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Trading with Robinhood Legend

You can enter trades in seconds from your watchlist, chart, options chain, or positions widget.

Depending on how you open an order form, it may contain preset order details. You can always edit your order before submitting a trade.

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Note

Preset order details are not a trading recommendation.

Trading equities

You can place an equities order from a variety of widgets in your layout:

  • From a watchlist widget: Hover over a row and select Trade to place a limit order. You can also right-click on the row to select Trade.
  • From a positions widget: Hover over an equities position. You can also right-click on a position.
    • Select Close to place a market order to sell
    • Select the three vertical dots then Set stop to place a stop market order. Set stop will also appear if the widget is wide enough.
    • Select the three vertical dots then Set limit to place a limit order
    • Select the three vertical dots then Increase position to place a market order to buy
  • From a chart widget: See Trading from the chart below

Depending on the scenario, the form will be set as either a limit, market, or stop market order. From there, you can choose another order type, decide whether you want to buy or sell, and edit the rest of your order details.

To cancel an open or partially filled order, hover over an order row in your recent orders widget and select Cancel. You can also right-click on a position to find this option.

To replace an open order, select the three vertical dots on an order row in your recent orders widget (or right-click) and select Replace. This option will also appear if the widget is wide enough.

Trading options

You can place an options order from two widgets:

  • From an options chain widget: Select a bid or ask price for the contract you want to trade. To add more legs, just click the bid or ask on another contract and it will automatically be added to your order form.
    • Note: Selecting a bid sets the order form to sell. Selecting an ask sets the order form to buy.
    • Note: You can add up to 4 legs to a single order.
  • From a positions widget: Hover over an options position. You can also right-click on a position.
    • Select Close to place an order to close your position
    • Select the three vertical dots then Set stop to place a stop market order. This option will also appear if the widget is wide enough.
    • Select the three vertical dots then Set limit to place a limit order
    • Select the three vertical dots then Increase position to place an order that will add to your current position
    • Select the three vertical dots then Exercise to exercise your option

Once an order form opens, you can select your order type, decide whether you want to buy or sell, and edit the rest of your order details. For multi-leg trades, you can also see the current mark price for each of your legs, and edit your legs ratio.

Trading from the chart widget

You can trade in a few different ways directly from your chart widget:

  • Select Buy or Sell (if you have a position) in the upper-left corner
  • Select the + icon on the right side of the chart
    • If above the current price, select Buy stop to place a buy stop market order
    • If above the current price, select Sell limit to place a sell limit order
    • If below the current price, select Buy limit to place a buy limit order
    • If below the current price, select Sell stop to place a sell stop market order
    • Note: The order form will default to the price you clicked on, but you can edit this before submitting the trade.
  • Right-click on any point in the chart
    • If above the current price, select Buy stop to place a buy stop market order
    • If above the current price, select Sell limit to place a sell limit order
    • If below the current price, select Buy limit to place a buy limit order
    • If below the current price, select Sell stop to place a sell stop market order
    • Note: The order form will default to the price you clicked on, but you can edit this before submitting the trade.
  • If you have an open order, you can cancel or replace that order right from the chart
    • Select the X to cancel the order
    • Select the order to replace the order
    • Click and drag the order to replace the order
  • If you have a position in the asset, you’ll see a pill with your open quantity and P&L, plotted at its average cost
    • Click and drag Stop down to select the price you’d like to place a stop market order at
    • Click and drag Limit up to select the price you’d like to place a limit order at
    • Select the X to start a closing order for your position

Buying power

You can see your available buying power for trading by clicking the account icon. Buying power will then appear in the right hand panel. For details about your buying power, check out Settlement and buying power.

Disclosures

All investments involve risk and loss of principal is possible.

While there is no additional cost to use Legend, there are other fees associated with your individual investing account. Review our fee schedule for more information. Robinhood Legend is only available to Robinhood investing customers.

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.

Robinhood doesn’t endorse or adopt any particular investment strategy or approach to evaluating individual securities or assets. Robinhood Legend use is for informational purposes only and is not a recommendation of any security, investing or trading strategy.Some of the capabilities of Robinhood Legend may be different or absent from what is offered via the Robinhood mobile app or Robinhood classic. Please be sure to understand these differences and what might work best for you.

Robinhood Financial LLC (member SIPC), is a registered broker dealer. Robinhood Securities, LLC (member SIPC), is a registered broker dealer and provides brokerage clearing services.

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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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