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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.
- Login (33%)
- Website (30%)
- Trading platform (23%)
- Withdrawals (13%)
Live Outage Map
The most recent E*Trade outage reports came from the following cities:
| City | Problem Type | Report Time |
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 Los Angeles
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Trading platform | 6 days ago |
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Lillington
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Login | 16 days ago |
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Roanoke
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Trading platform | 16 days ago |
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Hawthorne
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Trading platform | 21 days ago |
 Brasília
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Website | 26 days ago |
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Brookhaven
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Trading platform | 26 days ago |
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E*Trade Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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Justin RootofGood, Worker Emeritus (@RootofGoodBlog) reported@Guyon_FIRE @etrade Now that's the E-Trade "service" that I can't wait to leave behind forever!!
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Melissa (@angelaira) reported@etrade You are only as good as you customer service, and yours is lacking.
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Citizen Watch Report (@Citizenwatchrep) reported@Faf_314 @etrade I submitted my case for compensation. If they proved yours please update me. First time I ever lost money due to outage, scary af
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Nota Gaylib (@dfdfdfd243799) reported@etrade Fix your ******* platform, people have their money on the line.
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Rick Leggett (@Badgerfan0001) reported@TeslaBoomerMama @etrade Agree, @etrade has still not helped me in regard to the SPCX IPO. Terrible.
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Joe Shaffer (@Shoelessshaffer) reported@etrade liquidated a 7 figure stock portfolio my wife inherited into a managed fund. When there was confusion about which accounts funds were going into, E*trade did nothing to prevent the rebalancing/ liquidation. This triggered a sizable tax event. E*trade is the worst.
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Goyim (@AnonGoyim69) reportedE*Trade @etrade might be the worst broker/investing app there is. Horrible app from 1997 that never changed, can’t buy anything overnight like other brokers, getting tired of it. Any suggestions on where else to take my money?
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Ekardnam (@7Ekardnam) reported@etrade @MorganStanley absolute disaster today, could not close all my covered calls, will end up assigning a stupid amount of shares and costing me an asinine amount of money in taxes . Couldn’t trade on platform, called and they couldn’t place the trades. Etrade fix this. $ms
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Sema Willis (@SemaWillisp2k0) reported@etrade Please I can’t login to my account The email I think is associated isn’t accessible to me My phone got stolen Please help me 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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꧁༒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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sachin sanghi (@sanghisa) reported@etrade hi, I have an etrade account from 2001, I don't have the user ID or the email for my account, can you help me how to access my account.. I have the paper statement from 2003..
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A.American (@AAmerican2A) reported@etrade The entire E*Trade platform is down and has been for a while. Nobody answering the phone?? Provide an update!
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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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⚡️420⚡️ (@WZ_420) reported@TwoThreeXYZ @etrade The worst. Started using my Schwab / Think or Swim since E*trade got rid of Promain
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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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Steve-Sapphire01 (@Sapphire01Steve) reported@GailHedglin @jason_hemphill @etrade Mobile is down too.
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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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Mickey (@ELITESTOCKPICK) reported@Bunty11311235 @BenBSP @etrade How can you take screen shots if the app is down
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Tyler ''pronouns idiot'' Foster 🤖 (@tylergilfoster) reported@etrade shut ******** up
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Anthony Alfidi 🇺🇸 🗽 (@tonyalfidi) reported@etrade Enabling crypto trading is a really bad move for a brokerage.
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Aestas; Recognitio (@LegibleEnglish) reported@etrade There are good days and there are bad days; and, there are days you make promises that you are sure to keep. Get out the checkbook.
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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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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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Nish (@nish000111) reported@etrade your platform is down since more than 20 minutes during live session hours!! It should be considered death of a platform. When is it coming back??
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IPODave (@IPODave) reported@AccessIPOs @etrade @MorganStanley Yes have to give them credit - they fix their IPO process and are doing a much better job w allocations. I've been complaining since 2016 about how they restrict setting up trades pre open but after a rocky last few years they solved that problem too.
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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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Adam Frank Dynda (@JerseyShorz) reported@grok @Grok I think @etrade is robbing me too. All of a sudden my brokerage account is way down is value when the market is up. Odd.
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Buns&Coffee (@schang76) reported@etrade @MorganStanley did they buy Etrade or did MS sell themselves in a merger because they are one of the worst shops on Wall St that survived by getting bailed out by American taxpayers through trickery and blackmail? can't even keep the lights on properly on a trading day.
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PharmDad (@BNguyen74046) reported@etrade, for God sake, please fix your platform now. I can't login. I swear I will close the account with you after today.