I only have the options of 1,847 stocks and 212 ETFs. Also no USA ETFs? The Website mentions you have over 3000 Global stocks. Please help

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@H2T2 Retail clients shouldn’t be able to access US ETFs that aren’t UCITS certified, period. They’re only accessible to investors classified as “professionals”.

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completely agree. i reckon ig allowed me to do so on account of my professional qualification and a few questions they asked me.

@David - any plans for trading 212 to do this? or any way i can “amend” my trading classification?

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@H2T2 Yes, we’ll likely do it at some point - definitely not this year though.

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Why US ETFs are not available in Europe? How come US stocks are? I requested some US ETFs and I received an answer by email with the list of existing ETFs domiciled in Ireland.
Did not help me at all.

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It literally says why in this thread you’ve posted in. It’s like 6 or 7 posts up.

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You can see more details in the link I shared, but essentially:
The consumer-friendly EU rules that apply to ETFs listed on European stock exchanges are called UCITS. Non-UCITS funds are regulated as Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs). AIFs that are run by non-EEA (European Economic Area) managers must not be marketed in the EU, and that includes US-domiciled ETFs.

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Nice, I tried qqq, spy, dia,… they’re all there.

Interactive brokers also doesn’t offer these etfs anymore, for the reasons stated above in this thread.

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you just reminded me why i picked ig in the 1st place :wink:

but then they can never beat trading 212’s close to nil commission unless they go free too. so like all trading, spread your risk around :wink:

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Thank you @BullChew for sharing the info.

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