If a single opening trade is offset by 2 closing trades (ie. buy 200, sell 100, sell 100), assuming they all occur on the same day, does this count as 1 day trade, or 2?
Thanks. Do you happen to have a link to the rule? IB just locked my account for 90 days and searching the NASD web site is like looking for a needle in a haystack.
I donlt think the 90 day is for PDT...it may be for trading without funds....ie you bought somthing and sold it without paying for it
No, I got back from a week's vacation and when I checked my "day trades remaining", it was at 0. Emailed IB and they replied that I was flagged PDT and locked out for 90 days. I checked back over my trades and found that the only way they could have come up with 4 day trades was to count the 1 open/ 2 close as 2 trades.
the rule has changed at the SEC/NYSE. if you violate the PDT you are locked out of trading for 90 days unless you bring your account above 25K. This is an SEC/NYSE rule, not IB's.
AT SWS...your account is closed, fini, done over....what is the actual rule, def? do they have to close the account or are they being over compliant?
Thanks Ambush, but I had already found that and was looking for something that specifically addressed the single opening / multiple closing issue. I was hoping to find a copy of the rule I could send to IB customer support, but I guess IB's interpretation is what really matters and not the NASD rule and I'll be doing all my trading in my other account for the next 3 months.