[lewisl9029]

But short term trading at traditional brokerages is even worse. You loose money to commissions in addition to whatever you loose through trading.

There's nothing stopping someone from doing long-term investing with ETFs in Robinhood, is there?

[rory]

This is exactly what I do personally, and RobinHood allows me to buy gradually in small increments to minimize fluctuation in my cash emergency fund. If I were to buy $100 in ETF shares at a traditional brokerage I'd start down something like 10% on fees alone.