tastytrade vs Robinhood

My call: choose tastytrade if you’re actively trading options. Choose Robinhood if you mostly buy stocks/ETFs, occasionally trade options, or want everything dead simple.

Current official pricing confirms tastytrade's $1-open/$0-close equity options structure and capped $10/leg commission. (Tastytrade) Robinhood currently charges no commission on stock/ETF options, while index options carry separate contract fees; Gold is $5/month. (Robinhood)

Where I'd actually use each

Options selling / spreads / iron condors / strangles / portfolio management → tastytrade. The platform is built around probability, Greeks, volatility and manipulating multi-leg positions. That matters more to me than saving a few cents in headline commissions if you're actively managing a derivatives book.

Buy-and-hold + occasional options → Robinhood. It's cheaper, cleaner and Robinhood has closed a lot of the historical product gap. It now has proper advanced charts through Legend, index options and futures. (Robinhood)

Futures purely on commission → Robinhood actually wins now. Current commission is $0.75/contract or $0.50 with Gold versus tastytrade's $1 each way, before exchange/regulatory fees. (Robinhood) That's an important change versus older broker comparisons.

IRA / long-term account → Robinhood is difficult to ignore. As of September 2026, Gold gives a 3% match on eligible annual IRA contributions, while non-Gold gets 1%; there are holding/subscription conditions. (Robinhood)

So I'd simplify it to:

Serious options trader → tastytrade 8.5/10, Robinhood 7/10. Normal investor who sometimes trades → Robinhood 9/10, tastytrade 7/10. Mobile-first → Robinhood. Complex derivatives → tastytrade. IRA → Robinhood. Need joint/entity/international flexibility → tastytrade. (Tastytrade)

If your actual question is “which one should I put $50k/$100k into for options trading?”, that's a slightly different comparison — buying power, portfolio margin, fills and short-option workflow become the deciding factors.