What is review-only mode in agentic trading?

How review-only differs from paper mode

Paper mode simulates; review-only mode rehearses with the real machinery. In Robinhood's agentic architecture, an order can be submitted for preview: the broker returns the live quote data, runs its order checks and suitability alerts, and produces the exact confirmation a human would see — but placement requires a separate, deliberate call that review-only mode never makes.

That distinction matters for trust. A paper journal proves the strategy's logic; a review-only journal proves the whole integration — authentication, market data, order construction, broker checks — is real and working, with zero execution risk. Our Bluechip desk runs its public beta in exactly this mode: the tape you see is real broker-side machinery, stopping one step short of placement, every time.

• Real API, real quotes, real broker checks — no execution.
• Every prepared order is journaled with its full review payload.
• Going live is a separate mode requiring a deliberate operator decision.
• The strictest form of human-in-the-loop: the loop cannot be closed by software.

What a review-only tape teaches you

Reading a review-only journal shows you the desk's judgment at full fidelity: which dips it flagged, how it sized the order, what the broker's checks said, what the quote context was at that moment. You learn its temperament — how often it acts, what it ignores — before any capital is exposed.

It also creates the cleanest possible upgrade path. Because the pipeline is already real, going live changes exactly one thing: the final confirmation step. There is no new integration to trust, no simulation-to-reality gap to cross — just the same machinery, now permitted to complete.

First-party data — from our own desk

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