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Their entire service is ruined by the fact that logging into an account takes ages! You're not allowed to type the password but have to click a row of numbers instead. These numbers are so... more

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Rating Summary based on 39 reviews

  • 5 Stars
    17
  • 4 Stars
    11
  • 3 Stars
    3
  • 2 Stars
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    3

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  • Coverage of national/international markets
  • Online - Content/organization of site
  • Online - Ease of applying for products
  • Online - Investment tracking
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  • 24 of 24 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    SecretFormula

    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages able to share deal online

    Disadvantages Disadvantages none so far

    Who is Self Trade? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Self Trade is an online stock broker that helps and enables you to invest in stocks/shares and ISAs. SELF trade is part of The DAB - SELF trade Group - the largest European e-broking group. Why did I choose Self Trade? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Well basically so I could collect 50 ipoints for registering and 150 ipoints for my first trade!!!!! I clicked onto their website from the link on the ipoints site and decided that they seemed genuine and reasonable and decided to go ahead and register. How do I register? ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Registration is easy just click on ... more
  • 63 of 63 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 7 Kirsty1

    Member since 23/05/2002

    Reviews written: 165

    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Simple, informative, reliable...

    Disadvantages Disadvantages UK trading only, tips but no tips analysis...

    Nowadays it seems that everybody is trading shares and I strongly suspect this is largely due to the ease with which it is now possible to track information on the internet. When I took a look through my late fathers portfolio a couple of years ago I was amazed to find that he was simply making sell decisions based on how much the share had increased in value since he bought it. It was a case of checking The Times each day to see what was up and what was down – that may sound OK but anybody who has taken even a mild interest in trading will tell you that it is simply not the way to go. What ... more
  • 10 of 10 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    soko

    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Childsplay to navigate and a mine of essential info

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Don't accept debit or credit card funding and low interest on dealing cash a/c

    Sorry, while this comment mentions SelfTrade, it has been posted here in error, and belongs properly to COMDIRECT. I am not deleting it at this stage as it will be relevant if you are seeking opinion on on-line brokers. Safe, comprehensive and childsplay to navigate, comdirect.com is a MUST for your bookmarks, whether or not you choose to use the company for on-line share dealing. I've tried much advertised share tracking software, costing up to £250. Now I've got FREE all the analysis tools, data, charts, up-to-date news I've ever wished for - all on a single click on my "favourites" list ... more
  • 18 of 18 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    nigelpm

    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages cheap trades, good information

    Disadvantages Disadvantages sometimes unreliable

    I'm a customer of selftrade. I first signed up in february 2001 and used them for the orange IPO (flotation) and now use them more regularly for short term daily trading. Their service is good overall and is one of the cheapest online brokers in terms of not having any account charges and costing only 12.50 a trade. This is only beaten by hargreaves lansdowne and imiweb. For someone like myself their service isn't always good enough for day trading as the site has hiccups here and there but is more than sufficient for anything else. When it's in operation though there are no problems at all ... more
  • 22 of 23 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Briz_Hatchings

    User doesn't recommend the product

    Advantages Advantages Clear pricing structure, good introductory offer

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Not particularly efficient, no credit dealing limit

    Selftrade first emerged a little adverts on the tube claiming that they made ‘sharedealing a doddle.’ They neglected to mention the fact that actually dealing in shares was already a doddle with number of other stockbrokers available and that the hard part was picking good stocks. I went over to Selftrade from Barclays because they offer to hold your portfolio for you online (so you can access and value it on their site) for free as oppose to Barclays who charge you a quarterly fee if you don’t trade within that quarter. Their pricing scheme is also simpler than Barclays with a £12.50 flat fee ... more