Degiro

aidanki

Been reading degiro wonderful fee transactions today.

One thing I haven't seen, what is there account maintenance fee per annum?

Say I have 10k on Dow Jones and 5k in Amsterdam?

Sabre Man

There's no account maintenance fee but you pay a fee per exchange.

aidanki

Sabre Man wrote: »

There's no account maintenance fee but you pay a fee per exchange.

thats still v v v small, whats the catch

speedboatchase

Thinking of opening an account with Degiro but need to know if I would still liable to pay CGT, as I'm based in Qatar? I asked Degiro about this but they said: 'We are unauthorised to give any tax advice in terms of capital gains tax, this would have to be dealt with by yourself or an accountant.'

topper_harley2

speedboatchase wrote: »

Thinking of opening an account with Degiro but need to know if I would still liable to pay CGT, as I'm based in Qatar? I asked Degiro about this but they said: 'We are unauthorised to give any tax advice in terms of capital gains tax, this would have to be dealt with by yourself or an accountant.'

Degiro execution only, they don't give tax advice. You don't pay CGT to Degiro anyway, it's self assessment on sale so it would be based on the tax laws of whatever country you reside in at the time of sale. I don't know what tax system, if any, Qatar has in relation to investments, so you need to look that up yourself.

aidanki

speedboatchase wrote: »

Thinking of opening an account with Degiro but need to know if I would still liable to pay CGT, as I'm based in Qatar? I asked Degiro about this but they said: 'We are unauthorised to give any tax advice in terms of capital gains tax, this would have to be dealt with by yourself or an accountant.'

topper_harley2 wrote: »

Degiro execution only, they don't give tax advice. You don't pay CGT to Degiro anyway, it's self assessment on sale so it would be based on the tax laws of whatever country you reside in at the time of sale. I don't know what tax system, if any, Qatar has in relation to investments, so you need to look that up yourself.

oh even though I own shares I have never sold any, do CGT tax usually paid via automatic deduction or is that up to yourself to sort out

say your dealing with

topper_harley2

You only pay CGT when you sell AND make a profit. There is no concept of auto deductions etc.

Grecco

Does Degiro allow you to sell short Stock??

EmonMCC

Hi folks! I've read that Degiro pays dividends in cash instead of adding partial shares via DRIPs. Is this true? Can it be changed to automatically re-invest dividends into additional shares for companies offering DRIPs? Do they offer now any kind of PRSA or other tax-deferred or tax-free account? I've also read that they don't but maybe that was old information???

topper_harley2

Youre far better off emailing these questions directly to Degiro, otherwise you're relying on possibly wrong information.

However, I know that no they dont support DRIP, because I emailed them the same question 6 months ago:

"DRIP (Dividend Reinvestment Plan)?
Degiro does not support this service at the moment. All dividends are cash settled. We hope in the future to provide the service but as of now we don’t."


As far as I know., no they dont support PRSA either.

EmonMCC

Thanks mate! Nice nick btw ;-)
So which broker does allow DRIPping and PRSA for reasonable fees? I'm used to $8.95 per order with no maintenance fees whatsoever so I 'm a bit hesitant to shell out 15+ per order plus annual account fees for the likes of TD or Davy... My current contribution is $916 per month ($11,000 annual limit for 2 Roth IRAs) and I'd like to keep up this level of contributing like 750 every month or 1500 every other month.

topper_harley2

How are you planning to keep contributing to Roth IRAs if you are moving to Ireland (from other thread). I dont see how you can keep contributing to a Roth IRA in an Irish broker. Why dont you just stay with Charles Schwab?

Some brokers do allow self directed PRSAs, Davy Select definitely being one, as you mentioned. A PRSA is as close to a tax-deferred account as you'll get here. Outside a PRSA (or occupational pension), there is no concept of Roth IRA (as used US) or ISA (as used in UK). We just dont have the options.

Welcome to DIY investing in Ireland, it sucks compared to USA.

EmonMCC

Simple answer: I don't and I never said that. I just see that the Euro sign was obliterated when I posted...

Long answer: I was just giving a number (EUR 750 p.m.) in order for you to see how my usual order size with Schwab looks like. Of course I'm going to contribute in Euro, hopefully through an employer sponsored plan. But if their plan options suck or the fees are to high I would much rather do it all on my own and figure out the tax deduction on my own instead of having it done by the payroll admin. I will leave my current holdings in the Roth IRAs with Schwab of course, collecting dividends and DRIPping them hopefully for the remaining 20 years until the withdrawal reqs are met, but making new contributions is not possible when you don't have any income stateside.

Yeah unfortunately I understand now that the US is a Mecca for low-fee and tax-advantageous investing and I won't be able to get this kind of thing anywhere else.

lawred2

Is it really possible to invest in a vanguard ETF with no fees via DeGiro?

