Robinhood, commission-free trading, and the retail trading surge (2013–2021)

1. Robinhood is founded to cut trading costs

   Apr 1, 2013Labels: Robinhood, Vladimir Tenev, Baiju Bhatt

   • Robinhood Wiki

2. Robinhood opens commission-free trading to the public

   Mar 12, 2015Labels: Robinhood, iPhone App

   • Robinhood Newsroom
   • Robinhood Wiki

3. Robinhood expands into commission-free options trading

   Dec 13, 2017Labels: Robinhood, Options Trading

   • Robinhood Newsroom

4. Robinhood launches crypto trading in select states

   Feb 22, 2018Labels: Robinhood, Cryptocurrency

   • CoinDesk
   • CNBC

5. Schwab kicks off the mainstream “race to zero”

   Oct 1, 2019Labels: Charles Schwab

   • CNBC

6. Major brokers match zero commissions for stocks

   Oct 2, 2019Labels: TD Ameritrade, E TRADE

   • CNBC
   • CNBC

7. Robinhood rolls out Cash Management features

   Dec 12, 2019Labels: Robinhood, Cash Management

   • TechCrunch
   • Robinhood Newsroom

8. Robinhood introduces fractional shares for small investors

   Dec 12, 2019Labels: Robinhood, Fractional Shares

   • Robinhood Newsroom

9. Platform outages disrupt trading during 2020 volatility

   Mar 2, 2020Labels: Robinhood, Platform Outage

   • TechCrunch

10. SEC penalizes Robinhood over order-routing disclosures

    Dec 17, 2020Labels: SEC, Robinhood

    • SEC Press

11. Robinhood restricts buying in GameStop and other meme stocks

    Jan 28, 2021Labels: Robinhood, GameStop

    • Bloomberg
    • Wired

12. House hearing examines the GameStop trading episode

    Feb 18, 2021Labels: U S, GameStop

    • CBS News

13. FINRA orders record penalty over supervision and outages

    Jun 30, 2021Labels: FINRA, Robinhood

    • CNBC

14. Robinhood goes public after the retail trading surge

    Jul 29, 2021Labels: Robinhood, IPO

    • Robinhood IR
    • CNBC