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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%)
- Trading platform (28%)
- Login (24%)
- Withdrawals (17%)
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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 | 3 days ago |
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City of Saint Louis
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Login | 8 days ago |
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Westland
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Withdrawals | 9 days ago |
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Huntsville
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Withdrawals | 10 days ago |
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Virginia Beach
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Trading platform | 10 days ago |
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Milwaukee
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Website | 10 days ago |
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E*Trade Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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gRNA (@sguideRNA) reported@etrade why is it taking you 2 months to fix a cost basis after my equity was transferred to my @etrade account. Probably the biggest mistake I made was to transfer my account to @etrade.
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Middat Yildiz (@middatyildiz) reportedIs @etrade having market data feed error, feed corruption, or a quote dissemination issue? @MorganStanley
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Mama Asp (@Mama_Asp) reported@etrade 's hold music has now given me PTSD. I have never had such poor customer service in my entire life! A month into this nightmare and I still have no access or answers.
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Joe Farrier (@joefarrier) reported@BLSmith2112 @TeslaBoomerMama @etrade I'm very confident that's the case. Those questions read like a bad HR questionnaire for a job posting. They don't work well either. Bummer, sorry that happened to you.
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Woton (@BlueWizard777) reported@etrade ******* banks. 4% vs 18%+ for credit Hope I live to see it all come crashing down
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Miko (@wintament) reported@etrade finally got someone to answer - When they answer please be polite - not the fault of the rep - so keep it civil but do emphasize that being a customer is probably no longer in your best interest if you want to vent
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StocksNDietCoke (@JackJacobsonAZ) reported@etrade how the hell is your $SPCX quote different from my Schwab and Nasdaq quote? @MorganStanley please help and bring back pro
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Gail (@GailHedglin) reported@etrade ETRADES IN TROUBLE CANT LOGIN WEB OR PRO OR MOBILE BIG ISSUES IM ON PHONE HOLD 30 MINS
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Badboys03 (@Badboysmarket) reported@etrade Major move must be coming if your website is down.
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Apis Equity (@apisequity) reportedIf @CharlesSchwab is giving you trouble purchasing $ntrp join us over at @etrade …they’ll let you load the boat down here and ride this one up…let’s go
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Jeff Gawlinski (@JeffGawlinski) reportedOur stock purchase is through @etrade but the service is awful and can't connect to anyone. Next employee pulse meeting, will bring this up to see if a different platform would be better who provides better support.
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Nota Gaylib (@dfdfdfd243799) reported@GailHedglin @etrade nope, still not working. Losing thousands.
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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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Miko (@wintament) reported@etrade now holding for 45 minutes!!!!! WTF!
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Blake Norton 📈 🎯 (@blake_nort_wire) reported@etrade oil up stocks down again yawn
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Steve-Sapphire01 (@Sapphire01Steve) reported@GailHedglin @jason_hemphill @etrade Mobile is down too.
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Bball Brainiac (@BrainiacBball) reported@etrade why doesn’t the download feature in the portfolio view work at all? I’ve tried two different OS (windows and OSX), different browsers and so on. Keep getting “invalid rewuest” errors showing up in the csv file. This has been ongoing for months
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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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Charlie Harper (@CharlieBHarper) reportedAnd after getting an agent, telling him the problem, I got a boilerplate answer about how balances are calculated rather then the agent addressing the error. His follow up - after 20+ minutes of wasted time - was to tell me to call @etrade. We've institutionalized failure.
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B (@Welchie17) reported@etrade Site is down and zero communication on status. What is going on? When will it be fixed?
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Russell Wallace Warren (@RussellWWarren) reported@etrade Whyyhe **** are you spying on me??????
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Van Quan I 🌊RIVER | Bird🕊️ (@Vanquan_titans) reported@etrade when two become one is cute, but what exactly is merging here? accounts, tools, or costs? if this means one login for brokerage and retirement, a single tax pack, better cash sweep, and clearer order routing, my portfolio will actually feel it. if not, it’s just copy. what changes on day one, and is there a transfer bonus for consolidating assets?
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Golden Tickets (@VE_Starr) reportedNot exactly most brokers knew before the halt was coming, PROOF @etrade or someone there didn't get the memo BC we have the evidence of TLTC trades above $100k per mmtlp share.. mmat fix was in well before the halt
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Nota Gaylib (@dfdfdfd243799) reported@etrade Fix your ******* platform, people have their money on the line.
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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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Matt (@MattM0720) reported@etrade your online portal isn’t working and your customer service line is not working. What is going on?
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Mark Nathanson (@deepbkln) reported@etrade Your website does not send a code to login from a new computer when requested. How long is this problem going to continue?
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Grigetio Dodger (@grigetio) reported@etrade could you at least acknowledge that there is an issue? wtfbbqkthxbye
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CS (@puregsd) reported@etrade is the worst online brokerage. They shouldn’t have a license. Their Premier team is completely unqualified and deceptive! Stay away!!
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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 ?!