Risky meme trading is back. A trading rule change may have lit the fuse

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April’s rally in risk assets, fueled in part by an Iran ceasefire, has emboldened individual investors to pile back into volatile trades.
A key catalyst may be a recent rule change by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
The regulator approved a proposal to eliminate the so-called pattern day trader rule.

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