The Best Free Investing App? Trading212 Review (Brutally Honest)

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Trading212 Review Guide:

00:00 Trading212 Review
00:52 Why I didn't recommend Trading212
2:25 Trading212 Platform - Why use them?
3:23 Trading212 Key Features
3:56 The Fees
5:58 What's on there?
6:39 User Experience
6:56 Watch lists
7:22 Trading Pies
8:42 Auto Invest
9:30 Stock Research
10:00 Calendar & Resources
10:28 Free Shares (+ Mine)
11:00 Multi Currency
11:28 Share Lending
12:40 Cash Interest
13:23 Hotlists
13:43 VS Freetrade
14:25 Is it Safe?
14:54 Reviews
15:11 Round 2
16:23 VS Vanguard + Invest Engine
17:06 Final Verict + Warning

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[chrispalmer]

PLEASE REMEMBER: Open a normal account, not an ISA as you can only open one per tax year and I don't want you to make that mistake - see what you think of the platform first before commiting.

[x]

Great video, very informative. As someone just about to explore alternative investing strategies (other than trad ones) this was very valuable info. Still learning the 'terms' and acronyms ! Thank you.

[Indiflow]

As you’ve bought your stocks outside of your pie you need to import them into the pie, quick and easy

[mihaicretu]

Fantastic review, solid and robust arguments, however smells a bit like fake marketing as a brutally honest opinion presentation shouldn’t promote and ask for any free shares for the reviewed company. Makes me feel that your interest is shifted towards getting the free shares rather than presenting objectively a trading platform. Still gonna invest via T212! Thanks for the video!

[RHD]

wow so a complete 180!? awesome video too by the way - thanks for the info

[nazb]

Hi Chris, I deeply appreciate you sharing all this information! Thanks very much.

A question from my side, when they shut down the business a few years ago, did they instantly pay back the amount that users have in their trading 212 account to users’ preferred bank account?

[djkazc]

A big issue I found with 212 is that its really awkward if you want to sell one of your positions within a pie

[sivaram]

Thanks for the complete insight.. Which authority does holds our share which we are buying through different providers ?

[Lynxzey]

For strictly investing in s and p 500 would you recommend it?

[leefoster]

NO FSCS protection on 212 funds earning interest. A hugely important point that has not been mentioned.

[miriamb]

💪💪💪, what a great knowledgable videos! Thank you for it indeed!

[katjajkksihscakiiski]

Thank you for this. It is the most helpful. I have a question though. If you have these different accounts, do you have to put money for both or can you use both accounts with one same deposit?

[kelvinm]

You probably want to update your summary with the latest UK ISA rules. i.e. you are now not limited to one ISA per tax year. That restriction is gone. :)

[AnianaMartins-cgek]

Hello Chris! I am a new subscriber and I would like to know what you think about the customer service of Trading 212?

[lisadziuba]

Thanks for the video! Q: Can I open a regular account, play around, and then open an ISA account? In this case, can I transfer stocks from the regular account to the ISA account?

also, there is a "minimum deposit" required to receive £100. Do you know what's this deposit size is?

[rafiqnajib]

Hi Chris. In your video you talk about share lending. Your opinion is that this is good thing because you make a few pennies back from it. If someone is borrowing your shares they want to sell them to make them go down in price so they can buy them back at a cheaper price. I feel this is like giving someone a gun to shoot you with. Am i wrong in thinking this is insanity to give someone else the ammunition to make you lose money.

[alexanderb]

Hi Chris, thanks for the free share, just opened a normal account to have a play. One initial comment is that the fund ongoing charges aren't shown when choosing between funds meaning you have to open the KII document of each to find it. Pretty sure that's better on other platforms or am I missing a trick? Thanks

[sanjaymanu]

Excellent information, thank you so much ..!!!

[BaileyMxX]

Might be worth mentioning the share lending isnt possible in an ISA anyway? As far as i am aware they arent allowed to lend any securities that are held within an ISA even if you wanted to? Unless im mistaken

[M_AngusTV]

Thoughts on Interactive Brokers vs these?