Calling it a “bailout” is mischaracterising it. The solvency of Robinhood wasn’t in question. The funds they put up at the clearinghouse are to manage settleme

Calling it a “bailout” is mischaracterising it. The solvency of Robinhood wasn’t in question. The funds they put up at the clearinghouse are to manage settlement of customer trades. They had to stop allowing customers to open new positions because they needed to deposit more settlement margin at the clearinghouse. The margin required depends on the volatility of the stock symbol, and in this case clearinghouse increased the margin requirement for GME to 100%, on top of the higher demand for shares by customers. As for paying the price, I’m pretty sure no broker is ever liable for theoretical profits missed out on.