Public.com vs Robinhood on TradersPost

Public.com and Robinhood differ on 8 of 21 points TradersPost compares: stock options, index options, crypto, short selling and 4 more. Both support stocks, market orders, limit orders, stop orders, stop limit orders, day orders and good till canceled orders.

Public.com Robinhood

  • Stock Options

    Supported

    Not supported

  • Index Options

    Supported

    Not supported

  • Crypto

    Supported

    Not supported

  • Short selling

    Partial

    All but Crypto

    Limited

    Selling to open accepts market and limit orders only.

  • Fractional quantity

    Partial

    All but Stock Options and Index Options

    Supported

  • Trailing stops

    Not supported

    Supported

  • Immediate or cancel orders

    Not supported

    Supported

  • Modify open orders

    Not supported

    Supported

Public.com: short selling isn't available on crypto.

Public.com: fractional quantity isn't available on stock options and index options.

Same on both 8

  • Stocks
  • Market orders
  • Limit orders
  • Stop orders
  • Stop limit orders
  • Day orders
  • Good till canceled orders
  • Authentication: OAuth

Neither supports 5

  • Futures
  • Bracket orders
  • Fill or kill orders
  • Trailing stop attached to entry
  • Paper accounts

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Worth knowing about each

Public.com

  • No Public.com paper connection.

View Public.com connection View Public.com 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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