Quote from aphexcoil:
The PDT rule in itself is stupid. If I want to spend $5,000 at Vegas, what branch of the government is going to hold my hand, smack me on the wrist and tell me I should instead invest in government bonds? No branch of course!
Yet the SEC has the right to tell me, a grown adult (by legal definition) that I can't daytrade my cash away in the markets?
What is really DANGEROUS is the fact that, if you have one daytrade left on say a Wednesday, open three violate option positions, close one and think you can close the others -- but then you cannot. That's right, IB will screw you in the A$$ faster than you can say, "PDT."
Not being able to close out positions is just asinine. I don't know when, but sooner or later there is going to be a huge lawsuit.
Would anyone be interested in starting a class action lawsuit against the SEC?