(Personal opinion) You'd be very surprised by this announcement if you modeled Robinhood as a discount brokerage. You'd be less surprised if you modeled it as a gaming company. I think the second is, broadly, the correct mental model for Robinhood.https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-16/robinhood-said-to-be-raising-new-funds-at-about-8-billion-value …
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For more about discount brokerages, written in the distant mists of history (a year ago) where they actually charged for the product but at a discount: https://www.kalzumeus.com/2019/6/26/how-brokerages-make-money/ …
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Don't these "free" brokerages make their money by selling the data of their punters to prop trading companies?
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No, they don't. That is a common misconception. https://www.kalzumeus.com/2019/6/26/how-brokerages-make-money/ …
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