E*TRADE vs Robinhood on TradersPost

E*TRADE and Robinhood differ on 5 of 21 points TradersPost compares: stock options, index options, short selling, fractional quantity and 1 more. Both support stocks, market orders, limit orders, stop orders, trailing stops, stop limit orders, day orders, good till canceled orders, immediate or cancel orders and modify open orders.

E*TRADE Robinhood

  • Stock Options

    Supported

    Not supported

  • Index Options

    Supported

    Not supported

  • Short selling

    Supported

    Limited

    Selling to open accepts market and limit orders only.

  • Fractional quantity

    Not supported

    Supported

  • Fill or kill orders

    Supported

    Not supported

Same on both 11

  • Stocks
  • Market orders
  • Limit orders
  • Stop orders
  • Trailing stops
  • Stop limit orders
  • Day orders
  • Good till canceled orders
  • Immediate or cancel orders
  • Modify open orders
  • Authentication: OAuth

Neither supports 5

  • Futures
  • Crypto
  • Bracket orders
  • Trailing stop attached to entry
  • Paper accounts

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Worth knowing about each

E*TRADE

  • Access tokens last 15 days. After that you must reconnect.
  • A 401 during login is an E*TRADE authentication issue; contact E*TRADE technical support.
  • No E*TRADE paper connection.

View E*TRADE connection View E*TRADE docs

Robinhood

  • Stocks only. Robinhood crypto and options are not sent through TradersPost.
  • Opening a short is limited to Market or Limit with Day time in force. Fractional shorts are not sent.
  • Market orders cannot use GTC. Bracket, OTO, and OCO order classes are not sent.

View Robinhood connection View Robinhood docs

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