<story><title>Robinhood goes down again, during another historic trading day</title><url>https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/09/robinhood-app-down-again-during-another-historic-trading-day.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>crazygringo</author><text>I just feel for the smart investors calling up because they want to BUY everything... and can&amp;#x27;t get through :P</text></item><item><author>chasingthewind</author><text>Matt Levine had some interesting (and funny!) insights the last time [0]&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; It is well known that one of the best services a retail broker can provide is not answering the phones during a crash. The market is down, the customers panic, their timing is terrible, they want to sell at the bottom, they call you up to say “sell everything,” you say “we’re sorry all our representatives are assisting other customers, your call is important to us,” they hang up and get distracted, the market rallies, they forget about selling, you have saved them a fortune, good work.&lt;p&gt;[0] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.bloomberg.com&amp;#x2F;opinion&amp;#x2F;articles&amp;#x2F;2020-03-03&amp;#x2F;robinhood-picked-a-bad-day-to-break&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.bloomberg.com&amp;#x2F;opinion&amp;#x2F;articles&amp;#x2F;2020-03-03&amp;#x2F;robinh...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>totalZero</author><text>Buying the dip always feels intelligent in a bull market. In a bear market, it&amp;#x27;s not so wise.&lt;p&gt;The future is unknown to all of us. In some cases, looks are not deceiving. When the market appears to be on the cusp of freefall, it can in fact accelerate downward.</text></comment>
<story><title>Robinhood goes down again, during another historic trading day</title><url>https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/09/robinhood-app-down-again-during-another-historic-trading-day.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>crazygringo</author><text>I just feel for the smart investors calling up because they want to BUY everything... and can&amp;#x27;t get through :P</text></item><item><author>chasingthewind</author><text>Matt Levine had some interesting (and funny!) insights the last time [0]&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; It is well known that one of the best services a retail broker can provide is not answering the phones during a crash. The market is down, the customers panic, their timing is terrible, they want to sell at the bottom, they call you up to say “sell everything,” you say “we’re sorry all our representatives are assisting other customers, your call is important to us,” they hang up and get distracted, the market rallies, they forget about selling, you have saved them a fortune, good work.&lt;p&gt;[0] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.bloomberg.com&amp;#x2F;opinion&amp;#x2F;articles&amp;#x2F;2020-03-03&amp;#x2F;robinhood-picked-a-bad-day-to-break&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.bloomberg.com&amp;#x2F;opinion&amp;#x2F;articles&amp;#x2F;2020-03-03&amp;#x2F;robinh...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>blantonl</author><text>Yep, that&amp;#x27;s me.  I&amp;#x27;m pissed that my trading platform is completely hosed this morning.&lt;p&gt;I want to be on the other side of a LOT of trades today and I&amp;#x27;m unable.</text></comment>