APIError: trade denied due to pattern day trading protection

[dev0n]

Could you look into my case as well please? I think I’ve also been hit with an invalid day trader call

Exiting Trades held for multiple days blocked due to Patter Day Trader (PDT) protection

I have a multi-day (not day trading) long-short strategy in paper trading with less than $25k. I entered the market last week and held until now. Now that it has provided returns the algo is trying to exit completely to lock in those returns, but being blocked due to PDT. Error: trade denied due to pattern day trading protection. By my reading of the PDT, this doesn’t make sense. From FINRA: The rules adopt the term “pattern day trader,” which includes any margin customer that day trades…

Thanks