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

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

Finra voted to change its pattern day-trading rule, which would allow investors with smaller account sizes to trade actively Retail investors may soon be able to day trade regardless of how much they ...

It appears that day trading could get easier. The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, known as FINRA, on Tuesday announced it had approved amendments that will replace the current day trading and ...

Goverdhan Gajjala is a pattern day trader who takes quick positions on breakouts. He mainly trades small-cap stocks with low floats and high violability. One pattern he plays is what he calls a ...

Image source: Getty Images $25,000 is the magic number. It's how much you should have in your brokerage account when you day trade (buy and sell the same security on the same day). It's fine to day ...

Day trading focuses on fast moves within a single day, while swing trading holds positions for several days to follow trends. You might pick day trading if you want constant market activity and can ...

The new margin standards, which require customers to have enough equity in their account to cover the risks they run at that ...

It could get easier for anyone to start day trading soon — but should they? This week, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority announced that it had voted to change its pattern day-trading rule.

Investing.com-- The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday approved a plan to overhaul restrictions on ...