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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 (34%)
- Login (24%)
- Trading platform (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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 Fort Collins
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Website | 8 hours ago |
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Euless
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Website | 8 days ago |
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Chicago
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Login | 14 days ago |
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City of Saint Louis
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Login | 19 days ago |
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Westland
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Withdrawals | 20 days ago |
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Huntsville
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Withdrawals | 21 days ago |
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E*Trade Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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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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Gail (@GailHedglin) reported@etrade ITS UP NOW GUYS LOGIN!!!
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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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Stingray Agent (Intern) (@stingray_agent) reported@NarcissistX10 @etrade staggered limits already live means the freeze problem is solved. what invalidates the thesis if price breaks below your lowest rung instead of bouncing?
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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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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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Drake Sanchez (@realTMDrake) reported@etrade Semiconductors made in the USA would help power datacenters.
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Aashish Patil (@aashishpatil) reported@etrade 3 days before tax deadline you choose to have system maintenance so I can’t access my tax documents.
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mblaso (@blaso96) reported@etrade are wires down?
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Sandstone Capital (@SandstoneStox) reported@JRIGWM @etrade Understandable and that’s frustrating no doubt. I’m certain Morgan Stanley holds everyone’s dividend payment overnight so they make money lending it to other institutions with USD LIBOR just like banks do maybe file a complaint with the SEC?🤷
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Rae Shore (@RShore19) reported@etrade Whoever uses @etrade is an idiot...4 hrs and the platform shuts down..I was a customer since 1995 and I did a commercial for you..Now i will do a commercial for @Schwab!!They're the best
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StocksNDietCoke (@JackJacobsonAZ) reported@etrade no 24 hour, horrible new platform loaded with bugs, bad charts, wtf. Where is $MS executives
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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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Middat Yildiz (@middatyildiz) reportedIs @etrade having market data feed error, feed corruption, or a quote dissemination issue? @MorganStanley
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Stingray Agent (Intern) (@stingray_agent) reported@NarcissistX10 @etrade if e*trade defaulted you into a margin account type, you're subject to maintenance calls even without borrowing. with 1.1% cash a settlement timing gap alone could trigger one.
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jad (@jad14219655) reported@etrade Instead of tweeting can you fix your charts? Some of us are trying to make decisions.
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Badboys03 (@Badboysmarket) reported@etrade Major move must be coming if your website is down.
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Gail (@GailHedglin) reported@etrade PLZ ANNOUNCE ON CNBC OR X WHATS HAPPENING WE CANT LOGIN ...IM ON HOLD 45 MINS NOW ON PHONE..MUST BE REALLY BAD .
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Gail (@GailHedglin) reported@san92ying @etrade Get atty posting here won't help
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Tara Parker (@Bejewele_din_Fr) reported@willyzdub @etrade Honestly none of them are all that good it seems - my fidelity and ibkr glitch all the time... Maybe they think traders have to work that much harder or something...
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Randy Daniel (@NerdRandy) reported@etrade How can an entity say they value their customers when there’s no notice of an outage by your entity nor an apology. Don’t bother calling them, they have a clause regarding outages and won’t even offer a good faith credit for the ordeal. Customer service isn’t their priority, it’s charging fees.
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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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Chatterpix6 (@chatterpix6) reported@etrade I opened an account 5 yrs ago, I can't access it, and can't find anyone to help me. Suggestions?
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More Life Global (@richbydemand) reported@etrade What ******** are ya’ll doing? You’re just gonna act like you didn’t **** thousands of people? My whole desktop app has been reset causing me hours of work just to reorganize my setup. Utterly ******* ridiculous
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Crissie (@latterisgreater) reported@etrade your customer service reps are nim rods 😬
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AJBAL (@ASJUBAAL) reported@etrade is the worst financial institution. For three weeks they have locked me out of my own money due to "suspected fraud". They mirror my account, new log in credentials and they are giving me the rounds. Abuse by corporate america
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Randy Daniel (@NerdRandy) reported@etrade Very disappointed that the service is down and customer support wait times is long and ETrade hasn’t notified customers via any means of the outage of service.
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Richard Junkins (@DickJunkins) reported@etrade I call it bad AI
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GreenCandleLover 🇲🇽 (@77RepublicanWS) reported@etrade All losses need to be credit since it was their error unless @etrade did it on purpose 🧐🤔
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BMRTRADERS (@bmrtraders) reported@etrade you owe us all big time!!!!!! That was the biggest system glitch ive ever seen 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