SEC Abolishes Pattern Day Trader Rule: Robinhood & More to Benefit?
Robinhood jumped 10.41% to $87.32 after the SEC formally eliminated the Pattern Day Trader rule, removing the $25,000 minimum account balance requirement for day traders and directly expanding HOOD's addressable user base. Simultaneously, expectations for prediction market deregulation gained traction, creating a compounding policy tailwind. Q1 earnings on April 28 will offer the first quantifiable read on PDT repeal's contribution to user growth; with $90 as near-term resistance, can the regulatory dividend sustain HOOD's push toward $100?