Lot of talk about leaving, and if thats how you feel, its a personal choice…no issues.
Be nice to have a thread, for balance, about people who are happy here…and if you care to say so, then what is it that keeps you here?
I have been here 2 months, and I enjoy the forum, the people on it and the trading app.
I feel the fees are reasonable and I am happy…so I plan on staying for the foreseeable.
If you are happy on FT or even want to share a benefit of joining / staying feel free to share 
Valid thread to have on the community. Interesting to see it’s always the new community accounts (~few weeks old) so vocal on switching/alternative players. Different times since I set up an account in 2019 so I guess there’s a lot more choice in the market. With that far more attractive offerings.
I would like to see some form of verification process on user profiles, like a checkmark if their linked accounts have been funded.
I’m staying! Just waiting for the annual fee payment option to show up.
I can assure you I am funded.
The wisdom of my novice trades is another matter 
But yeah, if you have a funded account I guess they could give you a tick or something, good idea 
Yes im sure they said May for the changes.
An option is always better then none 
I’ve been using the Freetrade platform for just shy of 3 years and no intention of leaving. I’ve also used HL, Degiro, ii, Trading 212 and Revolut for shares/ETF and FT, for me, is considerably ahead taking everything (cost, usability etc.) into account. Have a GIA and SIPP, and currently deciding whether to open an ISA this year or next. Will also be paying for the annual subscription, it’s a relatively small amount of dosh to save a bit.
In terms of this forum I think it’s generally great. There has been plenty of constructive criticism/whinging about it in other threads, but who else provides a forum for their customers? HL? AJ Bell? Tesco? Ford?
I’m staying and happy overall to do so.
I’ve been with other providers, both similar and the bigger cos like Aegon, and I think FT does a pretty good job comparatively.
I’m not 100% happy, nor am I 100% wedded to FT; I’ll always keep an eye out to see if there are better alternatives for what I want, but so far nothing reaches out to me.
Yeah, between the April and May payment schedules, I think.
It’s coming soon!!!
I am approaching my second anniversary using ft and am happy here, it does everything I need at what I consider a reasonable fee.
Thats it in a nutshell…same for me
Been with Freetrade since April 2019 when they finally made the app available for Android users. Instant trades were a £1 a pop (which was still a massive bargain) until it was removed and Freetrade fully became free to trade!
Although I still have accounts with HL and AJBell, Freetrade is the account where I am topping up both ISA and SIPP (transfer from HL).
It’s possible that I may have to transfer my SIPP in the future as there is no drawdown facility but will cross that bridge when the time comes.
The app doesn’t do everything I want it to but it does enough.
Never even had to contact support on Freetrade as never had any issues.
Good to hear
Ultimately the reason I’m here is that it diversifies my broker risk (HL, T212, IB are the others I use) and that the GIA is totally free for ETFs and UK stocks.
I hopee some day to have enough in my ISA to worry about splitting brokers
I was going to read this thread out of interest but leave it alone due to the fact that I am switching. However, I then find these absolutely astonishing comments and feel I have to respond.
I joined FreeTrade and the forum around January 2022, so obviously more than a few weeks ago! I fully funded my ISA so obviously my account is fully funded, although naturally it won’t be after the switch! I not only paid the fee but supported FreeTrade quite vocally during their first price increase. There are many, in my view perfectly legitimate, reasons why I decided to switch and it was actually a very hard decision as there are many things about FreeTrade that I really like, but I’m afraid there were also too many things that counter-acted that. Here is not the thread to outline those and I have done so quite extensively elsewhere but, frankly, I really resent the implication that anyone who doesn’t agree that FreeTrade is absolutely perfect must be some kind of troll! Perhaps learning lessons as to why people switch might help FreeTrade improve and avoid other switches in the future?
On this topic, had I decided to stay, it would have been due to the following:
Good luck to everyone who made a different decision than I did when considering which broker to use in the new financial year. I don’t think that is a bad choice either, nor would it have been for me had I chosen differently, but both decisions can be made for perfectly valid reasons!
The thread isnt here to say people are wrong for leaving. A personal choice cannot be a wrong one…just a place to share postive sentiments.
I can see you got that by the tone of your post.
Ive been with Freetrade since April 19 and although not perfect (no broker is) it suits my needs, I’ve not had too much to complain about over that time so will be staying put and moving to the yearly subscription instead. My hope is that Freetrade don’t pull this new feature after a year and then make everyone (who subscribes) to pay monthly.
Joined August 2020 so been with FT for nearly 3 years. For me it provides simplicity of use, features I want, a decent range of stocks/ETFs etc…I’m staying put. Once the annual sub options comes live I’m taking that up too.