Robinhood Froze Trading and Still Charges Fees
Users express frustration with Robinhood's limitations on deposits and trading limits, resulting in missed investment opportunities and financial losses. Several users also cite issues with unexpected fees and restrictions on stock purchases.
SOURCES (60)
“[Robinhood] ★ 1/5 (v2026.39.0) — This app is horrendous in so many facets that I can only elaborate in a phone call. Please put your money into a different brokerage like Webull or Fidelity.”
“[Robinhood] ★ 1/5 (v2026.39.0) — This app took 50 dollars from my bank when I never touched the membership nor have I got a notification for me to pay or continue the membership that I never paid for. Now my account is negative for something I didn’t do”
“[Robinhood] ★ 1/5 (v2026.39.0) — The app needs more work. I’m new to this app in the last week, but I’m not new to investing or on other places. Despite the update to the app today on both my devices, still the same problems I’m seeing within the last few days. On iPhone, the messages page crashes, but at least on the iPhone I can get to the three little parallel horizontal bars (hamburger icon), where I can find the log off button. On the iPad app, no hamburger for me. Instead, I get the 3 dot”
“[Robinhood] ★ 1/5 (v2026.38.0) — This site trades your stock behind your back and makes money off you not only that but I just got charged for some reason and haven’t moved stock in years just been watching and learning and adding now I’m deleting mine and going somewhere else.. Very shaddy”
“[Robinhood] ★★★ 3/5 (v2026.38.0) — Sometime I have a issue that I can’t quite wrap my finger around. Makes me hope Robinhood has a actual customer service group”
“[Robinhood] ★ 1/5 (v2026.38.0) — They claim to be commission free but they rob you in fills. Every time I place an order in Robinhood I end up paying $100-200 more than my other brokerage for the exact same trade. They literally steal your money while claiming to be commission free. They don’t even show the correct prices for option chains and they keep the difference.”
“[Robinhood] ★ 1/5 (v2026.38.0) — Not too happy with Robinhood right now. 12 year customer and plan on switching brokers as I get older and smarter in investing.”
“[Robinhood] ★ 1/5 (v2026.37.0) — Why is savings account deposit count as portfolio gain? Did AI write the code? Lol”
“[Robinhood] ★★★ 3/5 (v2026.37.0) — RH shows you the mid price on the screen but always executes at a much higher price - then they collect the spread. Definitely misleading to market their company as “commission free trading” plus they’ve pulled some BS stunts over the years on their clients. So 3 stars”
“[Robinhood] ★ 1/5 (v2026.37.0) — Every year, Robinhood feels more and more like a company I can’t trust. I still have an account because moving my assets out has been a hassle. But almost every time I make a new transaction, I end up feeling like I’ve been blindsided by something. I use Fidelity, Webull, and Robinhood. Robinhood may seem easy to use because the user experience is clean and intuitive. But once you look more closely, the experience is very different. There always seem to be imp”
“[Robinhood] ★ 1/5 (v2026.37.0) — If you want an app that looks like a sleek video game on the surface but secretly runs on broken, 1970s banking plumbing that will hold your real-world money hostage, then Robinhood is for you. Otherwise, run far away and use a real, traditional brokerage.I opened this account for basic investing, and it has been an absolute nightmare. The app is intentionally engineered to trap everyday people. They push "Instant Delivery" and flashy green numbers to make you fe”
“[Robinhood] ★ 1/5 (v2026.37.0) — Everything about this app is mediocrity at its lowest. They’re literally playing catch up, with the rest…. I don’t know how people CHOOSE TO USE THIS TRADING PLATFORM”
[Robinhood] ★ 1/5 (v2026.37.0) — Pathetic customer support.
“[Robinhood] ★ 1/5 (v2026.37.0) — The worst designed website and app I have ever seen in my life. Pray you don’t need support, because it is absolutely impossible to get ahold of anybody. And if you somehow manage to get someone to call you back, most likely, they will not speak English, and they are so incompetent that they will get nothing accomplished.”
“[Robinhood] ★ 1/5 (v2026.37.0) — there was no indication that i was taking out margin debt when i made a purchase. Now that I am selling stock to pay off the margin debt, the money does not enter my account to pay off the margin. Everytime i sell an event contract, the money disappears and robinhood still says im in 28 cents of margin debt. This is conveniently the first day they havent sent me a daily futures and event contracts statement.”
