Robinhood vs TD Ameritrade
| Robinhood | TD Ameritrade |
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Robinshood have pioneered mobile trading in the US. Their offer attempts to provide the cheapest share trading anywhere.
We do not recommend trading with Robinhood. Their business practices have harmed traders and their "free" trading offer has been criticized for actually costing their traders millions of dollars.
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One of the largest discount brokers in the US, with a fixed trading commission and access to a large array of trading products and securities |
 Traders from US accepted |
Traders from US accepted |
| Bonus | |
| None | 60 days free trades when depositing $3k |
| Instruments | |
| Stocks, Options, CFD, Binary Options, ETFs | Stocks, Futures, E-minis, Forex |
| Demo Account | |
| No | Yes |
| Minimum Deposit | |
| $0 | $0 |
| Payment Methods | |
| ACH Transfer, Apple Pay, Credit Card, Debit Card, Google Pay | ACH Transfer, Apple Pay |
| Minimum Trade | |
| $10 | None |
| Regulator | |
| SEC | SEC |
| Margin Trading | |
| No | No |
| Margin Rate | |
| 2.5% | |
| MetaTrader 4 | |
| No | No |
| MetaTrader 5 | |
| No | No |
| cTrader | |
| No | No |
| STP Account | |
| No | No |
| ECN Account | |
| No | No |
| DMA Account | |
| No | Yes |
| MAM Account | |
| No | No |
| PAMM Account | |
| No | No |
| LAMM Account | |
| No | No |
| Demat Account | |
| No | No |
| AI / Machine Learning | |
| - | - |
| Robo Advisor | |
| - | - |
| Negative Balance Protection | |
| - | - |
| Market Maker | |
| No | No |
| P2P Trading | |
| No | No |
| Spot Trading | |
| No | No |
| Mobile Apps | |
| iOS, Android and Windows | iOS and Android |
| Auto Trading | |
| - | - |
| Trade Signals | |
| - | - |
| VPS Hosting | |
| - | - |
| Tournaments | |
| - | - |
| Demo Competitions | |
| - | - |
| Ethical Investing | |
| - | - |
| Social Trading | |
| No | No |
| Copy Trading | |
| No | No |
| Islamic Account | |
| No | No |
| Account Currencies | |
| - | - |
| CFD | |
| CFD trading not offered | |
| Leverage | |
| 1:2 | |
| FTSE Spread | |
| N/A | |
| GBPUSD Spread | |
| N/A | |
| Oil Spread | |
| Stocks Spread | |
| 0.3% Var | |
| Forex | |
| Forex trading not offered | |
| GBPUSD Spread | |
| Variable | |
| EURUSD Spread | |
| Variable | |
| EURGBP Spread | |
| Variable | |
| Assets | |
| Binary Options | |
| Binary options trading not offered | |
| Payout | |
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