There are no secret loopholes for day traders, only informed choices. Trader Tax Status lets you run trading as a business. Section 475 (f) Mark to Market turns that business into one that can ...

A change is coming to pattern day trading rules that will make it easier for small retail investors to get in the game. Here's what to know. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are ...

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 ...

Day trading is the inverse of the slow and steady approach of buy-and-hold investing. With day trading, you buy and sell investments quickly — in less than a day, hence the name — in the hopes of ...

Rules govern the amount of equity people need to hold if their trading activity leads to a tag of "pattern day trader. Major broker-dealers including Fidelity Investments, Charles Schwab and Robinhood ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Successful day trading depends more on mindset and discipline than market movements. Start with simulators to learn without risking real ...

US regulators are finalizing plans to replace a controversial rule that would dramatically lower a threshold for retail investors to trade equities and options more often. The Financial Industry ...

Being alone is a necessary evil when you're trying to make money in the stock market. That's the big secret to being a day trader, a profession that, despite its bro-y, get-rich-or-die-trying energy, ...

Laurie Sepulveda is a MarketWatch Guides team senior writer who specializes in writing about insurance, investing, personal loans, home equity loans, mortgages and banking. She lives in North Carolina ...