# Buying Power reduced

**URL:** <https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/buying-power-reduced/4116>\
**Category:** Alpaca Trading\
**Created:** [January 28, 2021, 4:02pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/buying-power-reduced/4116 "2021-01-28T16:02:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Max\_Craven](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.alpaca.markets/max_craven/32/1928_2.png) [@Max\_Craven](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/Max_Craven)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2021, 4:02pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/buying-power-reduced/4116/1 "2021-01-28T16:02:40Z")

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I just reset my paper trading account and if i set it up to have $100,000 equity it would give $400,000 Buying power, since reseting it is $100,000 Buying power which is a pain, has there been a switch off of the 4x equity multiplier i wasnt aware of.

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**Author:** ![Max\_Craven](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.alpaca.markets/max_craven/32/1928_2.png) [@Max\_Craven](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/Max_Craven)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2021, 4:37pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/buying-power-reduced/4116/2 "2021-01-28T16:37:11Z")

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i reseted it for a third time and it now seems correct. Ignore above post