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by hn_throwaway_99 2296 days ago
For the wallstreetbets folks that like to post account charts: Why in God's name would you use a service that has no values on its y-axis. Doesn't everyone realize that makes the chart meaningless? Every time I see those meaningless charts it makes my skin crawl.

But, I'm sure that Robinhood must be omitting those values on purpose, and the only reasoning I can come to is that they want their users to be less educated because it is more profitable for them.

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Usually the point is the account balance and gains at the top above the chart. It's been a few months since I used RH but I believe you have to touch and drag to see the point you're touching be labeled. The real problem with the screenshot is the lack of labels on the X-axis. It might at least be interesting to see what dates the spikes corresponded to.