Robinhood vs TradeStation on TradersPost

Robinhood and TradeStation differ on 9 of 21 points TradersPost compares: stock options, index options, futures, short selling and 5 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.

Robinhood TradeStation
  • Stock Options

    Not supported

    Supported

  • Index Options

    Not supported

    Supported

  • Futures

    Not supported

    Supported

  • Short selling

    Limited

    Selling to open accepts market and limit orders only.

    Supported

  • Fractional quantity

    Supported

    Not supported

  • Bracket orders

    Not supported

    Supported

  • Fill or kill orders

    Not supported

    Supported

  • Trailing stop attached to entry

    Not supported

    Partial

    Stocks

  • Paper accounts

    Not supported

    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 1

  • Crypto

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Worth knowing about each

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

TradeStation

  • TradeStation crypto is not sent through TradersPost.
  • Futures take-profit and stop-loss can be set as price offsets, a percentage or a dollar PnL amount.
  • Rejected prices often mean TradeStation minMove/tick data disagrees with the price in the signal. Check the quote on the trade.

View TradeStation connection View TradeStation docs

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