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Retirement investing

When it comes to your retirement, there are a few things you can't control, such as inflation, Social Security and Medicare laws, and tax rates. But investing for retirement now is in your control.

We can help you pursue your retirement goals. After you get your IRA set up with Robinhood, you can get a one-time recommended portfolio by answering a few questions, or you can pick your own stocks and ETFs.

Get started

To get started investing for retirement, you can open a Robinhood traditional IRA, a Roth IRA, or both in the app or on the web. For more details, check out IRA overview.

Retirement recommendations

After you’ve opened your Robinhood IRA, you should be able to access a one-time custom recommended portfolio in RetirementFind investments. For more details, check out Retirement recommendations.

Investment choices

Similar to a non-retirement account, you can invest in stocks and ETFs within a Robinhood IRA. Investing with Options is available for qualified traders. Check out Options in Robinhood Retirement for details. Products and services offered by Robinhood Crypto, LLC, are not available in an IRA.

Recurring investments

Just like with your Robinhood non-retirement account, you can set up recurring investments for stocks or ETFs within your Robinhood IRA accounts. About recurring investments has more details. To set up retirement recurring investments:

  1. In Retirement, select the applicable IRA account
  2. Select a stock or ETF you want to set up as a recurring investment
  3. Select TradeBuy, and then enter the amount you want to buy
  4. Open Dollars or Shares for order type options (top right), and in Conditional Orders, select Recurring investment
  5. Choose the frequency (every market day, every week, every 2 weeks, or every month)
  6. Choose a payment method
  7. You can also select a linked bank account as a Backup payment to cover recurring investments. If your backup payment fails, we’ll automatically skip the order. Investments using external accounts count toward your annual contribution limit.
  8. Review the order, and then submit or view the details if you need to change anything before submitting

You can also choose to View order history, Edit investment, Pause investment, or End investment at any time.

Keep in mind

All IRA contributions count toward your annual limit. If you made contributions to another external IRA, you’ll want to factor in those amounts when contributing to your Robinhood IRA.

Portfolio value

You can see portfolio value for your IRA in the Robinhood app or on the web by selecting Retirement → in the app, Menu (3 bars) → Investing. This shows the total value of all the holdings in your IRA, including:

  • Stocks & ETFs is the amount of money you currently have invested
  • Brokerage Cash or Buying Power is the amount of money you have available to purchase new assets
  • Instant Deposits Health describes if you’re in good standing, your limit amount, any pending deposits, and what’s available for investing

When considering whether to buy or sell an asset in your portfolio, you can see how much buying power is available under Review Order within a stock or ETF’s detail page.

Keep in mind

Your buying power can be affected by settlement timing, which is the time it takes stocks or cash to reach their new destination after a transaction is executed. Also note that banking holidays can affect settlement times.

Dividend reinvestment

Just like you can with your non-retirement account, you can enable dividend reinvestment for your Robinhood IRA accounts. When enabled, cash dividend payments are automatically reinvested back into the underlying stock or ETF. You can enable dividend reinvestment at any time in the app:

  1. Select Retirement
  2. In the app, select Menu (3 bars)
  3. In the Dividend Reinvestment section, select Edit Dividend Reinvestment
  4. Toggle the switch On or Off
  5. After you enable dividend reinvestment, you’ll see a list of your investments that are eligible for dividend reinvestment. You can choose which investments you’d like to reinvest cash dividends for by selecting the circle or checkmark.

Stock lending

If you have agreed to Stock Lending during the IRA opening process, when possible, Robinhood will lend out your shares to earn some interest, and then will pay you some interest income in return. You can disable or enable it again at any time:

  1. Select Retirement
  2. In the app, select Menu (3 bars)
  3. In the Stock Lending section, select Turn Off or On Stock Lending
  4. Toggle the switch Off or On

Disclosures

Investors should consider the investment objectives and unique risk profile of any Exchange Traded Product (ETP), including any Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) and any Exchange-Traded Notes (ETNs), carefully before investing. A prospectus contains this and other information about the ETP and should be read carefully before investing. You can access an ETF’s details page for a prospectus.

