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About TD Direct Investing

TD Direct Investing is one of the UK's largest execution-only brokers, an award winning service providing a broad range of products for trading and investing on UK and International Equities with direct access to 17 markets including all of Europe, the US, Asia and Australia.

TD Direct Investing Shares Trading Account

TD Direct Investing gives investors the power to buy and sell shares online on world stock markets. Get share trading on-line information, track investment portfolios and research market opportunities all via the TD Direct Investing Web site - online trading platform. Share Trading Account

TD Direct Investing Shares Trading Plus

TD Direct Investing Trading Plus Account offers the benefits of the TD Direct Investing standard Trading Account but includes full access to International Trading Services where you may also trade in Warrants and Securitised Derivatives such as Covered Warrants.

TD Direct Investing Trading Plus Account also allows trading in various different currencies through the multi currency Cash Management Account including the Euro, UK Sterling, Canadian Dollars and US Dollars, Hong Kong Dollars, Singapore Dollars and Australian Dollars. Trading Plus Account

Main Features of TD Direct Investing stock trading accounts:

• Wide range of investment options
• Trade without cash in your account
• Take up to 20 days to settle UK trades online
• Access market information and research tools 24/7
• Trade from as little as £8.95

TD Direct Investing Trading ISA Account

The TD Direct Investing Individual Savings Accounts - ISA is a tax-efficient savings account in which you do not declare any income from investment growth on your UK tax return - For stocks, shares and funds.

Self-Select Trading ISA gives a wide range of investment choices and passes control of managing your own share portfolio - with any growth protected from Capital Gains Tax. Self-Select Trading ISA

TD Direct Investing CFDs - Derivatives Trading

A TD Direct Investing CFD account offers a downloadable trading platform and TD Derivatives Professional offers Level 2 data and DMA - Direct Market Access.

Gain 'Direct Market Access' to CFD trading via a TD Direct Investing Trading CFD account offering CFD trading on over 7,000 CFDs on 27 different exchanges including stocks CFDs, Index Tracking CFDs and commodity CFDs.

TD Direct Investing are now offering a free 30 day trial of Level 2 which allows access to the London Stock Exchange order book and ability to place CFD orders directly with Direct Market Access. TD CFD Derivatives Trading

TD Direct Investing Financial Spread Trading

A free demo account lets you test strategies on a virtual trading platform and manage a dummy portfolio of £10,000. With comprehensive charting, watchlists and educational guides as well as telephone support, although not trading support on a demo account.

Funding for TD Financial Spread Trading account using debit card. Any capital gains from TD Financial Spread Trading account are completely free of Capital Gains Tax although with you are unable to offset losses against capital gains for CGT purposes.

TD Direct Investing SIPP - Self Invested Personal Pension

The TD SIPP is a low cost alternative which offers control - with the retirement pension fund management handed over to the account holder.

Using the same easy to use and fast platform as the main TD Direct Investing Shares Trading Account, the TD SIPP allows users to manage their own pension, making decisions when and where you want, in shares, funds, investment trusts and unit trusts. TD SIPP

Things to watch for in choosing a stock broker

Dealing costs The actual cost of placing an individual buy/sell order. There is stamp duty also at the prevailing rate but only on buys. Allways check that cheap dealing offers dont have high admin charges.

Admin charges Normally charged quarterly. When calculating real cost look at number of deals likely per year and then add in this admin cost.

Transfer costs Check costs to transfer in and out shares, share certificates and other charges must also be considered when evaluating costs.

Online or telephone dealing Nearly all brokers now offer some form of Online dealing with telephone as optional back-up. Some Online systems have some human interface and others are 100% automated.

Holding share certificates Outside of accounts avoids admin charges. Ok if you are likely to be a long term share holder [years not months].

Broker support How much info can the broker offer you? Will he offer advice and recommendations or is his service completely without support.

Broker speciality Information Some will offer Real-time share prices, trades information, news and feedback direct from the trading floor, live market data.