# Suddenly getting trade denied due to pattern day trading protection. what do i do?

**URL:** <https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/suddenly-getting-trade-denied-due-to-pattern-day-trading-protection-what-do-i-do/7473>\
**Category:** Alpaca Trading\
**Created:** [November 18, 2021, 6:07pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/suddenly-getting-trade-denied-due-to-pattern-day-trading-protection-what-do-i-do/7473 "2021-11-18T18:07:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![dnnsoftwarellc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnnsoftwarellc](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/dnnsoftwarellc)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2021, 6:07pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/suddenly-getting-trade-denied-due-to-pattern-day-trading-protection-what-do-i-do/7473/1 "2021-11-18T18:07:58Z")

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suddenly getting trade denied due to pattern day trading protection. what do i do?

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**Author:** ![Sanjay\_Jadhav](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8491ac/32.png) [@Sanjay\_Jadhav](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/Sanjay_Jadhav)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2021, 4:51pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/suddenly-getting-trade-denied-due-to-pattern-day-trading-protection-what-do-i-do/7473/2 "2021-11-19T16:51:45Z")

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You have two options:

1. Deposit cash so account value reaches or exceeds 25K
2. Stop trading