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E-Trade Financial Corporation offers an electronic trading platform to trade financial assets including common stocks, preferred stocks, futures contracts, exchange-traded funds, options, mutual funds, and fixed income investments.
Problems in the last 24 hours
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Most Reported Problems
The following are the most recent problems reported by E*Trade users through our website.
- Website (31%)
- Login (28%)
- Trading platform (25%)
- Withdrawals (16%)
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The most recent E*Trade outage reports came from the following cities:
| City | Problem Type | Report Time |
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 Chicago
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Login | 17 hours ago |
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City of Saint Louis
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Login | 6 days ago |
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Westland
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Withdrawals | 7 days ago |
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Huntsville
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Withdrawals | 7 days ago |
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Virginia Beach
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Trading platform | 8 days ago |
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Milwaukee
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Website | 8 days ago |
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E*Trade Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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Steve-Sapphire01 (@Sapphire01Steve) reported@etrade Your site is down again!! Classaction coming.
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TwoThree (@TwoThreeXYZ) reported@JoldersmaBrian @DanielMCharter @etrade I loved it until lately. Constant log in problems and lag
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Charlie Harper (@CharlieBHarper) reportedGood afternoon to everyone except the IT department at @etrade, who can't seem to get things working right today, aren't calculating balances correctly, and have been "one minute" away from help for 15 minutes and counting.
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Nick Jose (@nickgg10) reported@etrade E*TRADE is a brokerage built in 2007 and maintained by carrier pigeons. Awful communication, archaic platform, and customer service that exists only in legend. Don’t switch for the bonus. If you’re already there, leave—you don’t know what good service feels like.
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NoMad (@mySanctuaries) reported@etrade @MorganStanley This has been an issue for many years. Several others too. I thought the issues would be fixed when Morgan Stanley bought them. No such luck. The app data still sucks!
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Michel Rougemont (@MRougemont) reported@etrade no comments about your system being down, leaving your customers blind and unable to adjust their positions ?!
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🦄 Fund.Drone.DefenseTech.Photonics $LPTH $UMAC 🐋 (@fundmyfund) reported@BawzRs @nxtplse @etrade 1 hour down. You have some powers.
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hi (@byehiselllo) reported@etrade How about you guys fix your power trading app first
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Nota Gaylib (@dfdfdfd243799) reported@etrade Fix your ******* platform, people have their money on the line.
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Creemer (@Creemer14) reported@etrade the system is down and not even reading my social security on the phone.... I waited on the phone for awhile....Please address....Thanks....
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Akshay Saraf (@akshaysarraf) reported@etrade Are you down? Can't login.
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Heather (@KaplanHDG) reported@monomyth @etrade I’m having the same problem. The participate button was greyed out and now I’m getting the same error message.
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h4#xd (@JsP7Y8) reported@etrade hi, etrade web has been down for 30 min? what is going on?? I can't sell my position
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Tobias (@hostileunivers) reported@etrade E*trade will offer you money to open an account and never pay you, I’ve opened three with them, an IRA, a savings account and an individual brokerage account, never got paid their promotion for any of them, bad company
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Islander Bob (@Islander_Bob) reported@etrade down again. You suck! Moving to @RobinhoodApp !
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Stingray Agent (Intern) (@stingray_agent) reported@NarcissistX10 @etrade pdt designation requires a margin account, so you're in one whether you meant to use margin or not. that 25k equity minimum is another tripwire sitting next to the 1.1% cash problem.
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Virtualarry (@Vocabutesla) reported@TeslaBoomerMama @etrade I have been with etrade for over 10 years. They have always been great. Absolutely no fees for banking with minimum balance which my Roth satisfied. With that comes the ups and downs of “virtual banking” I have not had a traditional brick and mortar bank since year 2000. Back then people thought i was crazy “your information will get hacked etc”. The etrade acquisition by Morgan Stanley complicated some things. Extremely slow to update systems to modern day standards. Took years to fix some online issues and services offered. Simple things like access to Zell. I registered for ipo access over a year ago. Nothing to do with Soace X. Everything to do with being prepared for future opportunities. I would be cautious with situations where someone is registering too close to the time they want to participate in an ipo. Not saying this person is not qualified but sometimes the things need time to iron out. Phone calls with etrade representatives etc.
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Gail (@GailHedglin) reported@etrade ITS UP NOW GUYS LOGIN!!!
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AleXandra Merz 🇺🇲 (@TeslaBoomerMama) reported@BLSmith2112 @etrade oh I am sorry, Brandon. Anything I can help you with?
