Account & Positions¶

All Accounts (Including IRA)¶

Robinhood's standard /accounts/ endpoint only returns your individual brokerage account. IRA accounts (Traditional, Roth) are hidden behind a different endpoint. pyhood handles this automatically.

accounts = client.get_all_accounts()

for acct in accounts:
    print(f"{acct.account_number} | {acct.account_type} | Cash: ${acct.cash:.2f}")

This uses Robinhood's bonfire endpoint internally to discover all linked accounts, including retirement accounts that don't appear in the standard API.

Buying Power¶

power = client.get_buying_power()
print(f"Buying power: ${power:,.2f}")

IRA Buying Power¶

Pass account_number to check buying power for a specific account:

bp = client.get_buying_power(account_number="YOUR_IRA_ACCOUNT")
print(f"IRA buying power: ${bp:,.2f}")

Positions¶

Get all current stock positions:

positions = client.get_positions()

for pos in positions:
    print(
        f"{pos.symbol:>6} | "
        f"Qty: {pos.quantity:.0f} | "
        f"Avg: ${pos.average_cost:.2f} | "
        f"Now: ${pos.current_price:.2f} | "
        f"P/L: ${pos.unrealized_pl:+.2f} ({pos.unrealized_pl_pct:+.1f}%)"
    )

Position Fields¶

Field	Type	Description
`symbol`	`str`	Ticker symbol
`quantity`	`float`	Number of shares
`average_cost`	`float`	Average purchase price
`current_price`	`float`	Current market price
`equity`	`float`	Current value (quantity × price)
`unrealized_pl`	`float`	Unrealized profit/loss in dollars
`unrealized_pl_pct`	`float`	Unrealized P/L as percentage
`instrument_type`	`str`	`"stock"` or `"option"`

Include Zero Positions¶

By default, only non-zero positions are returned:

# Include closed positions
all_positions = client.get_positions(nonzero=False)

IRA / Retirement Accounts¶

pyhood supports trading in Robinhood IRA accounts (Traditional and Roth). Most order methods accept an account_number parameter to target a specific account.

Account Discovery¶

accounts = client.get_all_accounts()
ira = [a for a in accounts if "ira" in a.account_type.lower()]

Trading in an IRA¶

Pass account_number to any order method:

# Buy stock in IRA
order = client.buy_stock(
    symbol="AAPL", quantity=10, price=180.00,
    account_number="YOUR_IRA_ACCOUNT",
)

# Buy options in IRA
order = client.buy_option(
    symbol="NKE", strike=55.0, expiration="2026-04-02",
    option_type="call", quantity=3, price=1.60,
    account_number="YOUR_IRA_ACCOUNT",
)

IRA Limitations¶

Cash account only — no margin, no day trading
Options: Level 2 max — long calls, long puts, covered calls, cash-secured puts
No spreads — multi-leg strategies are not available in IRA accounts
If account_number is omitted, orders default to your individual brokerage account