Eliminating this rule could boost trading volumes at Robinhood.

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.

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 ...

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

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 ...

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, ...

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 elimination of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority's Pattern Day Trader rule is expected to reshape how brokerages compete for active retail clients and how smaller investors engage with ...

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 ...

A federal regulator just gave investors who buy and sell frequently its blessing to trade, with one less rule to worry about—and the news is lifting the stocks of companies that could benefit. Now ...

(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 ...