intraday margin standards.

The SEC is ending its dotcom crash-era day trading rule, a move that sent Robinhood and Webull shares sharply higher.

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

US regulators are finalizing plans to replace a controversial rule that would dramatically lower a threshold for retail investors to trade equities and options more often. The Financial Industry ...

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 ...

The landscape of day trading shifted dramatically in April 2026 when Webull eliminated the Pattern Day Trader (PDT) minimum balance requirement, allowing unlimited intraday trades without a $25,000 ...

A long-standing barrier to stock day trading is falling, potentially reshaping who can participate — and how markets behave.

Goverdhan Gajjala is a pattern day trader who takes quick positions on breakouts. He mainly trades small-cap stocks with low floats and high violability. One pattern he plays is what he calls a ...