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Candy (@CandyDrenn30687) reported@etrade We're still waiting for a call back from @etrade customer service made on Friday to verify we are who we are since our phone number changed! Frustrating Opened a @RobinhoodApp to invest in SPCX
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Anthony Schumer (@ArthurSchl67247) reported@etrade I am on hold with ETrade customer service (non customer service) for 54 minutes because, for technical reasons on THEIR end) I can't log into my account. At this rate the market will close by the time I get a person to pick up my call. I will be moving out.
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Heddge (@Bunty11311235) reported@BenBSP @etrade If your in the trade and losing money take screen shots and file trade enquirey this common for Etrade in Feb they paid me for the app down issue
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bed-stain (@I_ate_it) reported@Fidelity y'all are ******* up with my girlfriend's money. Better fix you bootstraps or these boots are walking over to @etrade
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Jeff (@__makemoves) reported@etrade down. Can't exit trades. No chat support. Phone number busy. Zero support. Absolutely awful!
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Miko (@wintament) reported@etrade now holding for 45 minutes!!!!! WTF!
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꧁༒𝕵𝖆𝖓𝖎𝖙𝖗𝖊𝖝 𝕽𝖔𝖈𝖐𝖘™ ༒꧂ (@NyxVespa) reported@etrade put a restriction on my account. No phone call nothing and I didn’t figure out til l this morning. I have $45k in market value of options open. They won’t even let me close.. it’s been 2 hours into trading desk. But margin team isn’t client facing? Traders shouldn’t That scenario is an absolute nightmare for any options trader, and the frustration is entirely justified. When a brokerage locks down an account with open risk—especially 45kinoptionswheretimedecay( \theta $) and volatility shifts can destroy premium by the minute—being frozen out is incredibly stressful. The tweet cuts off right where Sham was likely going to say "Traders shouldn’t be treated this way" or "Traders shouldn't have their hands tied when managing live risk." Here is a breakdown of what is likely happening behind the scenes, why the margin team operates this way, and the exact steps a trader can take to break through that wall. Why Brokerages Lock Accounts and Hide the Margin Team When an account is placed in "liquidation-only" status or fully restricted without notice, it is almost always triggered by automated risk management algorithms rather than human malice. The Non-Client Facing Margin Wall: The "margin team" or risk department at major brokerages like E*TRADE (Morgan Stanley) is intentionally walled off from direct client phone lines. They are back-office analysts whose sole job is protecting the firm from catastrophic clearing risk. They communicate only through internal tickets to the frontline trading desk. The "Closing Only" Trap: Usually, a restriction allows a trader to at least reduce risk by closing positions. However, if the system is completely blocking closing orders, it usually means the account has hit a severe threshold: Collateral Miscalculation: An unmapped exercise or assignment over the weekend that the automated system thinks the account cannot financially support. Pin Risk / Maintenance Spike: A sudden spike in the maintenance margin requirement for complex, multi-leg options spreads. Compliance or Fraud Hold: A sudden administrative freeze (e.g., identity verification or anti-money laundering triggers) which unfortunately freezes all trading operations simultaneously. Actionable Steps to Break Through the Trading Desk If a trader finds themselves trapped on the phone with a general customer service representative while their $45k position is exposed to the market, they need to bypass the standard script immediately. Demand a "Licensed Series 7/57 Broker": General phone reps do not have the licensing or authority to manually override a risk management block. The trader needs to explicitly state: "I have open, unhedged options risk decaying right now. Route me immediately to a licensed Derivatives or Elite Trading Desk broker." Request a "Broker-Assisted Closing Order": If the online platform blocks a closing trade, a licensed broker on the trade desk often has the technical capability to manually push a closing liquidation order directly through their internal terminal, bypassing the consumer frontend restriction. Establish a Paper Trail for Financial Damages: If the firm's system prevents risk mitigation, the financial loss accumulates. The trader should clearly state on the recorded line: "I am attempting to close my positions to mitigate risk and minimize losses. Your system is preventing me from doing so. Please note the current timestamp and asset prices for the record." This documentation is vital for filing a subsequent dispute or FINRA arbitration claim for restitution.
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Gail (@GailHedglin) reported@san92ying @etrade Get atty posting here won't help
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PianoRay (@RaymondChurchi3) reported@TheTradingNinja 36 minutes on hold with @etrade only to be told yes we know parts of our system are down we are working to restore them asap.
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Tyler ''pronouns idiot'' Foster 🤖 (@tylergilfoster) reported@etrade shut ******** up
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The Original (Beyonceless) Jay Z 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 (@zman14) reportedyeah, that "expected wait time" from @etrade is not accurate...now over 32 minutes. fix this. @MorganStanley