Day trading focuses on fast moves within a single day, while swing trading holds positions for several days to follow trends.

People who buy and sell, or sell and buy, frequently, risk picking up a label that triggers financial requirements many can't meet. Those requirements could get easier to handle if major ...

US regulators are finalizing plans to replace a controversial rule that would dramatically lower a threshold for retail investors to trade equities and options more often. The Financial Industry ...

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority is preparing a proposal that would significantly lower a threshold for retail investors to engage in frequent trading of equities and options, according to ...

Rules govern the amount of equity people need to hold if their trading activity leads to a tag of "pattern day trader. Major broker-dealers including Fidelity Investments, Charles Schwab and Robinhood ...