Educational resource. Not financial advice. Not affiliated with Robinhood Markets, Inc. Agentic trading involves risk of loss.

## Summary

Robinhood's **Trading MCP** (`https://agent.robinhood.com/mcp/trading`) lets AI agents (Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT, Codex, Grok, and other MCP clients) read Robinhood account data and place supported orders inside a **dedicated Agentic account**. Primary brokerage accounts stay **read-only** for place/cancel.

Use it as a **desk-side research and agentic-execution rail** — not as a drop-in substitute for a production multi-broker execution ledger.

## What people use Robinhood MCP for

1. **Portfolio and risk Q&A** — balances, positions, order history, realized P&L.
2. **Market research** — quotes, fundamentals, technical indicators, earnings calendar, options chains (where eligible).
3. **Scanners and watchlists** — saved liquid-gainer / power-hour screens; organize names for a session.
4. **Confirmed agentic equity (and eligible options) orders** — `review_*` then `place_*` / `cancel_*` only on accounts with `agentic_allowed=true`.
5. **Guarded scalp sessions** — short RTH windows with hard flat times, size caps, and written entry/exit grammar (see the [Agentic Equity Scalp Playbook](/resources/agentic-trading-playbook)).

## Account model (agent-safe)

- **Read** — Agent may read accounts the OAuth session exposes
- **Place / cancel** — Only accounts with `agentic_allowed=true`
- **Funding** — Agentic wallet is separately funded; that balance is the loss cap
- **Masking** — User-facing prose should show account last-4 only; pass full account numbers from `get_accounts` into tools
- **Buying power** — Use `get_portfolio`, not `get_accounts`

## Tool groups

- **Read:** accounts, portfolio, equity/option positions & orders, tax lots, realized P&L / trade history, quotes, price book, historicals, fundamentals, technicals, indexes, options, earnings
- **Screen / organize:** saved scanners, equity/index/crypto watchlists, options watchlist
- **Trade:** `review_equity_order` / `review_option_order` then `place_*` / `cancel_*` — confirm with the operator first unless a pre-authorized automation path is explicit
- **Out of scope for most clients:** futures still require the Robinhood app

## Agent guardrails that matter

1. Confirm before writes (watchlist mutate, scan create, place, cancel) unless the operator pre-authorized a bounded session.
2. Never invent `account_number` — resolve via `get_accounts`; never silently default when multiple accounts exist.
3. Skip place/cancel when `agentic_allowed` is false.
4. Prefer review tools before live place; show quotes and order preview to the operator.
5. Bound risk outside the model: per-trade notional, daily loss stop, hard flat clock, kill switch (disconnect MCP / cancel working orders).
6. Log decisions in a durable ledger the agent can re-read next session.

## What Robinhood officially suggests

Robinhood's Agentic Trading overview lists example prompts such as:

- Build thematic portfolios from news and industry reports
- Automate simple rules (e.g. buy a fixed dollar amount after a daily drop)
- Rebalance to target weights
- Analyze portfolio risk and build bull/bear theses from quotes + sentiment

Those are starting points. Desks that keep expectancy usually replace open-ended prompts with a **written playbook** (screen → trigger → size → TP + cut → flat time). This site brands that refusal muscle as [sitting on your hands](/resources/sitting-on-your-hands) — see [when the agent should sit](/resources/when-the-agent-should-sit). Field notes: [Evidence](/evidence).

## Public writeups vs field practice

Most public articles cover **setup and safety** (OAuth, Agentic account, per-trade caps). Fewer publish session-level win/loss grammar. This site publishes a sanitized [field playbook](/resources/agentic-trading-playbook): liquid gainers, sweep-reclaim entries, size-up checklists, and anti-patterns (MAE parked in liquidity sweeps, midday ladders without cuts, mid-reclaim fake R:R).

## FAQ

### What is the Robinhood Trading MCP URL?

`https://agent.robinhood.com/mcp/trading` — Streamable HTTP MCP. Authenticate via Robinhood OAuth on desktop.

### Can an agent trade my main Robinhood account?

No. Place/cancel is restricted to the Agentic account (`agentic_allowed=true`). Other accounts remain read-only for this MCP agent.

### What should I set before the first live order?

Per-trade notional, daily loss stop, approval vs auto-execute policy, hard flat time, and a kill phrase / MCP disconnect path.

## Related

- [Why Soyhands: Sitting on Your Hands](/resources/sitting-on-your-hands)
- [When the Agent Should Sit](/resources/when-the-agent-should-sit)
- [Agentic Equity Scalp Playbook](/resources/agentic-trading-playbook)
- [Evidence](/evidence)
- [Resources index](/resources)
- [Robinhood Agentic Trading overview](https://robinhood.com/us/en/support/articles/agentic-trading-overview/)

## Disclaimer

Educational only. Trading equities and options involves substantial risk of loss. AI agents can misread quotes, ignore constraints, or act on stale context. You are responsible for all agent-placed orders. This site is not a broker-dealer and is not affiliated with Robinhood.


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