Day trading minimum equity call
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I'm no expert, but the way I understand it, your account is locked from putting on anything new. You can close out, or do nothing. Probably the 29th is the date you can trade again as long as it is not pattern day trading or you have met the PDT minimum.
That's just a middle of the night answer. Someone in the morning will know for sure.
yes... however, if you remain under 25k and want to open new positions and the PDT flag has been set, it prevents you from opening new trades for 90 days, you can request your broker to reset the flag. If you don't have the PDT flag set, you can still do day trades, just limited to 3 per any 5 business-days period. Check with your broker for any broker-specific rules for handling PDT. Some brokers, let you continue to trade under 25k limit, as long as you don't exceed the 3 day-trades per any 5 business-days limit.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pattern_day_trader
I think it depends on how the brokerage clears the trades.
Trading through TD Direct Investing ( Canadian) as a Canadian, I'm not restricted by the PDT rule. Theirs also no free riding where cash has to be settled. It has to be in the account but they allow me to use unsettled funds to make new trades.
I don't day trade myself but usually get 4-7 round trips a week.
Now if I we're to trade through interactive brokers I would be subject to PDT rule as to the way they clear trades even though they have a setup in Canada.
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As has been said in other threads, if your account value is less than the price of a car, you probably shouldn't be speculating at all.
Given that you can spend 50K or more on a Ford these days, I would have to disagree with you.
Can I trade my old house in on a new F150?
If you can get your old house onto the dealer's lot, you certainly can.
I think it applies to all FINRA regulated brokers, which is all legitimate brokers in the USA.