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How to buy a stock

Robinhood’s default buy order is an order to buy a number of shares or dollar amount of the specified stock or ETP.

During regular market hours, dollar-based buy orders are entered as market orders, and share-based buy orders are entered as limit orders with a preset limit price. During extended hours, dollar-based and share-based buy orders are entered as limit orders with a preset limit price. Outside regular market hours and extended hours, dollar-based and share-based buy orders are queued for the opening of regular market hours.

Keep in mind, the last-traded price won’t necessarily be the price that your buy order will be executed at.

App
  1. Go to the stock’s detail page. You'll see the stock’s historical performance, analyst ratings, company earnings, and other helpful information to consider when buying or selling a stock.
  2. Select Trade → Buy or just Buy if you don’t currently own the stock.
  3. By default you will be asked to enter the amount you would like to purchase in dollars. However, you can choose to buy shares, or select another order type, by selecting Dollars. Check out order types for more information.
  4. Review your order and confirm that all the details are correct or select Edit.
  5. If all looks good, swipe up to submit your order.
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  1. Go to the stock’s detail page. You'll see the stock’s historical performance, analyst ratings, company earnings, and other helpful information to consider when buying a stock.
  2. Select Trade → Buy or just Buy if you don’t currently own the stock.
  3. In Buy In, select either Dollars or Shares.
  4. Select Review Order and confirm that all the details are correct or select Edit.
  5. If all looks good, select Buy.
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Options trading entails significant risk and is not appropriate for all customers. Customers must read and understand the Characteristics and Risks of Standardized Options before engaging in any options trading strategies. Options transactions are often complex and may involve the potential of losing the entire investment in a relatively short period of time. Certain complex options strategies carry additional risk, including the potential for losses that may exceed the original investment amount.

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