“[Robinhood] ★ 1/5 (v2026.36.0) — Money takes way too long to transfer out and the app is very confusing at first”
“[Robinhood] ★★ 2/5 (v2026.36.0) — Web is down or won’t even log in so time not consistent at all and frustrating to use”
“[Robinhood] ★ 1/5 (v2026.36.0) — This app is very manipulative. I’m gonna look for a new app to trade on. I always lose money with you”
“[Robinhood] ★★★ 3/5 (v2026.36.0) — It’s been great so far, but the fees are getting extensive and gold membership should be free or $1 a month”
“[Robinhood] ★ 1/5 (v2026.35.0) — I deposited 4 days ago and it still won’t let me invest it all and say waiting for payment to go through. Would not recommend”
“[Robinhood] ★ 1/5 (v2026.35.0) — Terrible, why did u guys do that with the percent change…”
“[Robinhood] ★ 1/5 (v2026.35.0) — Hard to find true balance. Selling stocks not easy Where is my money?”
“[Robinhood] ★ 1/5 (v2026.34.1) — This has happened multiple times. So many times I can’t count.”
“[Robinhood] ★ 1/5 (v2026.34.1) — Be sure to read the other reviews. They WILL lock you out at some point and they WILL steal YOUR money and call it “fees”. And then when you call them out, they WILL lock you out of banking with them. They’re not a mature bank. Go with someone who has been in the business a long time and well established.”
“[Robinhood] ★ 1/5 (v2026.34.0) — Terrible corrupt company that steals money with each transaction.”
“[Robinhood] ★ 1/5 (v2026.34.0) — You make some profit, they take your profit. You lose money, they still take your money at sell off. You are basically working for them with your own resources.”
“[Robinhood] ★ 1/5 (v2026.34.0) — Robinhood decided to turn off the option to buy/sell or trade any stocks when GameStop skyrocketed. Many people who were not breaking any laws were screwed out of a lot of opportunity or money by shutting off the ability to participate. No warning or explanation. Don’t forget. Don’t trust the platform or owners. If you’re going to get into stocks just make a real portfolio on your computer on free platforms. Do not forget, history repeats itself. They are not to”
“[Robinhood] ★ 1/5 (v2026.34.0) — For over 69 days they’ve held my money and locked me out of their so called 24/7 live agent support and callback requests. It all started when I deposited over from my linked Bank account and bought 21.73 BNB then attempted to transfer only 5 BNB to my external exchange account for trading but the transfer failed and my account got restricted. it’s been a very difficult period I’ve submitted my bank statement showing the authorized robinhood transactions which i”
“[Robinhood] ★ 1/5 (v2026.34.0) — Have been using Robinhood for 5+ years now and have become tired of where the platform is moving. The whole GameStop ordeal where Robinhood shut down users ability to trade because of nothing short of corrupt deals and friends in high places should have been the first warning. Now they are digging themselves in a deeper hole by actively supporting predatory “predictions” (gambling) on what is supposed to be a banking app. It’s disgusting and will not be supportin”
“[Robinhood] ★★★ 3/5 (v2026.34.0) — Enabled Face ID app refused to recognize my face only gave me one alternative option to take my money out, which was instant deposit and they charged me $35 every trade I make is another $30 fee to buy and sell.”
“[Robinhood] ★ 1/5 (v2026.34.0) — Do not use any of their products. Robinhood will find every way possible to screw their customer over. I own the investment app and their gold card . Do not use the RobinHood app or their gold card. They advertise 3% but if you use it for a statement credit it’s much lower. I redeeemed 24,000 points ($240) they only gave a $168 statement credit. If there is a way to screw their customers RobinHood will find a way to do it every time.”
“[Robinhood] ★ 1/5 (v2026.34.0) — I wish they could get my debt card straightened out”
“[Robinhood] ★ 1/5 (v2026.34.0) — They make sure you can’t pull money out cause they’re scammers”
“[Robinhood] ★★ 2/5 (v2026.34.0) — App requires a 1.75% withdrawal fee but not a deposited fee. What a joke and scam Robinhood is. Stay away from this “easy to use” app. Use a real brokerage instead.”
“[Robinhood] ★ 1/5 (v2026.33.1) — I trade in crypto and once I was suddenly over the tier, they keep charging at the old rate on the trade. Asked them for a credit 1x… they gave me the finger. I will never use Robinhood again.”
“Am I tripping or did Robinhood stick me good. just went through this bs with Robinhood Could someone explain to me why Robinhood took my gains back saying it expired worthless when literally before bell they were green and showed closed. I might be changing my brokerage soon This what my account read yesterday at 7690p but Robinhood took back the money saying it expired worthless when I had a 1.15 sell on 35 contracts. Them cons ran to close to 3 and closed at 2.00 end of the day Bought 7690p at”
“[Robinhood] ★ 1/5 (v2026.33.0) — Don’t ever trust this brokerage, they are scammers. I hope the whole team including private equity burns in h3ll.”
