Steve Quirk Exposes the Truth About Margin Trading & AI at Robinhood

Market Mondays

EYL Network

Entrepreneurship, Business, Investing

5 • 4K Ratings

🗓️ 10 May 2025

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

In this insightful clip from Market Mondays, hosts Rashad Bilal and Troy Millings sit down with Steve Quirk, a prominent leader from Robinhood, to dive deep into smart margin strategies, the evolving behavior of young retail investors, and the exciting future of AI in investing.

Steve delivers valuable advice for those considering investing with margin, urging a methodical and opportunistic approach. He shares why having a solid plan is crucial, and why sticking to that plan—especially in volatile markets—often leads to more successful outcomes. The conversation highlights how younger investors, despite smaller account sizes compared to traditional brokerage customers, are showing impressive sophistication and adapting to changing markets by leveraging broad-based ETFs, like the S&P 500.

Transitioning to technology, Steve unveils Robinhood’s ongoing integration of artificial intelligence, including the upcoming “Robinhood Cortex.” This tool utilizes AI to keep investors instantly informed of market-moving news related to their portfolio or watchlist, with future versions offering strategic, real-time investment advice tailored to each user’s market outlook.

To round out the discussion, the conversation turns to how current political and economic decisions—from tariffs to regulatory changes—are impacting the market, and why transparency and clarity in policy communication are more necessary than ever.

Whether you’re new to investing or looking to refine your trading strategies, this clip is packed with practical tips, industry trends, and future-facing insights you won’t want to miss!

✨ *Key Topics Covered:*

Margin trading advice and risk management
Emerging trends among young investors
Shifting from individual stocks to ETFs during market volatility
Robinhood’s integration of artificial intelligence (AI)
The future of real-time, AI-powered investment tools
How political and regulatory uncertainty affects markets
The importance of clear communication in policy changes

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This clip is essential viewing for beginner and intermediate investors, fintech enthusiasts, and anyone curious about the intersection of technology, finance, and effective trading strategies.

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0:53.1	podcasts. What's your advice for people that, because we never really talked about get your podcasts what's your advice for people that
0:55.5	because we never really talked about this before what's your advice for margin people that want to
0:59.9	use margin that they want to use it yeah uh i would say if you want to use it i would be i would be
1:07.4	very methodical about the way you use it so in other words words, like, here's the way I would think about it.
1:12.1	This is me personally.
1:14.1	If I see an opportunity in a stock or in something that I think is a really good opportunity,
1:21.6	like I've been following stock ABC for a long time, the fundamentals look amazing to me.
1:27.3	I think there's an opportunity
1:28.4	that others are missing and it just doesn't look like it's trading where it should be trading.
1:33.4	That to me is like opportunistic and I say, you know what? With the amount of money that I have
1:38.0	in my account, I think of an opportunity to get outsized gains. Would I advocate that people do that on a continual basis? No. No, I would not.
1:47.0	I would say, you know, you always have to come up with a plan, stick to your plan.
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