# Sell Blocked "Pattern Day Trading Protection"

**URL:** <https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/sell-blocked-pattern-day-trading-protection/3023>\
**Category:** Alpaca Trading\
**Created:** [October 16, 2020, 6:09pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/sell-blocked-pattern-day-trading-protection/3023 "2020-10-16T18:09:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![tut35711](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.alpaca.markets/tut35711/32/1421_2.png) [@tut35711](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/tut35711)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2020, 6:09pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/sell-blocked-pattern-day-trading-protection/3023/1 "2020-10-16T18:09:35Z")

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I am trying to liquidate my position and keep getting this error. I don’t believe I’ve crossed into this threshold. Can someone from support please take a look at my account and help me out with this one?

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**Author:** ![tut35711](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.alpaca.markets/tut35711/32/1421_2.png) [@tut35711](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/tut35711)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2020, 6:12pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/sell-blocked-pattern-day-trading-protection/3023/2 "2020-10-16T18:12:16Z")

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@hitoshi I saw where you had helped another user with this same issue.

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**Author:** ![tut35711](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.alpaca.markets/tut35711/32/1421_2.png) [@tut35711](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/tut35711)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2020, 1:45pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/sell-blocked-pattern-day-trading-protection/3023/3 "2020-10-19T13:45:41Z")

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Anyone?! This is really affecting my trading. You are essentially holding my money hostage. I can’t sell out of the stocks I already have leverage in.

Do you plan to make up the difference from the loss?

@hitoshi @Jason_Bohne_Alpaca

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**Author:** ![Franklin\_Moormann](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.alpaca.markets/franklin_moormann/32/1400_2.png) [@Franklin\_Moormann](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/Franklin_Moormann)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 3:41pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/sell-blocked-pattern-day-trading-protection/3023/4 "2020-10-22T15:41:56Z")

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@tut35711 I’m having similar issues and I’m assuming you are using the API and if so then under your account info there is a setting called IsDayPatternTrader and this is set to true.

Also you could check your account settings for your live account and there is a Day Trade Buying Power Check and I believe the default is Block on entry but you could have that set for either Block on Exit or both