Robinhood Froze Trading and Still Charges Fees
36 posts across 3 communities in the last 30 days; 92% from App Store.
“So I had enough to use the free $1000 margin before and it seemed to be working fine using SGOV like recommended here. But now I placed another $1000 to use for something else but it seems like they just automatically shifted it to "cover" the $1000 margin? So how do I both keep…”
“[Robinhood] ★ 1/5 (v2026.41.0) — When my puts were down to .24 from .78, I attempted to put in $100 to average down. Robinhood cut off my instant deposit access without warning and I lost the entire account, from $1001 to $7. Please put your money into a different brokerage like…”
“[Robinhood] ★ 1/5 (v2026.40.0) — Back in 2021-2022 they locked my funds completely and they told me they will just send my money to my bank, i wasnt able to use my funds at all got like 1 month. Their customer service is the worst, you cannot even call them unless you request it…”
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.
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“So I had enough to use the free $1000 margin before and it seemed to be working fine using SGOV like recommended here. But now I placed another $1000 to use for something else but it seems like they just automatically shifted it to "cover"…”
“So I had enough to use the free $1000 margin before and it seemed to be working fine using SGOV like recommended here. But now I placed another $1000 to use for something else but it seems like they just automatically shifted it to "cover" the $1000 margin? So how do I both keep the $1000 of free margin as SGOV while also depositing more cash to buy other stuff? I also can't withdraw that $1000 out either. submitted by /u/trydola [link] [comments]”
“[Robinhood] ★ 1/5 (v2026.41.0) — When my puts were down to .24 from .78, I attempted to put in $100 to average down. Robinhood cut off my instant deposit access without warning and I lost the entire account, from $1001 to $7. Please put your money into a different brokerage like Webull or Fidelity. This app has broken me down to nothing.”
[Robinhood] ★ 1/5 (v2026.41.0) — No good not recomended l lost $2600
“[Robinhood] ★ 1/5 (v2026.40.0) — Good luck ever getting any money back. Been trying to get my money out for over a year.”
“[Robinhood] ★ 1/5 (v2026.40.0) — I had very nice experiences with Robinhood until…. One day, I decided to transfer my money from Robinhood to Wellbull. I started the transfer. The next day, I saw an email with tiny words/word that I could click on. I clicked on it, and it stated that in small text I will be charged $100 after reading so many text carefully. For one simple, easy, and basic transfer, Robinhood charged me $100 without me even knowing. You must have my permission before you could do”
“[Robinhood] ★★★ 3/5 (v2026.40.0) — Easy to use but they clearly up the price of buys and reduce cost of your sells in an effort to make money off you. You pay for the ease of use.”
“[Robinhood] ★ 1/5 (v2026.40.0) — We need a way to turn off or on the Early dividend feature and they no longer display a dividend paying stocks APY”
“[Robinhood] ★ 1/5 (v2026.40.0) — I used too love Robinhood and granted I never made much money or gave them much but when I had a verified card then I had too change the numbers because of expiration coming up with account number and routing still the same I still can’t withdraw my money. I’m down with Robinhood and going else where once I can get my withdraw….dont come here or try it”
“During the GME, AMC, and BBBY squeeze, Robinhood scammed retail stock traders in favor of their institutional trading firms who bankrolled them. That's betrayal enough to never trust them with more money than I can afford to say goodbye to.”
“[Robinhood] ★ 1/5 (v2026.40.0) — No improvement on withdrawal but will take any deposit”
“[Robinhood] ★ 1/5 (v2026.40.0) — Back in 2021-2022 they locked my funds completely and they told me they will just send my money to my bank, i wasnt able to use my funds at all got like 1 month. Their customer service is the worst, you cannot even call them unless you request it from the app and even then their customer support will never help you. Trust me when they tell you that they’ll email you they will not. You will need just to keep praying in church or whatever you pray to get someone th”
“[Robinhood] ★ 1/5 (v2026.40.0) — These guys Deactivated my account and I reactivated it but these guys kept my money. This will happen to you to… buyer beware. I put the money in and left it for a while checked in and it wasn’t even placed in any stocks. It was idle but it’s gone. Trust your money elsewhere seriously!!!!!!!!!! I don’t want this to happen to anyone else…..”
“[Robinhood] ★ 1/5 (v2026.40.0) — Robinhood makes its money from payment for order flow so you will always sell below the current price and buy above the current price. Citadel pays Robinhood to direct orders to Citadel. The citadel and Robinhood have a clear conflict of interest relationship that hurts retail investors”
“[Robinhood] ★ 1/5 (v2026.39.1) — The app works well, but the desktop version is extremely slow. At times, the delays have caused me to lose money, while other brokerage platforms run smoothly in separate browser tabs.”
“[Robinhood] ★ 1/5 (v2026.39.1) — They restricted my crypto account and the only explanation is I violated their crypto agreement. Claiming I performed off shore gambling!!! Bunch of criminals! I’ve never gabled anywhere!”
“[Robinhood] ★★ 2/5 (v2026.39.1) — Improved charts. Disgusted to see gambling take over Robin Hood’s business.I guess everyone thinks the only way to make it now is to get lucky …”
“[Robinhood] ★ 1/5 (v2026.39.1) — Signs you up for “Gold” with one accidental click, better to uninstall the app then chance hitting the wrong notification and having a bunch if $5 fees and penalty for cancellation. Very shady”
[Robinhood] ★ 1/5 (v2026.39.1) — Horrible to trade on
“[Robinhood] ★ 1/5 (v2026.39.1) — It’s no way to even get in contact with anyone. This is a scam. It’s making me go through so many loop . Y’all don’t even respond to messages. Don’t waste y’all time”
“[Robinhood] ★ 1/5 (v2026.39.0) — The app is good, the way the complete your trades, you have to take care since they do not charge commissions but they do not use market values, the sell you at higher prices than the market and they buy you at lower prices than the market, better use other platforms that are transparent. You can’t know the cost better buy or sell”
“[Robinhood] ★★★ 3/5 (v2026.39.0) — Intuitive and User Friendly, Don’t Like Some of the Their “promotions” and practices. It seems coercive and misleading. Also hate the prediction markets they’ve added”
“[Robinhood] ★ 1/5 (v2026.39.0) — it takes absolutely an egregious amount of time to be able to access funds from stocks I’ve sold or from my roth ira I dont know why i’d trade on here when i can do it on other apps and not be overdraft because robinhood doesnt know where to pull the money from while other apps do”
“[Robinhood] ★ 1/5 (v2026.39.0) — I put money on multiple times every time I try to take money off there was an issue never got the money off. They want to charge you a dollar or whatever to take money out and also charge your account another dollar 95 just to link a card when you already linked the card. To put money on it it’s a scam. Save your time. They’re not accurate.”
“[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] ★ 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.”