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by tw600040 1819 days ago
Can you elaborate on why you think robin hood is better than etrade?
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Robinhood's value is all UI and UX. Every other finance app is in the past. Vanguard, Etrade, even ThinkOrSwim; none of them even come close to how easy Robinhood is to use. I also left Robinhood after the GME thing but man their app is so streamlined compared to everyone else.
I use RH sometimes to look at prices and then go back to Etrade to make actual trades.
I’m not the most sophisticated trader but I appreciate their UX and simplicity, which I think is true of most of their user base
I think the question is whether RH is sticky, they have good traction in growth, and I think it will be sticky. If enough people are doing fractional shares trading it's really hard to transfer out fractional shares to different brokers. Might actually not be possible.
I did an ACATS from RH. They just sell the fractional shares at market price and send the cash.
Right so you have to purchase your fractional shares on your next platform, which I guess would only amount to the fractions so maybe not a huge deal if you have 100.5 of a stock you're only losing the .5, but it could add up if you have a really diverse portfolio.