Hi, first time here? Welcome!
Itās great to have you here. Iām Sam, part of the Freetrade marketing team.
If thereās anything that I can help with then give me a shout, Iām all ears 
Now itās your turn. Tell us a little bit about yourself & what youāre into 
Hi Alex 
My name is Ben and Iām not here out of choice 
Looking forward to starting out on my investing journey.
My main hobby and passion is music/DJing however the chances are no one will enjoy what I play as itās very niche. Iām partial to gaming (PS4) but hardly ever find time to enjoy a game.
Can you bump me up the queue a bit?
Hi, Iām Emma
Iām from Northern Ireland, Mum of 2, and Iād also like to be bumped up the queue 
Trying investing out because Iāve always been interested but unsure how it worked
Iāve only ever invested via Crowdcube and Seedrs but want to get into more serious investing. Started the process of setting up a iii account but it seemed over complicated and expensive - then Freetrade came along. Very much looking forward to building a portfolio.
Iām Eve, from Singapore. Iāve never invested before, and Iām hoping Freetrade will make this seem less daunting/ inaccessible. I love trying new things, so why not?
Other than hanging out around fintech forums, I enjoy reading, eating, and travelling.
Since this has turned from an introduction thread to a queue bump thread, could you do the same for me please 
I am Vlad, originated from Russia but have lived in the UK for 5 years now and studying towards a finance-related degree.
Only recently started investing myself and it opened a whole new world to me, plenty of new opportunities to learn and advance in. Once I found out about Freetrade, I got devoured by its ethos and objectives, hence fully belong to this community now.
And Alex, I also want to be bumped up in the queue 
Iām Marta. I donāt need a bump in the queue, because Iām an investor. But not sure where is my badge! 
I always enjoyed the idea of investing, but few companies that I tried were either very complex or had rip-off fees (Moneybox, Iām talking about you). Nice to meet you all!
Hello everyone, Iām Rod.
Freetradeās community is great because weāre all learning something, even though no-one knows anything about how The Market will behave. Thank you all.
I am dusty old Gen-Xer. I was a late starter to investing and started after wondering how to fund my future and discovering the Monevator site. Have been investing for a few years. 99% of it is buy-and-hold, and of that 95% is very vanilla passive index tracking and gov bonds, and 5% is risky business which includes Chinese internet stocks, investing in startups like Freetrade, dabbling in cryptos etc. The tinkering with the 5% makes it easier for me to be disciplined about the 95%, or so I tell myself.
I do product design and management stuff for tech startups, but these days I mostly write about them and for them.
(Assuming that a little bit of shameless self-promotion is acceptable, I will link to a couple of things which might be of interest here: Co-op Digitalās weekly newsletter which is about whatās happening in internet/digital and why itās interesting for retail businesses and wider society - Amazon and the rest of big tech, social media, privacy, security, cryptos, UK fintech, and so on. And Checksies which is an infrequent newsletter thing about how to do money and investment things for people who are busy.)
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Hey all! Iām SimonB. Some of you may know me through my work as a COps Community Specialist at a cool lil bank called Monzo. You know, the one with the awesome hot coral card and all the emojis
Freetrade seems like a cool company and Iām looking forward to checking it out! Feels like the barrier to entry for investing has historically been quite high, and Freetrade will hopefully make a big impact in removing that barrier 
Hello everyone, Iām Harley.
Iām 18 and a new investor, currently only have a target retirement fund (vanguard, just started, Ā£300 monthly) and āhigh interestā bank accounts as investments- also a pension but Iām not sure that counts.
I like working out, music, boxing (watching & participating), reading,hanging out with my friends/family and have a slowly growing watch addiction.
Iām very new to all this but with plenty of reading and analysing, I hope to make a few pretty pennies or pounds.
This is my hope as well, a simple platform where I can invest freely with good charts/ stats (hopeful). Even long term investments I have in mind werenāt very accessible before, what with fees and minimums etc.
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Hello
Iāve been investing on and off for about 15 years now, made so many mistakes and a few wins. Iām a solutions architect by trade and work in the inane sector (recently).
I invested in Freetrade because I saw many parallels with Monzo and we all know how well that is going so far, but also because I am tired of broker fees pushing out people who would like to invest but who canāt afford Ā£1,000 a month just to bring the trading fee down to a reasonable %. I kept thinking wouldnāt it be great if I could just put this spare Ā£20 into my fund, sure I can do that with traditional brokers ā¦ after I give them Ā£12 leaving me Ā£8 for my fund.
So I am here because I want Freetrade to be a success and by default myself too.
Oh and I have a 5 year old boy and a beautiful wife. 
And a cat ā¦ called zenny
Hi, Iām Adam
Iām from Canada but have been in London for the last five years and love it here. I really miss unspoiled wilderness though. 
Iāve always been super interested in investing but it was only after getting married and starting a family (three kids now!) that I got more thoughtful about it. I started Freetrade because I knew there were others like me out there and I needed to do something about it.
I adore our team and community, so lucky to be a part of it!
@rod - the above applies to me too, though less of the āoldā
Anyway, hello, Iām Weenie and I invest because I enjoy it and so that I can retire early.
Iāve invested in Freetrade and look forward to using the app as I already think Iām paying enough in investing fees with other platforms and as @stephen mentioned, sometimes, I only want to invest a small amount.
60% my portfolio is in index tracker funds/ETFS (mostly Vanguard), 30% in investment trusts (including dividend heroes) and some individual shares, the rest mostly in cash (premium bonds). My strategy is predominantly buy and hold.
My intention is to earn enough dividend income from my investment trusts/shares to cover my basic expenses.
Good morning all!
Iāve been registered on this forum since the beginning, but havenāt spent much time here at all.
My name is Nick (username is a give away), and a few of you have probably seen my cartoon face frequenting the Monzo and Starling forums.
I thought Iād give myself a FreeTrade flat cap in the absence of FreeTrade swagā¦
Considering I know next to nothing about investing properly, itās probably a good time to start reading up before the launch happens!
My interest first peaked in investing years ago, when I first heard about Robinhood in the US - I was half expecting them to make their way over to the UK, but that never materialised.
When I heard about FreeTrade, I was really keen to learn more, and this forum seems to have exploded with content over the past few months!
I currently use Wealthify, but Iāll be looking to manually move as much as I can into FreeTrade.
First ever investment: FreeTrade (OKā¦ starting to sound a little āfan boyā now, so Iāll stop!)
I look forward to learning from you all.
Nick
My word thatās a sore one. I worked with people pre dot-com crash who had stock options close to maturing worth Ā£millions on paper. I still remember their āit surely canāt go any lowerā chatā¦
Hi there. New to this too. Soaking up lots of information about investing and excited about Freetrade.
Does anyone know how long it takes to get through the queue? I just joined so Iām position no 50,000+
Andy 
Hey Andy, welcome
If you refer just one friend, youāll jump to around 6,000 in the queue at the moment 
Weāre going to do the rollout in stages, thereās some more info about how thatāll work here..
