Let's open your Robinhood account! Do the following to open an individual investing account. After you have that account open, you can then open a joint investing account and an IRA with us.

1. Submit an application in your Robinhood app
2. In the coming days, you’ll receive an email either confirming your application’s been approved, or asking for a bit more information
3. If we request a document to verify your identity, we’ll include instructions for uploading your documents securely

Keep in mind, it may take 5-7 days to review the materials and open your account.

Robinhood now offers a joint investing account where you can invest together in a shared account where both co-owners have equal ownership. We currently offer a Joint Accounts with Rights of Survivorship type of account where 2 co-owners have the same rights and access to make trades and manage investments in the account.

Get started

1. Both owners need to have an active individual investing account with us that’s in good standing before applying for a joint account. If one or both of you don’t, complete these steps to open a new individual investing account first.
2. One of the co-owners will start the process while logged into their account in the app. Within the app, select Account → Add account → Joint investing, and then follow the on-screen instructions to complete an application.
3. When one of you starts the process, your co-owner will get an invitation to complete their part of the application.
4. After you both submit the application, you’ll both get an email that either confirms your application is approved, or if needed we may ask for a bit more information.

Individual retirement accounts (IRA) allow you to invest for retirement. Robinhood offers 2 different types of retirement accounts: traditional IRA and Roth IRA. You can open 1 of each type of IRA at Robinhood, even if you already have an IRA at another financial institution or a workplace retirement plan, like a 401(k).

For more details about your options and to set up an IRA, check out IRA overview and Transfers and rollovers.

Robinhood requests personal information, including financial and tax identification information, in order to comply with US government laws and FINRA rules. We’ll request personal information from both new customers and long-standing customers. Robinhood complies with an SEC customer identification rule of the USA Patriot Act of 2001. This rule requires Robinhood to verify the identity of any person seeking to open an account and to maintain records of their information. Robinhood must also determine whether a customer appears on any lists of terrorist organizations provided to broker-dealers by any government agency. We take the security of all data we collect very seriously. We don’t intend to use this data for anything other than the fulfillment of our regulatory requirements. Check out our data protection policies for more information.