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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 (33%)
- Trading platform (31%)
- Login (26%)
- Withdrawals (10%)
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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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 San Jose
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Website | 1 day ago |
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Winter Park
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Login | 6 days ago |
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Lilburn
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Website | 6 days ago |
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Brooklyn
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Trading platform | 6 days ago |
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Camarillo
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Login | 6 days ago |
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Dade City
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Trading platform | 6 days ago |
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E*Trade Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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Cody Oakland (@codyoakland) reported@etrade Says the fucktardery carnival. I swear you are a meme born out of every bad biohacking shenanigans.
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Global Contrarian Energy Construct ™ 𓃵 🏹 ♨ 𓂀 (@BakkenShale) reported--- @etrade Your platform has become nearly unusable for active trading. Constant delays, broken links, and inaccurate data make it impossible to rely on. Real‑time performance shouldn’t feel optional. This needs serious attention. $MS
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S E (@SYEtrade) reported@etrade app and website down?? Can’t load pages. Can’t transact on positions
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J Hoss ATX | Ye Shrug 🤷🏾♂️ (@PappaHoss) reported@SPYderMomTrades @etrade If tsla can just stay down for 45 min, mine can be too 🥹🙏🏾 Dear God , good fortune, please 🙏🏾 (im in 397.5p for today exp)
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Lee (@ldev117) reported@etrade market depth, L2 completely down, wth, fix this garbage.
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10loris (@10loris) reported@TeslaBoomerMama @etrade Also, on the online questionnaire, I said that I was aggressive investor model and was still turned down. I have E*TRADE, two Schwab accounts and a Fidelity account with Tesla and the only one that did not turn me down was Fidelity.
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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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TPlaysNow (@TPlaysNow) reported@etrade seems to be down.
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Charlie Harper (@CharlieBHarper) reported@etrade That call, where I was again told there was a "known technical problem" was resolved, despite it taking the online agent 45 minutes of mostly delayed, circular conversation before he attempted to understand the problem, much less direct me to a solution. But he continued to tell me he couldn't get into any specifics unless I capitulated on my identifying data.
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Mark Brown (@markbrownwriter) reported@etrade is the worst! They’ve screwed up with my submitting a stock certificate for deposit. I’ve had to call them more than a dozen times over the past two months. And I always get the same answer: Call back in a few days. I can’t wait to close my account there.
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Padrino (@callmepadrino) reported@1wallstgatsby @etrade **** etrade, they suck now. 5 yrs ago was different
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William Wagner (@William09450383) reported@etrade By the damn stock, not the calls
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Springer (@Springer_Wreckr) reported@etrade HOLY ****< what is going on right noW!?!?!
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AJBAL (@ASJUBAAL) reported@etrade and @jpmorgan are THE WORST
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MoonStonks (@TargaGordon) reported@etrade I even called, your system kept saying I didnt have a valid account or SSN linked to an account then was on hold for so long I gave up. Despite me being logged in, can't do anything on the platform. Awful, I'll be moving it all off once it re-opens. Too many times now!
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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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Richard Junkins (@DickJunkins) reported@etrade I call it bad AI
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Cece Moestra (@CeCeTrading) reported@etrade Their new platform is absolutely terrible.
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₿ull Trade Buyer (@BullTradeBuyer) reported@etrade has been down for at least 15 minutes now....
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StocksNDietCoke (@JackJacobsonAZ) reported@etrade your quotes are bad on every single level 2
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BMRTRADERS (@bmrtraders) reported@etrade you owe us all big time!!!!!! That was the biggest system glitch ive ever seen 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
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Russell Wallace Warren (@RussellWWarren) reported@etrade Whyyhe **** are you spying on me??????
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PRIME (@primerano40x) reported@etrade rolls out some stupid ******* Midnight theme this morning and bold font, and crashes the entire ******* platform. Great job you ******* cucks! Not like anyone wants to buy anything this morning FFS!
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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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Trevor (@illbethe_moon) reported@TLAMB91 @etrade You gotta trade on Robinhood bro that **** NEVER goes down!!
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BrazenSports (@QBrazenSports) reportedETRADE @etrade down again or just snail slow?
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Pain2 (@Pain2247) reported@TeslaBoomerMama @etrade Charles swab also having technical issues that people can not confirm their interest for Spcx ipo.
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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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TwoThree (@TwoThreeXYZ) reported@etrade Fix the broken charts on your app
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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.