Benzinga and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below. If you wanted to day trade stocks or options in the U.S., you had to abide by the pattern day ...

Capital requirements often stop many beginners in their tracks. You want to trade, but then you hear a dozen different numbers. One person says you need a small fortune. Another says you can start ...

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 ...