TradeStation vs Robinhood
| TradeStation | Robinhood |
|---|---|
3.5
TradeStation is #13 in our CFD broker rankings. |
0.9
Robinhood is #13 in our CFD broker rankings.
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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 Traders from US accepted |
Traders from US accepted |
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US based broker with pricing methods split to cater for active day traders, or longer term stock holders |
Robinhood have pioneered mobile trading in the US. Their offer attempts to provide the cheapest share trading anywhere. |
| Instruments | |
| Stocks, Futures, E-minis, CFD | Stocks, Options, CFD, Crypto, ETFs |
| Demo Account | |
| Yes | No |
| Minimum Deposit | |
| $500 | $0 |
| Payment Methods | |
| Minimum Trade | |
| Min lot size will vary | $10 |
| Regulator | |
| SEC | SEC |
| Margin Trading | |
| No | No |
| Margin Rate | |
| 2.5% | |
| MetaTrader 4 | |
| Yes | No |
| MetaTrader 5 | |
| No | No |
| cTrader | |
| No | No |
| AlgoTrader | |
| No | No |
| OmniTrader | |
| No | No |
| TradingView | |
| No | No |
| Autochartist | |
| No | No |
| eSignal | |
| No | No |
| Trading Central | |
| No | No |
| STP Account | |
| No | No |
| ECN Account | |
| No | No |
| DMA Account | |
| Yes | No |
| MAM Account | |
| No | No |
| PAMM Account | |
| No | No |
| LAMM Account | |
| No | No |
| Demat Account | |
| No | No |
| AI / Machine Learning | |
| No | No |
| Robo Advisor | |
| No | No |
| Negative Balance Protection | |
| No | No |
| Market Maker | |
| No | No |
| P2P Trading | |
| No | No |
| Spot Trading | |
| No | No |
| Mobile Apps | |
| iOS, Android and Windows | iOS, Android and Windows |
| Copy Trading | |
| No | No |
| Social Trading | |
| No | No |
| VPS Hosting | |
| No | No |
| Tournaments | |
| No | No |
| Demo Competitions | |
| No | No |
| Ethical Investing | |
| No | No |
| Custodial Account | |
| No | No |
| Guaranteed Stop Loss | |
| No | No |
| Islamic Account | |
| No | No |
| Account Currencies | |
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| Commodities | |
| CFD Trading | |
| Leverage | |
| 1:20 | 1:2 |
| FTSE Spread | |
| N/A | N/A |
| GBPUSD Spread< | |
| N/A | N/A |
| Oil Spread | |
| 0.06 pips | |
| Stocks Spread | |
| 0.2% Var | 0.3% Var |
| Cryptocurrency | |
| Crypto trading not offered | Robinhood offers crypto investing with zero commissions |
| Spread | |
| 0% | |
| Coins | |
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| Crypto Lending | |
| No | No |
| Crypto Mining | |
| No | No |
| Crypto Staking | |
| Yes | No |
| Auto Market Maker | |
| No | No |
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