Margin settlement for day trades?

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Margin settlement for day trades?

if i make 3 day trades when does the funds settle.

Ex: I trade monday, tues, wed.

Since i have to wait until next week to make 3 day trades again, am i allowed to trade again next monday? Since i can only make 3 DT every 5 business days

Update:

ok look, i made a day trade tues, wed, thurs. Now i cannot make another day trade because then i would be crossing the 3 DT in 5 business day limit. My QUESTION is when is the next time my 3 DT will become available.

Is it next tuesday since that is when i made my first day trade?

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A nobody

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In the securities industry A L L trades settle on the settlement day REGARDLESS of what type of account is used. There is no such thing as "MARGIN" settlement day

Margin requirements are calculated on trade date BUT the trades settle on settlement date.

You do not need a margin account to day trade - you are confusing day trading with pattern trading AND there is a big difference. A pattern trader is a customer that day trades (buys then sells or sells short then buys the same security on the same day) four or more times in five business days, provided the number of day trades are more than six percent of the customer's total trading activity for that same five-day period

If you are going to do any type of investing/.trading you should know what you're doing, why you're doing it, how to do it and the rules & regulations that govern what you're doing.

WGOZ – Brokers do not and can not set margin requirements, margin requirements are set by the Federal Government not by individuals brokerage firms.

I too trust "A no man or woman"s" respoinse. All trades no matter if or not they're performed in a margin account or a money account are printed as of the settlement day of the commerce. even if, even if margin trades are printed as of the settlement date, margin criteria are calculated on a commerce date foundation. Margin activitiy does not ignore concerning the three day settlement rule on condition that criteria for the margin pastime is calculated on the commerce date. also to JOHN W - there is not any 3 day delay accepted by technique of the substitute to settle trades. ALL trades are settled on the settle4ment date and under no circumstances earlier - to settle previous to the S/D require permission on the time of commerce execution and a fee adjustment is likewise made as long as both events agee to an early settlement."Slips of paper" and "shouting" has not some thing to do with settlement

wg0z

trades settle in 3 days unless your brokerage says otherwise; possible but very unlikely.

you can buy at ANY time if you have the buying power and your account is not restricted. It would seem that YOUR danger of restriction would be due to lack of capital and getting flagged as a PDT. time for trades to settle is not really the issue.

Eddie W

What brokerage firm are you dealing with? What you've told us is a little unusual because once a position has been disposed of, your account would have sufficient fund for another trade.