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The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority just approved one of the most significant updates for retail investors since 2001 ...

Know what these two trading methods are. How they operate and what investors need to know before starting their stock market ...

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 ...

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 ...