Capital requirements often stop many beginners in their tracks. You want to trade, but then you hear a dozen different numbers. One person says you need a small fortune. Another says you can start ...

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 ...

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) recently voted to overhaul the Pattern Day Trading (PDT) rule, which ...

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 ...

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 ...

People who buy and sell, or sell and buy, frequently, risk picking up a label that triggers financial requirements many can't meet. Those requirements could get easier to handle if major ...

$25,000 is the magic number. It's how much you should have in your brokerage account when you day trade (buy and sell the same security on the same day). It's fine to day trade here and there with ...

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 ...

New to day trading? Master the basics with 10 proven tips—choosing the right platform, managing risk, controlling emotions, ...

Want to get involved in day trading? Here's how. Everybody's heard of stocks like AMC, Gamestop and Robinhood these days, but what do you know about day trading stocks like this? Day trading has ...

If you’re a day trader or a prospective one, you’ll definitely want a brokerage that fits your needs. Unlike buy-and-hold investors — who access the market infrequently — day traders need to optimize ...