BrokenArrows

Yes.
Here is the list of ETF's that are free
https://www.degiro.ie/data/pdf/uk/commission-free-etfs-list.pdf

The condition is that you must trade a minimum of €1000 as described in the page 2 of the above pdf.
There will obviously still be forex fees from euro to usd and back, but the fee is 0.10% of the spot rate so its pretty good.

lawred2

BrokenArrows wrote: »

Yes.
Here is the list of ETF's that are free
https://www.degiro.co.uk/data/pdf/uk/commission-free-etfs-list.pdf

The condition is that you must trade a minimum of €1000 as described in the page 2 of the above pdf.

no fees, commission, profit takes

nothing??

How does that work?

BrokenArrows

lawred2 wrote: »

no fees, commission, profit takes

nothing??

How does that work?

I edited my post before you quoted.
They charge 0.10% on the foreign exchange to USD and back. So they get 0.20% overall.

I think they are doing it as cheap as possible at the moment in order to gain a market share. I dont think it will last forever.

lawred2

Thanks.

I'm a rookie and am looking to start building a portfolio...

Is degiro a good place to start? Or are there better?

BrokenArrows

lawred2 wrote: »

Thanks.

I'm a rookie and am looking to start building a portfolio...

Is degiro a good place to start? Or are there better?

Degiro is the cheapest you will find and cheap is good.

However im not a fan of their platform (but ending up using it anyway due to the great fees). Its a bit messy and lacking in reporting and features compared to others.

But if you just need the basics fo perform the trade and you can use other tools to research your stocks then Degiro is fine.

iainBB

BrokenArrows wrote: »

Degiro is the cheapest you will find and cheap is good.

However im not a fan of their platform (but ending up using it anyway due to the great fees). Its a bit messy and lacking in reporting and features compared to others.

But if you just need the basics fo perform the trade and you can use other tools to research your stocks then Degiro is fine.

Agreed it's cheap not best. You get what you pay for in this example. I use it but when my account gets a bit bigger I will move on.

lawred2

Is there a good small cap fund available in that list of ETFs?

iainBB

lawred2 wrote: »

Is there a good small cap fund available in that list of ETFs?

What type
USA region growth divided blend. Leverage

lawred2

iainBB wrote: »

What type
USA region growth divided blend. Leverage

lol

Slow down a little.. I did say I was a rookie!

I don't know whether you are asking me or telling me

iainBB

lawred2 wrote: »

lol

Slow down a little.. I did say I was a rookie!

I don't know whether you are asking me or telling me

Sorry

try etfdb.com

They have a good screener that will filter them for you. I guess you would like the USA region and low fee but what else.

BrokenArrows

iainBB wrote: »

Agreed it's cheap not best. You get what you pay for in this example. I use it but when my account gets a bit bigger I will move on.

I agree, but hopefully they will improve.
Ive been sending their help desk emails with bugs that i found. They have fixed some of them so looks like they are actively trying to make it better.

I was using Saxo previously but with a £5 quarterly charge and £8 minimum charge per trade it adds up.

Saxo Fees on a £2k trade (buy and sell) = £16.00 = 0.8%
Degiro Fees on a £2k trade (buy and sell) = £3.66 = 0.183%

It makes short term trading a lot more attractive. Taking 1 or 2% on a trade in a day is nice without having to recover that 0.8%

As i closed positions on Saxo ive been transferring the funds to Degiro. All into Degiro now.

lawred2

BrokenArrows wrote: »

I agree, but hopefully they will improve.
Ive been sending their help desk emails with bugs that i found. They have fixed some of them so looks like they are actively trying to make it better.

I was using Saxo previously but with a £5 quarterly charge and £8 minimum charge per trade it adds up.

Saxo Fees on a £2k trade (buy and sell) = £16.00 = 0.8%
Degiro Fees on a £2k trade (buy and sell) = £3.66 = 0.183%

It makes short term trading a lot more attractive. Taking 1 or 2% on a trade in a day is nice without having to recover that 0.8%

As i closed positions on Saxo ive been transferring the funds to Diagro. All into Diagro now.

Diagro?

lawred2

iainBB wrote: »

Sorry

try etfdb.com

They have a good screener that will filter them for you. I guess you would like the USA region and low fee but what else.

Thanks.

What else do I need to be specific about? Industry types etc?

BrokenArrows

lawred2 wrote: »

Diagro?

Typo

iainBB

lawred2 wrote: »

Thanks.

What else do I need to be specific about? Industry types etc?

Well I guess you would like to buy and hold for the long term?

Want low fees?

Matches index as close as possible?

Not leverage?
Goes up 2 or 3 times the index but cost more in fees.

Not inverse?
Do you think it will go down in the future?

jive

iainBB wrote: »

Agreed it's cheap not best. You get what you pay for in this example. I use it but when my account gets a bit bigger I will move on.

Depends what you need from it really. If you're buying ETFs for holding long term it's by far the best choice due to the cost advantages.

iainBB

jive wrote: »

Depends what you need from it really. If you're buying ETFs for holding long term it's by far the best choice due to the cost advantages.

Yep true, but swing trading leverage etf it gives complete wrong market price. 😞

iainBB

iainBB wrote: »

Yep true, but swing trading leverage etf it gives complete wrong market price. 😞

Current market price is over 25.50
But the app says 23.80.

airmech

If i sell and make a profit, will Degiro get a percentage? I have another broker that takes some of my profit.

