Dividend Total Feature

Seen this mentioned a few times on Reddit subs from people using other platforms - could Freetrade implement something that shows the combined value of dividends paid in a certain period and a future value which changes as sp fluctuates , payments announced etc ?

At the moment have to flick between each stock and use alternative sites where you can enter shares and they give a forecast.

5 Likes

I second this. It would also be useful to have a calendar for any upcoming dividend dates(declare, ex and payment date etc).

4 Likes

Also, if talking about dividends, more established providers also give ā€œDividends receivableā€ value, which is important to correctly assess portfolio value - say if you are invested in the stock which pays 8% dividend, on the ex-div date your portfolio will lose 8% in one day. And when dividend is actually paid out, it will pop up 8%.

At least the way current Freetrade implementation works.

The correct way is to have ā€œDividends receivableā€ balance between exdiv and payment date, which corrects for the fluctuation. Other more established providers do this. Though I know that dividends are messy and Freetrade team probably wants to stay away from this for as long as possible.

1 Like

I just know that if I enter my stocks on a certain website then it gives me a collated view of expected dates , amounts etc

This doesn’t seem like a big ask for Freetrade when said website is free and gets as revenue from adverts they show when you use the site - suggesting it gets a fair few views.

The actual dates are already being fed into Freetrade , they just need to better allow users to view them beyond clicking each share and scrolling down.

1 Like