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		fny on Jan 29, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Transfer Stocks Out of Your Robinhood Account These securities should have been frozen so people could capitalize enough to supply the liquidity that was demanded instead of just letting institutions buy whatever they needed to cover their positions while forcing liquidations across the board.

ericpauley on Jan 30, 2021 [–]

Perhaps, but that’s not Robinhood’s call. Under the (likely) assumption that RH had liquidity issues, it’s hard to see what other choice they had.

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