The elimination of a Dot Com-era pattern day trading rule is expanding access to margin for retail investors—and raising ...

Samantha (Sam) Silberstein, CFP®, CSLP®, EA, is an experienced financial consultant. She has a demonstrated history of working in both institutional and retail environments, from broker-dealers to ...

Day trading is more accessible after 2026 rule changes, but beginners still need the right tools and clear-eyed views of the ...

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 ...

Andrew Sather, co-host of The Investing for Beginners Podcast, described the regulatory decision to scrap the Pattern Day ...

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, ...

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 ...

Goverdhan Gajjala is a day trader who is also a software consultant working from home. The flexibility of his day-to-day schedule opened a doorway to pick up stock trading as a side gig. But he ...

Laurie Sepulveda is a MarketWatch Guides team senior writer who specializes in writing about insurance, investing, personal loans, home equity loans, mortgages and banking. She lives in North Carolina ...

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 ...