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Robinhood is making far more money from the options boom than from stocks

Brokerages like Robinhood and TD Ameritrade are riding high from the boom in trading. For these brokers, the big money isn’t in the stock market—it’s in options. There are signs that everyday traders are going bonkers for equity options, which offer a cheap way for traders to bet on a stock going up or down…

 

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