Invest in stocks, options, and ETFs at your pace and commission-free. Stocks & funds offered through Robinhood Financial. Other fees may apply. See our Fee Schedule for more details.

Robinhood Markets Inc. is a financial services company founded in 2013 by entrepreneurs Vladimir Tenev and Baiju Bhatt to change the trading and investment game through a commission-free investing platform for ordinary investors who could open an account with no minimum balance.

Additionally, any fees Robinhood receives may vary and is subject to change. Neither Robinhood Financial LLC nor any of its affiliates are banks.

Fractional shares: Robinhood allows users to buy fractional shares of stocks and ETFs, which means users can invest in their favorite stocks with smaller amounts of money. This feature enables broader market access and diversification, even for investors with limited funds.

Robin Hood is from the country of England. Although historians believe the legend is based on several different men and the creative invention of storytellers, all the tales take place in England.

Is Robinhood safe? Robinhood is a member of SIPC (Securities Investor Protection Corporation). This means that, if it goes under, up to $500,000 of your funds held by the broker will be protected. Note that this protection is for broker failure, not for losses due to investing activities.

Robin became a popular folk hero because of his generosity to the poor and down-trodden peasants, and his hatred of the Sheriff and his verderers who enforced the oppressive forest laws, made him their champion.

Robinhood Markets, Inc. is an American financial services company headquartered in Menlo Park, California, that facilitates commission-free trades of stocks, exchange-traded funds and cryptocurrencies as well as individual retirement accounts via a mobile app introduced in March 2015.

Robinhood is not a bank. The company sweeps your uninvested cash into Robinhood Cash Management, and its partner banks pay interest on your cash.

Your securities and cash are protected by SIPC Robinhood Financial LLC and Robinhood Securities, LLC are both members of SIPC, which protects securities for customers of its members up to $500,000 (including $250,000 for claims for cash). Explanatory brochure available upon request or at www.sipc.org.

Other Robinhood features, such as giving customers a free stock and showing them what their peers were buying, gave newbies an entry point. The popularity of Robinhood's app helped push rivals to go to zero. At this point, retail investors don't pay to place stock trades on any major platform.

Robinhood (HOOD) is a popular financial services company with more than 12.2 million monthly active users (MAU) as of September 2022. 1 It's considered a safe option for investors' securities and cash for various reasons: Robinhood is a member of the Securities Investor Protection Corp.