All investments involve risk and loss of principal is possible. Investors should consider their investment objectives and risks carefully before investing.

Funds being contributed into or distributed from retirement accounts may entail tax consequences. Contributions are limited and withdrawals before age 59 1/2 may be subject to a penalty tax.

Contents provided are for informational purposes only and do not constitute tax or investment advice. For specific questions, you should consult a tax professional. Robinhood does not provide tax advice. Links to third party sites are being provided for informational purposes only.

Recommendations are one-time only. Any additional investment is at your sole discretion. Retirement recommendations aren’t available in Massachusetts at this time. Learn more about retirement recommendations.

Recurring investments don’t ensure a profit or guarantee against loss. Not all securities on Robinhood are eligible for recurring investments. Recurring investments may result in a purchase of fractional shares, which are illiquid outside of Robinhood and not transferable.

Stock lending involves risks and may not be appropriate for all accounts. Stock lending is not appropriate for all customers. Stock Lending income depends on feature eligibility and can vary based on which stocks are loaned out. Stock Lending income is not guaranteed and stocks must be matched to a borrower in order to earn Stock Lending income. For risks and more information about Stock Lending, please review the Fully Paid Securities Lending Risk Disclosure Statement and the Fully-Paid Master Securities Lending Agreement.

The Robinhood IRA is available to any of our US customers with a Robinhood investing account in good standing. Note, if you have a B-Notice, you won’t be able to open an IRA until your account restrictions are lifted.

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All Investing involves risk.

Brokerage services are offered through Robinhood Financial LLC, (“RHF”) a registered broker dealer (member SIPC), and clearing services through Robinhood Securities, LLC, (“RHS”) a registered broker dealer (member SIPC).

Cryptocurrency services are offered through an account with Robinhood Crypto, LLC (“RHC”) (NMLS ID: 1702840).Robinhood Crypto is licensed to engage in virtual currency business activity by the New York State Department of Financial Services. Please review a list of RHC's licenses for more information. Cryptocurrency held through Robinhood Crypto is not FDIC insured or SIPC protected.

The Robinhood spending account is offered through Robinhood Money, LLC (“RHY”) (NMLS ID: 1990968), a licensed money transmitter. Please review a list of our licenses for more information.

The Robinhood Cash Card is a prepaid card issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC, pursuant to a license from Mastercard® International Incorporated. Mastercard and the circles design are registered trademarks of Mastercard International Incorporated.

Robinhood Gold Card is subject to credit approval and underwriting. Robinhood Gold Card is offered by Robinhood Credit, Inc., and is issued by Coastal Community Bank, pursuant to a license from Visa U.S.A. Inc. Robinhood Credit, Inc. (“RCT”), is a financial technology company, not a bank.

Robinhood Gold is a subscription-based membership program of premium services offered through Robinhood Gold, LLC (“RHG”).

RHF, RHY, RHC, RCT, RHG, and RHS are affiliated entities and wholly owned subsidiaries of Robinhood Markets, Inc. RHF, RHY, RHC, RCT, RHG, and RHS are not banks. Investing products offered by RHF are not FDIC insured and involve risk, including possible loss of principal.

RHY is not a member of FINRA, and products are not subject to SIPC protection, but funds held in the Robinhood spending account and Robinhood Cash Card account may be eligible for FDIC pass-through insurance (review the Robinhood Cash Card Agreement and the Robinhood Spending Account Agreement).

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.

The risk of loss in trading futures can be substantial. Carefully consider if it’s appropriate for you in light of your financial circumstances. Please read the Futures Risk Disclosure Statement prior to trading futures products. Futures accounts are not protected by the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC) and are not Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) insured. Prior to trading virtual currency Futures products, please review the NFA Investor Advisory & CFTC Advisory providing more information on these potentially significant risks. Futures trading and options on futures trading are offered by Robinhood Derivatives, LLC (“RHD”), a registered futures commission merchant with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and Member of National Futures Association (NFA) (NFA ID 0424278).

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