Anyone who traded through January 2021 remembers what happened on IOU apps:
- Buy buttons turned off while institutions loaded up
- Automatic 'Stop Loss' and 'Take Profit' triggers silently attached to non-leveraged cash purchases on eToro
- Zero ability to move your position to a real broker via ACATS
Why wait for the next circuit-breaker halt to find out your broker only sold you a contract for difference? Serious brokers like Charles Schwab, Interactive Brokers (IBKR), Fidelity, and direct registration in Computershare exist for a reason.
I still have screenshots of eToro forcing stop-losses on cash accounts in 2021. Never trusting an IOU app again.
MacroTape!e2F252sc | ID: e4e3d6c2 | No. 2294 | 2026-07-31 12:26:21In Computershare Book nobody can liquidate your shares 'for your own protection'.
SchwabDirect!jgZsqSS. | ID: d1374aba | No. 2295 | 2026-07-31 13:03:27Moved my equities to Schwab + DRS and my $$DOGE to a Ledger. Total peace of mind.
Anonymous | ID: a6b96b33 | No. 2296 | 2026-07-31 16:18:05