[Feature Request 🔧] Multi-currency accounts 💵 💷

[nim]

On this point, I have suggested to Freetrade that they allow users to trade unsettled cash straight into alternative shares, ETF or US treasury products (cash equivalent). So accepting that you can’t hold USD balances in an ISA - this would be a workable compromise.

I have created this as an idea too, previously I’ve just raised it with customer service.

USD Trading using unsettled cash and avoiding the FX charge

A suggestion to deal with the USD balance problem - two issues A. Maintaining a USD balance in a GIA might be costly for Freetrade and possibly hard to administer. B. An ISA can not hold foreign balances. Given solving A doesn’t resolve B. Here is an alternative - Currently a USD trade cash settles after 2 business days - I would request that Freetrade develop a feature that will allow the unsettled cash balance to be traded into another US stock, ETF or cash equivalent product within a …