“Schwab, Fidelity resolve temporary disruptions on frenetic trading day”
August 8, 2024
“Charles Schwab and Fidelity Investments have resolved technical issues with their apps, the online brokerages said on Monday, on a day users rushed to trade as markets slumped on rising fears of a U.S. recession. Some customers struggled to log in to their accounts, the companies had said earlier in the day, without elaborating…”
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/online-trading-platforms-down-thousands-135815367.html
Switch brokers or at the very least have multiple brokers. This is the simple way to avoid this problem. It’s amazing how when these brokers are needed the most they shut down. It seems to happen every time. Isn’t that strange?