Vanguard ETFs and Mutual Funds at Robinhood
• Vanguard ETFs can be traded in a Robinhood account, although mutual funds cannot.
• Robinhood does not charge commissions on Vanguard funds.
• Vanguard ETFs are available at Robinhood with fractional-share trading.
If you assumed that a Vanguard account was required to trade Vanguard funds, that is not the case. Other brokerage firms also give investors access to Vanguard products. Robinhood is one example of a broker that offers trading in Vanguard funds.
Vanguard Funds at Robinhood
Every exchange-traded fund offered by Vanguard in the United States
can be traded through a Robinhood account. Both taxable brokerage accounts and IRAs at Robinhood allow trading in Vanguard funds. In this context, “funds” refers specifically to ETFs and not mutual funds. Robinhood does not support trading in mutual funds from any provider.
To locate Vanguard ETFs on the Robinhood platform, go to the website dashboard (click the Robinhood logo in the upper-left corner) and type ‘Vanguard’ into the search bar at the top of the page. The mobile app has a similar search field at the top of the screen. A drop-down list of Vanguard ETFs will appear. However, not every Vanguard fund will show in this list. Vanguard currently offers more than 90 ETFs, which would be too many to display in a simple drop-down menu. Because of this, another method is needed to browse Vanguard funds.
On the dashboard of the website, scroll to the Trending Lists section (this section does not appear on the mobile app). Here you will find groups of securities—both stocks and funds—organized by theme by Robinhood. One of these categories is ETFs. Click on the ETF button to open a longer list of funds. On the next page, the ETF results can be refined further by choosing a category such as Sector ETFs or Bond ETFs.
Unfortunately, the search tool on Robinhood does not include a filter for fund family. Because of this limitation, the final way to locate Vanguard ETFs is by entering the ticker symbol or the fund’s full name. Simply type either one into the search field on the website or the mobile app to open the page for that specific ETF.
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VTSAX on Robinhood
Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund Admiral Shares, ticker VTSAX, is a mutual fund and therefore
is not available on Robinhood.
VOO and VTI on Robinhood
Two Vanguard ETFs we located on Robinhood are VOO (Vanguard S&P 500 ETF) and VTI. VOO is an ETF that tracks
the well-known Standard & Poor's index of 500 companies. According to Robinhood’s profile page for the fund, it has an expense ratio of just 0.03%, which is extremely low by industry standards. Robinhood’s page for VOO also lists an average daily volume of 10 million shares, showing that this ETF is widely traded.
Placing a Trade for a Vanguard ETF
Buying a Vanguard ETF at Robinhood is straightforward. On the website, the order ticket is built directly into the fund’s profile page. Simply choose the order type you want, such as market or limit, and then enter the quantity using either a dollar amount or a share amount. If you enter a dollar amount, Robinhood will automatically create an order using fractional shares.
On the mobile app, tap the Trade button at the bottom of the screen to open the order ticket, which functions the same way as the one on the website.
Updated on 3/9/2026.
Chad Morris is a financial writer with more than 20 years experience
as both an English teacher and an avid trader. When he isn’t writing
expert content for Brokerage-Review.com, Chad can usually be found
managing his portfolio or building a new home computer.
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