# Account is restricted to liquidation only

**URL:** <https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/account-is-restricted-to-liquidation-only/3889>\
**Category:** Alpaca Trading\
**Created:** [January 8, 2021, 2:48pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/account-is-restricted-to-liquidation-only/3889 "2021-01-08T14:48:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![arrow107](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/da6949/32.png) [@arrow107](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/arrow107)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 2:48pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/account-is-restricted-to-liquidation-only/3889/1 "2021-01-08T14:48:23Z")

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Live trading, positive cash balance, DT number is 2 and not placing any daytrade orders, and I’m getting “account is restricted to liquidation only”. No email from you, no notice of any kind. What is it?

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**Author:** ![arrow107](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/da6949/32.png) [@arrow107](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/arrow107)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 3:29pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/account-is-restricted-to-liquidation-only/3889/2 "2021-01-08T15:29:16Z")

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Later in the morning, I received an email saying " Your account incurred a House Call for trade date 01/07/2021 in the amount of **$1,183.83.** That might explain the restriction BUT by that time I have already liquidated positions worth way more than the required amount. So now I should be in the clear, but the restriction still holds, more than one hour after the requirement was satisfied. The question is, how long will it hold?