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logicallyillogical t1_jacvjbk wrote

No, it's actually better. If you scaled into a position, every buy and every sell is a trade. Now,

Example A: 

09:30 Buy 250 ABC 
09:31 Buy 250 ABC 
13:00 Sell 500 ABC 
The customer has executed one day trade. 

This is actually much better. Still is bullshit, but this is clarifying part of the PDT rule.

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BullyBumble t1_jad3n7j wrote

Your example was always just 1 daytrade

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logicallyillogical t1_jadfdou wrote

Not with Etrade, that would have been 2 trades. I got suspended for 90 days because of that bullshit.

I moved to a cash account last year anyways and it's much better for day trades.

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