# Paper trading - reduce buying power

**URL:** <https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/paper-trading-reduce-buying-power/2502>\
**Category:** Alpaca Trading\
**Created:** [September 1, 2020, 3:47pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/paper-trading-reduce-buying-power/2502 "2020-09-01T15:47:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![dexterdce](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@dexterdce](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/dexterdce)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2020, 3:47pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/paper-trading-reduce-buying-power/2502/1 "2020-09-01T15:47:01Z")

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Hi - In paper trading, is it possible to reduce my buying power while still keeping my cash value above 25k? I don’t want to trade with margin accounts when I go live - want to keep all trades to settled amounts only. Is there a way?