Quote from PennyTrader:
Stock trading and future trading are managed by two different organizations, not the government.
Stock trading is managed by NASD, NASD make up rules for stock trading. Any members of the NASD (uch as your brokerage firm must obey their rules. The daytrading buying power rules were set by NASD:
http://www.nasd.com/InvestorInformation/MarketsTrading/DayTradingInformation/NASDW_005906
Futures Trading is managed by CME/CBOT. They're seperated from NASD, they're different organizations. They don't have such a rule, in other words, NASD is the pain!
If you want to trade stocks but don't want to be limted by the pattern daytrading rule, you need to find a broker is not a member of NASD. Most of them are offshore companies. Try prodigytrading.com or some others, I've an account with them, works great. Clients with less than $25K are not subjected to the pattern daytrading rule.
Cheers!
Quote from acerbits:
it is also regulated by your balls. Without them, you could never summon the will to pull the trigger.
Quote from bundlemaker:
I am the most risk averse person you would ever meet. Pulling the trigger takes zero balls if you have faith in your skill. The notion that futures are more dangerous than stocks is an opinion held by those who either have no self control or simply do not understand that leverage in futures can't hurt you any more than leverage in any other vehicle.