I don’t blame you one bit. What cracks me up is all the BS claims that we’re protected. Seriously? Protected from what? If the broker takes your money and goes bankrupt it’s not like FDIC insurance. You’re not getting that back.
So they’ll fine them and sue them and maybe even jail them but traders/investors would be lucky to get a couple cents on the dollar and it would take years in court.
So, I get it. I’d think about it also if I wanted to PDT with stocks and didn’t have an account large enough. 

