The SEC approved FINRA's plan to abolish the $25,000 pattern day trader rule, replacing it with intraday margin standards.

The US Securities and Exchange Commission gave the go-ahead for sweeping changes to a restriction on day-trading activity by ...

You’re not normally a rule-breaker. But violating the pattern day trader rule is easier to do than you might suppose, especially during a time of high market volatility. Don’t let this happen to you.

Violating the pattern day trading rule can be a costly mistake for active investors. For the uninitiated, it can result in trading restrictions or a locked account. And when that happens, any holdings ...