The Good ole PDT rule =) This Rule applies to All accounts with less than $25,000 If you have less than the above figure in your account and your Broker is based in the U.S.A then you are limitted on the amount of times you can trade per 5 day rolling period. When you are under the PDT rule you can have 3 round trip trades within a rolling 5 business day period. Meaning if you Buy 1,000 shares of any stock then you sell the same 1,000 shares in the Same day that counts as 1 c