“[Robinhood] ★ 1/5 (v2026.33.0) — I used to be able to dip into margin to pay credit card bills to avoid payment return fees, now I need to provision more idle cash to cover it Also binding arbitration makes it impossible to take Robinhood to court instead letting Robinhood choose an arbitrator to settle disputes with customers. Lowers the incentive to keep Robinhood following the law”
“[Robinhood] ★ 1/5 (v2026.33.0) — I already didn’t like Robinhood for how they saved big hedge funds during the GameStop stuff, HOWEVER HOW MUCH MONEY DID THEY MAKE FROM THAT CAUSE WHY DO YOU HAVE SO MANY ADS ON EVERYTHING AND THEY ALL LOOK AN SOUND LIKE AI SLOP! NO ONE WANTS TO USE YOUR PLATFORM STOP SHOVING ADS DOWN MY THROAT!”
“[Robinhood] ★ 1/5 (v2026.32.0) — I initiated a transfer from Robinhood to Webull using the Webull app. The next day, I saw an email from Robinhood with a link stating that it will charge me $100 just for one easy transfer. I was surprised. Immediately, I asked Webull to cancel the transfer. Nearly right after, I got email from Robinhood stating that the transfer is completed. $100 gone for just one transfer. This is not good. You must have my consent before doing something like this. Ask me if”
“[Robinhood] ★ 1/5 (v2026.32.0) — They don’t care about long term customers, gold or not, and will connect you to a call center in India to give you a continuous run around.”
“[Robinhood] ★ 1/5 (v2026.32.0) — I’ve had more issues with this company than any other trading company. Several times they tied my money up where I couldn’t get to it for months. Not getting any more of my business.”
“[Robinhood] ★★ 2/5 (v2026.32.0) — How you make a deposit and they said is going to be available full complete at the moment and when you want to do wining options it’s show a message that you need to wait for the deposit be complete but is you open a losses option it let you do it am just curious about last year I spend 10k and believe me this year is not going to be the same! So many great thinks but not in a traders favor.”
[Robinhood] ★ 1/5 (v2026.32.0) — Big loss in this
“[Robinhood] ★ 1/5 (v2026.32.0) — The UI is stunning, but do not use this app for trading unless you are just passively buying and holding broad-market ETFs like VOO. If you do any active trading—especially futures—stay far away. I trade index futures. Multiple times, my positions hit my take-profit targets, but because this app lacks a basic take-profit order function, I had to watch the market reverse and hit my stop-loss instead. Because I work night shifts, I can't stare at the screen 24/7.”
[Robinhood] ★ 1/5 (v2026.32.0) — Taxing our money
“[Robinhood] ★ 1/5 (v2026.31.0) — I initiated a transfer from Robinhood to Webull using the Webull app. The next day, I saw an email from Robinhood with a link stating that it will charge me $100 just for one easy transfer. I was surprised. Immediately, I asked Webull to cancel the transfer. Nearly right after, I got email from Robinhood stating that the transfer is completed. $100 gone for just one transfer. This is not good. You must have my consent before doing something like this. Ask me if”
“[Robinhood] ★★★ 3/5 (v2026.31.0) — Cost per share in tax lots are not reflected correctly (amongst other bugs)”
“[Robinhood] ★ 1/5 (v2026.31.0) — Manipulate the market shutting down trades screwing over smaller investors to protect their own”
“[Robinhood] ★ 1/5 (v2026.31.0) — One of the most awful if not the most awful “brokerage” out there. They can turn off your ability to sell and/or buy stocks, options, etc. They constantly promote gambling with their endless event contracts with fixed games. They will close out your options early on for what they call “safety” but in reality it’s just them precluding you from making money on your options as the last 30 minutes of the day are as volatile or close to as volatile as the last. They w”
“[Robinhood] ★ 1/5 (v2026.31.0) — Robinhood used to feel like a great app and company. Now, it feels like a sleazy salesman just trying to make a quick buck. There is so much extra extra extra and it is getting more and more crowded with no way to turn it off or remove it. And the constant promotions were cool at first and now just feel like a constant sales pitch for more money. I am at the point where I just want a finance company that I can do investing and a Roth IRA. Not all the new stuff”
[Robinhood] ★★★ 3/5 (v2026.31.0) — It use to be easier
“[Robinhood] ★ 1/5 (v2026.31.0) — Robinhood charges $4 a day for margin use, and you won’t even know it’s happening. We called customer service at least 20 times asking how margin was affecting our trades and how to pay it off. Every time, they just told us to add more money to the account. We did — repeatedly — but they kept applying it toward margin instead of clearing it, and we had no idea. Why didn’t they ever tell us we’d been charged $4 a day for the past three years?”