Robinhood vs Tradier on TradersPost

Robinhood and Tradier differ on 9 of 21 points TradersPost compares: authentication, stock options, index options, short selling and 5 more. Both support stocks, market orders, limit orders, stop orders, stop limit orders, day orders, good till canceled orders and modify open orders.

Robinhood Tradier

  • Authentication

    OAuth

    OAuth or API key

  • Stock Options

    Not supported

    Supported

  • Index Options

    Not supported

    Supported

  • Short selling

    Limited

    Selling to open accepts market and limit orders only.

    Supported

  • Fractional quantity

    Supported

    Not supported

  • Trailing stops

    Supported

    Not supported

  • Bracket orders

    Not supported

    Supported

  • Immediate or cancel orders

    Supported

    Not supported

  • Paper accounts

    Not supported

    Supported

Same on both 8

  • Stocks
  • Market orders
  • Limit orders
  • Stop orders
  • Stop limit orders
  • Day orders
  • Good till canceled orders
  • Modify open orders

Neither supports 4

  • Futures
  • Crypto
  • Fill or kill orders
  • Trailing stop attached to entry

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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

Tradier

  • Trailing stops are not sent to Tradier.
  • Paper/sandbox market data is delayed 15 minutes.
  • You paste a sandbox token for paper; live uses OAuth.

View Tradier connection View Tradier docs

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