Introduce yourself 👋

Hey Ena :wave:

I’m really glad to hear that you’re enjoying the community & I hope you like using Freetrade :smile:

Right now we have lots of people trying to get their accounts set up so the waitlist helps us avoid being overwhelmed by new customers.

You’ll soon receive a Freepass though, which you can give to your friends to let them skip the queue, though :tickets: & we’ll remove the waitlist altogether, as soon as we can.

Yo, I’m Curtis.

I used to work in banking, then TV, then Travel, then back to TV - doing Product Development. My goal is to invest/trade full time.

A group of friends got me into investing by telling me to buy Bitcoin. I simply thought it was the biggest scam. They were persistent. So I bought Ripple as Bitcoin was falling and lost a lot of money in a pump and dump. After my tears dried, I began day trading and lost even more.

I then decided to take time off to actually learn about the Stock Market - as I wanted a refund. I became more confident, and started to earn money day trading.

I then wanted to have a home for long term investing and my mate showed me Freetrade, which I love! So I’d love to invest in Freetrade in the next round.

PS: I do videos of my freetrade journey on YouTube - check it out and subscribe if you find them useful.

Peace!

Carlton

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Hey Curtis,

It sounds like you’ve had a bit of a rough journey getting here (you’re not the only one) :ambulance: but it’s great that you have

I’ll be looking out for your next video!

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Hey Alex,

LOL at the ambulance emoji! It really was like that.

But it’s all learning, hurt at the time, but glad I’ve broken through that phase now - and its worked out well now. Personally think investing is one of the most important life skills people should have.

Thanks dude, hopefully a few coming soon :wink:

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Hi,
My name is Emily and I am totally new to this so not sure where to start but egar to learn. I found out about this page by hearing about a similar US site but not being a le to engage as I was based in the UK so I then did a search to see if there were any UK equivalent and found you!!
I’ve downloaded the app (android) - assume you need to use that to get started but it says I’m 52 thousand + in the queue… Can I do anything until then and how long is it likely to take to process the 52k reqs before me?

Thanks in advance :nerd_face:

Kr
Emily

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Hello Emily, welcome aboard

Maybe you can start by checking the following thread

That might keep you entertained for a while

Hope it helps

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Welcome to the community Emily, there’s lots of first time investors here so you’ll fit right in :smile:

At the moment, you’ve done everything you can with the Android app. We’ll be releasing the full app, which you’ll use to create your Freetrade account, within the next few weeks though. Watch this space for updates :smile:

While you’re getting started, feel free to ask any questions you have in this topic: Ask your beginners questions here 🐣 - #1250 by Lenny.

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Hi Raul,
Many thanks for that - i’ll give that a look. :+1:t4:
I walk a lot to and from work so I do love a good podcast! :sunglasses:

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Hi Alex,
thanks for the quick response.
Sounds like I found you at a good time then!

Cheers :+1:t4:

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Hi all :raising_hand_woman:t3:my name is Emma, I am totally new to investing. I am reading books at the moment to try to understand enough ready to start investing. Few facts about me: I am a Christian and have been now for around 6 years, I am a mum of 4 children, I am passionate about people and helping them grow to be the person they were created to be. I am director of our family business that i run daily, which I love and find it so much fun. I love reading and i am excited to start uni in september. Do you have tips on starting out in the investing world?

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Hello Emma, welcome to Freetrade

If by tips you mean what specific stocks to buy, then I’m afraid I have to say that it’s not possible. We can all share our personal opinions on a specific investment or strategy but we can’t give advice, let alone tips, on what to buy, hold or sell. Sorry

Now, if by tips you mean that you would like to get indications on what resources may be available and where to find them so that you can learn about the subject, then I have good news for you. Many of the members have been making suggestions and you find many of them grouped in this thread

Enjoy

Hope that helps

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Hi Hamish :wave:

It’s great to have you here & I agree, ETFs are awesome! It sounds like you’re getting to grips with investing pretty quickly already :slight_smile:

When it comes to individual companies, you might find our new #stock-take series gives some clues about what sorts of things to consider.

Hopefully you’ll find this forum & everyone else here really helpful while you’re starting out. Feel free to ask if you have any questions.

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Awaiting with interest!

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Hi just joined this hoping to learn more on trading. I’m George from Northumberland.
I’m retired and trying to educate myself on crypto and blockchain which is where many and various industries seem to be heading. So would like to ask if anyone can advise of companies that operate, provide blockchain knowhow services to other businesses?

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Hello! I’m Matt, I live in the Forest of Dean and am looking forward to the release of the Android app. I have little experience with investing so am looking forward to delving into this community and learning as I go!

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Hello and welcome @jmamccarthy , @Geobow and @MH2612 !

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George, there was a long discussion about cryptos here Cryptocurrencies - Megathread⚡️ a while ago. Two places to look might be: the very crypto-positive Pomp https://offthechain.substack.com/ and the fairly crypto-negative David Gerard Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain – Blockchain and cryptocurrency news and analysis by David Gerard . I lean toward the latter because I think blockchains are typically complicated and expensive (esp in electricity) solutions to problems that don’t actually need distributed uncensorable networks. And buying cryptocurrencies themselves feels more like gambling than investing. To me anyway. Good luck.

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Rod, Thanks for links

Agree buying crypto is a bit of a gamble, same as stocks & share. I am looking for someone or company that builds the mechanics / developers who sell their services to other businesses.

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Hi , I’m mark .

I’ve been investing in crypto for a year or so .
Looking to getting into stocks . I’m after purchasing around 20 US stocks so looking for a broker that ain’t gonna fee the ass out of me .
Joined up with EToro and Fineco .
Then I’ve noticed this W-8BEN thing , confused everything .

Hope everyone’s well , looks like a great community .

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I’ve been there! It’s amazing. The place is basically The Shire.

Welcome Matthew, George, and Mark!

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