What Brokers Don't Tell You About the PDT Rule

Added: 2026-05-22

[00:00:00]We've got a mail bag of questions that you've sent in about the PDT rule and we're going to get through them all today, hopefully giving you all the answers you need for that amazing day that we have coming forward on June 4th, liberation day for the retail traders.

[00:00:16]What do we got in the bag here, Mikey?

[00:00:19]Lots of good questions, so thank you for submitting them in the YouTube chat, YouTube comments.

[00:00:25]But yeah, let's dive right in.

[00:00:27]So what happens when you have under $2,000 in a margin account? Are you still under pattern day trading rules?

[00:00:36]So the pattern day trading rule is going away for margin accounts, specifically when you get under the 2,000 mark, you've got you've you've got flexibility there in terms of it'll depend on how much margin buying power you have. For the most part, it won't matter. So in a margin account, as long as you don't go past your margin limits, the PDT rule will not apply.