Groww app FAILED me at the exact moment it mattered. Lost money because orders didn’t execute. Absolute joke.
I don’t usually post rants, but this needs to be said.
I put ₹4,700 into a stock using the Groww app. On 17 December, the stock went 18% up and later hit 20%. Any normal trading platform should have executed the order or at least allowed me to exit.
Groww did NOTHING.
No auto execution. No stop loss trigger. No ability to buy back. Just me staring at the screen while my money got destroyed.
When the stock touched 20%, my loss was already around ₹1,250. Simple math says I should still have roughly ₹3,200 left. Instead, I was completely trapped because Groww’s system failed at the most critical moment.
Let this sink in:
The app people trust with their money
The app marketed as “beginner friendly”
The app pushing “auto” features
Completely breaks when volatility hits.
If stop loss and execution don’t work when prices move fast, then what exactly are we paying brokerage for? A fancy UI? Confetti animations?
Retail investors already take market risk. With Groww, you’re also taking platform risk — and that’s far worse.
This isn’t some tiny glitch. This is the difference between:
Exiting safely
Or watching your capital bleed with zero control
And before anyone defends them — when execution fails, Groww doesn’t lose a rupee. YOU do.
After this experience, I genuinely believe Groww is unsafe for active trading, especially for small investors. If you’re relying on stop loss, auto sell, or timely execution — you’re playing with fire.
If you’ve faced:
Stop loss not triggering
Orders stuck during price movement
Being unable to exit when the stock hits circuit
Speak up. These apps shouldn’t get a free pass while retail investors get screwed.
Don’t fall for marketing. Don’t blindly trust Groww with your money.