Starting Thursday, you may find it easier to place rapid-fire trades in stocks and options as a rule dating back to the dot-com era officially goes off the books. The “pattern day trader” rule has ...

Eliminating this rule could boost trading volumes at Robinhood.

For more than two decades, one single number has quietly defined who actively trades in U.S. markets: $25,000. That’s the minimum equity a retail investor must maintain to freely day trade under the ...

For the past 25 years, day traders of stocks and options in the U.S. needed to have $25,000 sitting in their accounts. If they didn't, they could only execute three day trades over a five-day period, ...

Webull and Robinhood shares jumped over 10% after SEC decision Backers say rule change democratizes market access for small traders Critics warn rule change could increase risky trading and losses for ...