Please consider removing Pattern Day Trading rules. If you still believe PDT rules are critical, would it be outrageous to lower the $25k minimum or increasing the number of trades that can be done in a rolling 5 day period? The PDT rules hurt new investors because they can’t practice trading with a smaller account. Thank you for your consideration.
The Customer Order Handling: Best Execution and Order Routing Disclosures topic of the 2025 FINRA Annual Regulatory Oversight Report (the Report) informs member firms’ compliance programs by providing annual insights from FINRA’s ongoing regulatory operations, including (1) regulatory obligations, (2) findings and effective practices, and (3) additional resources.
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) is filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or “Commission”) a proposed rule change to retire the FINRA Rule 10000 Series (Code of Arbitration Procedure).
I think that pattern day trading rule for accounts less than $25000 is unfair and I like to be cancelled because small investors like me with account $2000 lose money because of this rule.Exempleon 12/11/12 I had 3 day trades in 5 trading days and I traded earnings on C3AI and because I can not sold the stocks because then my account will be restricted because the stock rises and then fall out I
The Senior Investors and Trusted Contact Persons topic of the 2025 FINRA Annual Regulatory Oversight Report (the Report) informs member firms’ compliance programs by providing annual insights from FINRA’s ongoing regulatory operations, including (1) regulatory obligations, (2) findings and effective practices, and (3) additional resources.
SummaryFINRA has amended Rule 13606 of the Code of Arbitration Procedure for Industry Disputes to provide that the Director of FINRA Dispute Resolution Services will provide a copy of the official record of an expungement hearing held pursuant to Rule 13805, and any transcription if the recording is transcribed, to any customers, upon request, who attend and participate in the expungement hearing
On occasion, the securities markets may unexpectedly close for business, for example, on a national day of mourning declared by the president of the United States. This Notice provides updated guidance to members regarding SEA Rules 15c3-1, 15c3-3, 17a-5, Rule 204 under Regulation SHO, FINRA Rules 4210, 4230(b), 4521 and 4524, and Federal Reserve Board Regulation T in the event of such an unexpected close.
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The protection of senior investors is a top priority for FINRA. In August 2019, FINRA launched a retrospective review to assess the effectiveness and efficiency of its rules and administrative processes that help protect senior investors from financial exploitation. The review indicated that FINRA’s steps to protect seniors have provided helpful and effective tools in the fight against
WASHINGTON—FINRA has fined Apex Clearing Corporation $3.2 million for violations related to its fully paid securities lending program. This is the first time FINRA has charged a firm with violating FINRA Rule 4330, which establishes permissible use of customers’ securities to ensure customer protection.
Regulatory ObligationsRules 203(b) (Short sales) and 204 (Close-out requirement) of Regulation SHO provide exceptions for bona fide market making activity. The SEC has provided guidance on what constitutes “bona fide market making activities” as well as examples of what does not. Firms must also confirm and be able to demonstrate that any transaction for which they rely on a Regulation SHO bona
