Back in I posted about my experience trading on Robinhood, I never knew this article would take off like. Thanks again for reading. Once you make the first transfer it will take about three days for your money to appear in the app ready to trade. You can try doing some research inside that app about a particular stock, but I recommend using a mixture of tools to find out who to invest in. Overall, the process is made as simple as it could be considering you now are a stock trader, with all the power to make and lose fortunes. Once your account is funded, the homework starts. I spent the first three days, while I waited for my money to clear, researching what stocks I wanted to buy. The site I found most helpful was stockflare. At Stockflare you can easily see performance of stocks based on their 5-star system:. You can sort stocks by these different variables, as well as filter what sectors and trading styles. Kroger did very well and I still hold it; Petroleo, not so .