Robinhood Platforms | How Robinhood Platforms Work

Introduction

Robinhood is a US-based broker with over 18 million clients that trust in it. It’s regulated by top-tier financial authorities and has client protection amounts. It also has +8 years of trading experience. Robinhood’s major instruments are stocks, options, gold, mutual funds, and cryptocurrencies. You can also use third-party services to have a Shariah-compliant investment platform. Robinhood is also famous for having good trading platforms and free deposits.

Robinhood works on its customized trading applications through web and mobile platforms.

Web Trading Application

Languages

The main language of the platform is English.

User interface (UI)

The UI of the Robinhood web trading application is very clean and easy to use. You can discover all of its features easily with no problem very seamlessly. Also, the charts are not customizable like other trading platforms.

Robinhood – Web Application – UI

Login and Security

Robinhood use a two-factor authentication within its web platform for more safety instead of the usual username and password login.

Searching

The searching function within the web platform works very fine. You can type the first letters of any product to find it easily.

Robinhood – Web Application – Search

Placing orders

There are several types of orders in the web platform which are:

1. Market
2. Limit
3. Stop Loss
4. Stop Limit
5. Trailing Stop

Robinhood – Web Application – Place Order

Notifications and alerts

The web platform has notification and alert options to notify you for payments, price changes, and more.

Portfolio and reports

The platform has a clear fee and portfolio reports in an easy way to understand.

Desktop Trading Application

Unfortunately, Robinhood does not have a desktop trading application.

Mobile Trading Application

The mobile application of Robinhood is very similar in functionality as the web platform. There are a few differences like the login in the mobile application has an additional biometric authentication beside the 2FA.

Robinhood – Mobile Application – UI

3. FAQs

1. How long does it take to verify my account?

• It takes about 1 business day to verify your Robinhood account.

1. Can I open more than one trading account?

• No, Robinhood allows you to open only one account.

1. Does Robinhood allow bot trading?

• Yes, it does.

1. How to activate the two-factor authentication (2FA) method?

• To enable 2FA, you have 2 options: via SMS or via the authenticator app (i.e., Google Authenticator). After that, Follow these steps:

1. Tap the Account (person) icon in the bottom right corner
2. Tap the three bars in the top right corner
3. Tap Settings
4. Under Security, tap Two-Factor Authentication
5. Toggle the feature to the On position
6. Tap the authentication app you’d like to use
7. Tap Open App to add your key to the authentication app
8. Open your authentication app, and confirm that you’d like to add Robinhood
9. Copy the verification code generated by your authentication app and paste it into Robinhood when you’re prompted.
10. You’ll receive an emergency backup code from Robinhood that allows you to log in if you ever lose access to your device. We recommend saving this code in a secure place, such as within a password manager, saving a screenshot in a password-protected folder, or writing it down and locking it in a safe.

1. Does Robinhood give a bonus?

• There is an approximately 98% chance of the stock bonus having a value of $2.50-$10.00 after opening an account on Robinhood.

1. Does Robinhood allow scalping and hedging?

• It does allow hedging, but scalping is not allowed.

1. Does Robinhood have a demo account?

• No, it doesn’t.

1. Can I log in to the same account through different devices?

• Yes, you can log in from the trusted devices listed on your account.

1. Does Robinhood accept payments from third parties?

• Your payments should be from a bank account that holds the same name as yours.