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Bought in an hour ago, now looking to sell — what pattern day trading rules apply to me?

I made a bunch of buys about an hour ago, right before the tariff pause news broke. Originally planned to hold longer, but with the announcement, I’m now looking to exit or hedge. I want to make sure I don’t accidentally trigger a pattern day trading (PDT) violation and get locked out of my account.

Here’s how I’m currently positioned:
• Roth IRA: Bought stocks in some of the Magnificent Seven, along with UPRO (leveraged S&P 500 ETF) and a few crypto-related ETFs.
• Personal margin brokerage account: Bought SPY call options, a call option on UPRO, and some UPRO stock (which I already sold — one day trade already counted here).
• Crypto account (linked to the brokerage): Bought some Ethereum.

Given all that, I’m trying to figure out:
• What can I sell or close out without triggering PDT restrictions?
• Do the rules apply differently to my Roth IRA, my margin account, and the linked crypto account?
• If I’ve already made one day trade in my margin account today, what are my limits now?

I want to be strategic about how I unwind or hedge, so any clarity on how PDT rules work across these accounts would be a big help. I am using robinhood for all these accounts if that is helpful and I did use chat gpt to quickly and clearly write this post with everything that I wanted to say. Thanks!