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 ...

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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 ...

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority has approved a proposal that would remove a big roadblock for active retail traders: the $25,000 minimum equity rule. (1) If the U.S. Securities and ...

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 ...

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In a traditional brokerage account, you use your own money to buy securities. With a margin account, you borrow money from your brokerage firm to pay for part of your investment. When you leverage ...

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 ...