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The supervisory authorities are moving to reduce one of the most controversial obstacles for active retail dealers -the 25,000 dollar -Mindestechtsrechtsregel for the trade of the pattern.
The regulatory authority of the financial industry approved changes on Tuesday that would replace the long -term threshold, which makes active trading more accessible with smaller accounts. The change is made up of the approval of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The $ 25,000 minimum tactical rule of $ 25,000 stipulates that retailers must maintain a minimum balance sheet balance of $ 25,000 in a margin account in order to carry out four or more daily business within a period of five business tags. The rule was introduced in 2001 in the middle of the DOT com bubble and the crash when the supervisory authorities were worried that small retailers with volatile internet tiles take excessive risks.
Finra replaces this mandate with an intraday margin rule that uses the existing maintenance margin rules for intraday exposure. In other words, the purchasing power of your own intraday is based on the margin requirements for the positions you take during the day, and not on a minimum fixed equity.
The supervisory authorities said that the overhaul reflected on how technology and market access have changed retail since the rules were accepted for the first time.
The rule change could lead to brokerage trade and the activity of options for brokers to be traded as possible Robinhood.
The Robinhood shares recovered from an earlier loss and were 1% higher in Wednesday trade after the Finra News.