Robinhood Traders Discovered a Glitch That Gave Them ‘Infinite Leverage’

Re:Robinhood Traders Discovered a Glitch That Gave Them ‘Inf... by toomuchtodo on Tuesday November 05, 2019 @12:58PM (#21454813)

Robinhood extended margin it was not legally permitted to extend (Reg T is federal statute, btw). I am very interested in sitting in any court room as an observer where their counsel attempts to collect.

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Re:Robinhood Traders Discovered a Glitch That Gave Them ‘Inf... by Aperocky on Tuesday November 05, 2019 @01:04PM (#21454877)

This, laws will overrule fine print or service agreement at any single time.

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Re:Robinhood Traders Discovered a Glitch That Gave Them ‘Inf... by SpicyLemonZest on Tuesday November 05, 2019 @01:03PM (#21454868)

But they didn’t intend to, right? If I steal money from a broker’s desk drawer and use it to do dumb futures trades, surelt that’s not a regulatory violation on the broker’s part.

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Re:Robinhood Traders Discovered a Glitch That Gave Them ‘Inf... by toomuchtodo on Tuesday November 05, 2019 @01:07PM (#21454912)

Great case to make that you are so incompetent as a broker-dealer that someone was able to extend themselves 250x leverage on the margin you extended. That's how you lose your broker-dealer license, which means your business dies if you're Robinhood (unless they're only going to offer a cash management account, which I guess might be a thing? even Credit Karma and Personal Capital are offering one now). As a broker, risk management is your job.

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Re:Robinhood Traders Discovered a Glitch That Gave Them ‘Inf... by SpicyLemonZest on Tuesday November 05, 2019 @01:14PM (#21454994)

I guess that makes sense.

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