Trading fees on Robinhood

Investing with a Robinhood brokerage account is commission free. We don’t charge you fees to open your account, to maintain your account, or to transfer funds to your account.

However, self-regulatory organizations, such as the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) charge us a small fee for sell orders. They charge these fees, regardless of the brokerage. Robinhood passes these fees on to you to cover our costs.

FINRA is required to pay this fee to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) by law. To generate the funds necessary to do so, FINRA passes the fee on to its members, and many of these members, including Robinhood, pass the fee on to the customers. The fee is ultimately intended to cover the costs incurred by the government, including the SEC, for supervising and regulating the securities markets and securities professionals. The rate is subject to annual and mid-year adjustments.

As of February 27, 2023, the SEC fee is $8 per $1,000,000 of principal (only for sell orders), which is rounded up to the nearest penny. Robinhood doesn’t pass this fee on to you for sales with a notional value of $500 or less.

FINRA charges this fee to brokerage firms like Robinhood to recover the costs of supervising and regulating these firms. We pass this fee to our customers, except for sales of 50 shares or less.

As of January 1, 2023, the TAF is $0.000145 per share (equity sells) and $0.00244 per contract (options sells). This fee is rounded up to the nearest penny, which will be no greater than $7.27 per trade. Keep in mind, you may be charged more than the $7.27 fee because the fee limit is based on the execution of your order, which can occur with multiple trades.

American depositary receipts (ADRs) are certificates that represent foreign stocks that you can trade on U.S. stock markets. The banks issuing these certificates may charge custodial fees that typically range from $0.01-$0.03 per share.