BrokenArrows

airmech wrote: »

If i sell and make a profit, will Degiro get a percentage? I have another broker that takes some of my profit.

Diagro charges a flat fee + a percentage of the trade value.

Fees are listed here.
https://www.degiro.ie/data/pdf/ie/IE_Feeschedule.pdf

The Minstrel

Just wondering if there a cheaper alternative out there for ISEQ trades specifically?
Degiro is currently €2 + 0.04% with no maximum.
It has a €60 maximum charge for all other European exchanges.

topper_harley2

.04% of E100,000 is only E40 quid!

accap1f8

What happens if they close over the next few years?
I'm going to buy shares on iseq in the next few days.

BrokenArrows

accap1f8 wrote: »

What happens if they close over the next few years?
I'm going to buy shares on iseq in the next few days.

Its a regulated company. They cant just close and disappear.
Your money is as safe as in any bank.
They also keep your money separated from Degiro so even if Degiro were to go broke then your money cant be claimed by anyone Degiro owes money to.

https://www.degiro.co.uk/about-degiro/safe-and-reliable.html

accap1f8

Thank you. I'll buy away so and leave it sit there. By far the cheapest way to buy shares.

valoren

It's great as you can accumulate positions over time (a share here another there etc) if you want and not wait because you would be fleeced on fees otherwise with that approach.

accap1f8

Getting an error with the limit order.
Buy price too high compared to ask price.

Can any one tell me how to buy €3000 worth of a share on iseq

BrokenArrows

accap1f8 wrote: »

Getting an error with the limit order.
Buy price too high compared to ask price.

Can any one tell me how to buy €3000 worth of a share on iseq

That error means the price you have entered is too different from the market price.

So if the stock price is 5.00 and you entered 50.0 then the platform will reject it.

You enter the price per share in the Limit box and the quantity in the quantity box.

accap1f8

So let's say by some miracle I make money.
Is DEGIRO in contact with revenue?
How would revenue know I have made a profit on my shares?

iainBB

accap1f8 wrote: »

So let's say by some miracle I make money.
Is DEGIRO in contact with revenue?
How would revenue know I have made a profit on my shares?

I believe it's self declaration . Don't even think about trying to avoid tax here lol

accap1f8

Cgt is self declaration and I wouldn't avoid it. I was just wondering if revenue have any contact with degiro

Amouar

accap1f8 wrote: »

Cgt is self declaration and I wouldn't avoid it. I was just wondering if revenue have any contact with degiro

Degiro asks for your PPS during the registration process, so chances is that they might share details with the revenue at some point if it's not already the case.

aquascrotum

Long time lurker, have recently signed up to Degiro as I'm based in the UK and really need to start future proofing myself in terms of Sterling tanking.

I've bought shares in a few US and Euro shares (generally safe-ish haven stocks I hope, Ryanair and the likes) with the hope that the currency change keeps me ahead of where GBP is likely to be shortly...but was wondering can I use Degiro to buy and hold currency?

Can anyone give an idiots (term not used lightly!) guide?

robp

aquascrotum wrote: »

Long time lurker, have recently signed up to Degiro as I'm based in the UK and really need to start future proofing myself in terms of Sterling tanking.

I've bought shares in a few US and Euro shares (generally safe-ish haven stocks I hope, Ryanair and the likes) with the hope that the currency change keeps me ahead of where GBP is likely to be shortly...but was wondering can I use Degiro to buy and hold currency?

Can anyone give an idiots (term not used lightly!) guide?

Ryanair is airline and is highly vulnerable to shocks. I wouldn't consider it safe haven at all. Now its good to have a mix of course of defensive and non defensive. For currency you could just use your Irish and UK banks accounts. However playing with currency is basically gambling so be careful.

Green Mile

On De Giro: I am trying to place an order on the London Stock Exchange at a price of £11.63 a share, hoping to buy 71,600 share (approx. €9,500).

However, I can getting the following error message (which is attached): rejected order because price does not match ticksize

Any idea what I need to do to get around this? I understand this stock exchange is two point decimal but what do I need to enter to buy the share? I thought I need to enter 00.1163 and then buy 71,60000 units? This doesn’t work either so not sure what to do.

Any help appreciated!

iainBB

Green Mile wrote: »

On De Giro: I am trying to place an order on the London Stock Exchange at a price of £11.63 a share, hoping to buy 71,600 share (approx. €9,500).

However, I can getting the following error message (which is attached): rejected order because price does not match ticksize

Any idea what I need to do to get around this? I understand this stock exchange is two point decimal but what do I need to enter to buy the share? I thought I need to enter 00.1163 and then buy 71,60000 units? This doesn’t work either so not sure what to do.

Any help appreciated!

I have ran into this a few times alright,

You sum does not add up first at 11.65 you can only buy about 770 shares.


The stock price has to be two dec points only so stock price is
11.65

Number of shares is
700

The warning message is pants. It just confused you more

Green Mile

@ iainBB Thanks, i've tried 700 as you suggested but still same error message. I'll email De Giro now, they probably wont respond until after the weekend.