Pretty sure Trading 212 isn’t free- the leverage is nuts, especially on CFDs. Pretty much how they make money, as most people lose money. Personally wouldn’t touch with a barge pole, beyond the quality of their charting.
Chris
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I don’t do any CFDs, but I use the ISA and Invest accounts.
The only thing I can say is that I have not paid a single penny. I have not paid anything to buy stocks, no payment to keep account open, no foreign exchange charges and certainly I haven’t paid anything on leverage (I don’t do CFDs).
Anyway, I have no intention of getting into a debate. I replied to the question ad Trading212 is one of the platforms I use, amongst others, such as IBKR and obviously FT. They each have their uses and advantages.
If what @Gilesf13 is looking for is most developed markets, Interactive Brokers (IBKR) offers them, although it charges a fee to buy and sell stocks as well as to have the account open. I think it is cheaper than others such as HL though. I imagine that they have the capacity of transferring stocks out, though I have not asked…
If in the future FT has access to another stock market from abroad, such as Hong Kong, would it allow in specie transfers of stocks?
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How is T212 customer service right now?
I’ve seen a few mentions of ARB in this thread, I got in last week at 2.75 - interested to see where fellow holders think it could go from here? Obviously a slight dip today because of the crypto dip but not really too worried about it and I’ll be looking to buy the dips when I can - cheers
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Its more than 2 weeks now that I signed up with FT and still have not got my account up and running. I dont know what is going on but looks like they are overwhlemed with new sign ups and stuggling to complete checks. I hope I can be up and running soon and start investing… After following this thread and the gains, feel like I am missing out on the action. !
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That 2 week delay is probably the best thing that could have happened to you, it’s been ugly in the market!! Saved yourself some good £££s
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Sent my pal a link earlier this morning. He signed up and is up and trading already.
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Thats very strange… Ive been waiting weeks now… not impressed… but perhaps you are right… saved by some unknown…
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You haven’t missed much. Yesterday was a bloodbath!
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Today’s not much better. Churchill Capital Corp IV is taking a right shellacking at the moment. 
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It hit 100%, that was the challenge, I’ll take my medal and go… 
First back to 0%?
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It’s definitely a holder!
If you all have been following the scintilating(OR NOT) tale of my account setup… I have some great news to share… I am finally setup!
Raising it on this forum helped defintely to source the right help.
Thanks all…
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I wonder who will portray you in the movie? 
Dev Patel… possibly… unless they decide to cast caucassian and go with make up!
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They might cast multiple actors, to play you at each stage of life while your account application is being processed.
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Mind blown!!!..With such ideas, I think your creativity is being wasted on this forum 
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GME - breaking the stock market again?