Day Trading Like Cash Account

[abdul10000]

Thanks, can I have your kind attention on this somewhat related topic:

Just today I found out the hard way that my account is margin, so when is Alpaca going to offer cash accounts?

I opened a trading account with Alpaca and funded it with a small amount just to test day trading. My goal was to see if Alpaca execution is good and see if the Tradingview integration is good. Also, full pre-market trading is a great plus. To my surprise, today I found out the account was margin when I was blocked from selling a winning position. I traded LYT 3 times and on the forth, profitable trade, I was hit with Pattern day trading restriction. My winning position turned from a win to a …