How My First Robinhood Trade Went Disastrously Wrong

Robinhood: You either love it or hate it.

Its fans point out that it's made investing easy and affordable by offering a mobile trading platform, zero-fee trades, and fractional shares. Its critics cite the lack of guardrails, a confusing interface, and potentially misleading promises.

Given the strong feelings on both sides, I signed up for a Robinhood account and found it to be surprisingly boring. But my first trade on the platform showed that both sides have a point. Here's what happened.

Source Fool.com