# PDT for Paper Trading Account

**URL:** <https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/pdt-for-paper-trading-account/2080>\
**Category:** Alpaca Trading\
**Created:** [July 16, 2020, 5:44pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/pdt-for-paper-trading-account/2080 "2020-07-16T17:44:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![MajorX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@MajorX](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/MajorX)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2020, 5:44pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/pdt-for-paper-trading-account/2080/1 "2020-07-16T17:44:59Z")

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Hi,

I have a paper trading account with 100K in equity. I testing a strategy by writing a program and when I execute about 10-12 bracket orders via API, it returns the following error:

{  
“code”: 40310000,  
“message”: “trade denied due to pattern day trading protection”  
}

I understand that one needs to have 25K in the account to comply with _Pattern Day Trader_ (PDT) protection, but I have 100K in my paper trading account with 400K buying power and still getting flagged. Can someone please help?

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**Author:** ![blissweb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ba9def/32.png) [@blissweb](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/blissweb)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2020, 2:19pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/pdt-for-paper-trading-account/2080/2 "2020-09-16T14:19:38Z")

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Same question for me. Why can’t I simulate being a Day Trader on Alpaca with 100k.

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**Author:** ![joelly3d](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.alpaca.markets/joelly3d/32/1247_2.png) [@joelly3d](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/joelly3d)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2020, 3:38pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/pdt-for-paper-trading-account/2080/3 "2020-09-18T15:38:00Z")

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Same here. Will try generating a new set of keys for now. Strategy testing on paper should ignore PDT by default, it appears not to.

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**Author:** ![joelly3d](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.alpaca.markets/joelly3d/32/1247_2.png) [@joelly3d](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/joelly3d)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2020, 3:49pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/pdt-for-paper-trading-account/2080/4 "2020-09-18T15:49:28Z")

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Resetting didn’t fit it. Did either of you guys get a workaround? Can’t fake trade at all with it like this. Makes no sense.

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**Author:** ![blissweb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ba9def/32.png) [@blissweb](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/blissweb)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2020, 8:42am UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/pdt-for-paper-trading-account/2080/5 "2020-10-06T08:42:20Z")

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Mine’s working now, I only ran into this issue when doing some liquidates on the dashboard, extended portfolio view.  
From my Python API seems to be letting me be a day trader now.