Users of the online brokerage platform E-Trade reported widespread login and account access problems Thursday morning, with outage-tracking service Downdetector logging a sharp spike in complaints beginning around 10:33 a.m. Eastern time, in the middle of an active and volatile trading session on Wall Street. Frustrated customers took to social media in real time to describe their experiences trying to access the platform. One user wrote directly to E-Trade's official account, "Hey E*Trade, your systems are down right now at 7/30/2026 at 10:34am. A separate user reported being unable to log in despite what they described as one of their best trading days, writing that the platform displayed a message indicating the website was too busy to process their request. As of Thursday morning, E-Trade had not issued a public statement confirming a company-wide outage or explaining the specific cause of the access problems some users were experiencing.