The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority just approved one of the most significant updates for retail investors since 2001 ...

The stock market has come a long way from the days of open pits when buyers and sellers relied solely on facial expressions and hand signals to set prices and trade securities. Advancements in ...

With the intraday margin rule, a day trader could use more of their money actively instead of stashing a large chunk in their ...

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 ...

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The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority has approved amendments that would replace the long-standing $25,000 minimum equity rule for pattern day trading. The change is pending approval by the ...

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 ...

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Rules govern the amount of equity people need to hold if their trading activity leads to a tag of "pattern day trader. Major broker-dealers including Fidelity Investments, Charles Schwab and Robinhood ...

Day trading came into favor two or three decades ago as digital discount brokerages democratized access to Wall Street. These days, anyone with a smartphone has nearly instant access to the stock ...