best online share trading portal for small volume trading

[Ringsender2]

Hi, I'd like to dip my toe into the water of stock investments that I do myself (rather than a broker).

A previous thread got some useful responses, which were as follows. Can anyone add to them? Or tell me what I should be googling? I don't know if it's relevant, but I'm in Ireland.

TIA!

• Hargreaves Lansdown – “pretty expensive” probably pay around £11 to buy the shares, plus a platform charge to hold them, and the same again to sell.

• www.shareview.co.uk

• www.jarvisim.co.uk/secure/x-o/enquiryapp_xo.asp?src=&prd=XO&AccTyp=NOM £5 per trade

• degiro “used for fun”

• IB “used for serious trading/portfolios”

• Halifax share builder “Easy to use and monitor online and reasonable charges even when buying small amounts”. Regular offers for £3.95 trades or usual rate is approx £13.

Thank you for sharing these pointers from another thread. I’m going to have a look into this myself.

Not much help but Trade212 are doing a free share at the moment for new referrals ( random could be between £1 and £100 - mine have all been £14-17 ish .)

You just have to set up an invest account and deposit £1 .

Create a Trading 212 Invest account using this link www.trading212.com/ref/3ikPmfj and we both get a free share!

^ I got involved in this from another thread .

Regarding your above comments I'd avoid H&L after my own experience of their fees when buying small amounts of shares :( the funds are pretty good but there are cheaper platforms .

I'd recommend watching MamaFurfur on YouTube she recommends a cheap one which the name escapes me of

If you do decide to use a financial advisor I would recommend Transact. Www.transact-online.co.uk

How does anyone trust smaller platforms though?