Are you referring to US hosted ETFs in particular? As Iâm pretty sure they are a no go due to the fact they donât provide a Key Information Document which is required by law over here. I donât think thereâs any workaround for it.
No, I mean ETFs on the LSE⊠as part of any additional UK stocks that are added to the platform in the near future
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There should be a count down or something 
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I also hope after the US stock expansion and fractional shares we will see more ETFs.
I am an investor at Freetrade since almost a year. A lot of great progress has been made but I think its a shame that basic ETFs are not available. Like an MSCI Small Cap. Currently its not possible to custom build an MSCI World with Small Cap Factor.
Also we can only buy a hedged MSCI World - again there should be various non hedged versions with enough volume traded on LSE. Hedged ETFs are rare for a reason, yet you only have an âexoticâ hedged World ETF.
Further there could be Value and Growth factor investing ETFs added. Atm we only have a momentum ETF. If people want to add more then one factor its impossible.
I understand that active investors are in the majority and bring more money in but this platform clearly does not cater to ETF investors who have a long time horizon. Its a shame, since I will jump ship as soon as a competitor offers a better than tiny ETF universe.
I will keep investing with Freetrade because there is a lot to like but if you keep neglecting ETFs, Reit-ETF because its not sexy to market on social media you will lose loyal long term customers to day traders who arent loyal. All that will remain are students who invest 20 pounds a month in tesla, amazon or flavour of the month to brag on twitter. I say keep both types of customers without alienating the other. Throw ETF investors a bone.
I have been waiting almost a year and am baffled Robinhood and Revolut havent filled that gap yet to launch an ETF craze in the UK - like Robinhood in the US. There is a need especially for the younger generation. At least get the basic bread and butter ETFs onto the plattform before you add obscure stocks.
I dont even expect 100s of ETFs and 10 MSCI Worlds, makes no sense, but at least offer one of each type. To have a Japanese Small Caps ETF but no global Small Caps ETF is a joke. If you keep neglecting this competitors will fill that void quickly.
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@reiro
Hi Reiro,
I hope youâre liking fee-free trading.
Because what you may not know is that Investment Managers of large ETF funds charge a fee to broker platforms. Would you like this fee passed onto you?
There are different tools for different jobs. On FreeTrade, ETF isnât necessarily the right tool for FreeTrade, but Stocks and Shares are.
Conversly, for me, Shares arenât nessacarily the right tools for Hargreaves Lansdown (ÂŁ11.95) but ETFs are free on HL.
The ETF fee is absorbed with larger brokers like AJ Bell and Hargreaves, so the cost to the platfdorm is neglible and they donât pass it on to the customer.
But with such tight margins with FreeTrade, and the promise to try and keep fees down to a minimum, this may be the reason why it offers limited ETFs.
Really hope FT quickly adds to itâs US stocks offering. Being going a bit mad on US stocks at the moâŠ
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A wider selection of ETFs would be a good selling point for Freetrade Plus - solving the broker fee problem.
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Completely agree about the urgent need for more ETFs. Majority of my investments are through a robo advisor in ETFs, and until they are available on FT I will not switch fully.
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Guess the new stockâŠ
Are any of them active yet to buy? Saw the post on Instagram yesterday but checked this morning and cant find any of the new ones, e.g. Virgin Galactic.
Feels so close, yet so far!
Surely canât be that much longer.
Typically these additions have been done on a Friday.
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Finally, some kind of a day that we can live forward to. I wanted to buy last week in the new US stocks but there was still nothing (so I bought more UK stocks) and still nothing. I think next time they should give a firm date rather than âin a few weeksâ, âsoonâ, âŠ
Same, thatâs my biggest criticism for Freetrade. The use of words like âSoonâ, âIn a few weeksâ is really frustrating for an avid customers like myself. Iâd rather nothing was said, until the product is actually a week away from launch.
In my opinion features shouldnât be announced as âsoon or coming soonâ until the feature has passed multiple rounds of QA (Quality assurance) and User acceptance testing (UAT) and is ready to be deployed to production.
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Itâs to allow for and mitigate any possible delay or disappointment. Same way if you order a package online, and they say it will arrive between this date and another, or when someone calls to fix something like your broadband, (will arrive between either 9-12 or 12-5). If the item doesnât arrive or the person doesnât show up at a specified time then they cant be held accountable if they are late or dont deliver on the exact date and time. I agree that they should not realise or tease something until its near complete, but same time it is nice to have a peek at the roadmap ahead to see whats coming (eventually).
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Seen it plenty. Even if they avoid using it, they just use âin a few weeksâ instead. 250 US stocks were âin a few weeksâ in February.
âShipping soonâ
âFreetrade Alpha Coming Soonâ
âVery soonâ
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THEY ARE UP!!!
(Well at least they have come up on my iOS app!!)
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SPCE - Virgin Galactic
MGI - MoneyGram
NET - Cloudflare
MAR - Marriott
PTON - Peleton
COST - Costco
EB - Evenbrite
WM - Waste Management
SWKS - Skyworks
Just noticed, scrolled down a bit, separate section under Discovery of 250 New Stocks
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Dropped on android too, no realty Co though?
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