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Pattern day traders must maintain a $25,000 minimum balance to trade. Accounts are flagged for pattern trading with 4 same-day trades in 5 days. Exceeding day trade limits triggers a margin call, ...

Goverdhan Gajjala won the 2023 US Investing Championship with an 805% gain. He watches for five patterns that he likes to trade. The intraday VCP pattern involves price contractions and volume ...

Eduardo Briceno uses a few strategies to trade risky small-cap stocks. One of them is looking for a pattern that may result in a so-called supernova cycle. This often happens when small companies make ...

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 ...

The stock market, as measured by the S&P 500 index SPX, has broken out strongly to the upside, trading at new intraday and closing highs. The breakout came on Jan. 19, over the 4,800 level. That now ...

I've spent my 30-plus-year career discovering some of the most obscure and lucrative patterns in the world. Now, you might've heard the term before—or even tried trading patterns yourself. But almost ...

An advance block is a bearish reversal pattern in candlestick charts, signaling potential trend shifts. Learn its ...

IG North America, an online derivatives trading provider, is working with the US regulators to modify rules around pattern day trading, according to CEO JJ Kinahan. JJ Kinahan “We’re working with the ...