Cool. Thanks! Will sit it out 
The issue is compounded by the increase swap rate, I would not be opening new postions but I canāt close my existing position either because of the wide spread, so I have to hold for now and pay high swap charges.
With US markets closed tomorrow, then a short Friday, then the weekend, that means 5 days of charges.
I wish T212 compensated for the increased spread by not increasing the swap.
This is one of many reasons why most people trading CFDās loose money. Personally I stick to the actual stocks, far less manipulation/ risk. I doubt most here understand the instrument they are trading, how its created, priced and risks, they just see they ācouldā make loadsa dosh with all the leverageā¦ that said the spreads do seem ridiculous but again id be pretty sure its within the realms of what theyāre allowed to do under how CFD are created and priced.
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I also got caught up by this yesterday during after-market hours. I placed a couple of orders that I had pre-planned in advance and did not triple check the spreads the moment I put the orders on. Itās very frustrating. If the spreads are larger than usual there should be a pop-up message or some additional informational mechanism indicating so, otherwise disable CFD trading until spreads go back to normal. I feel like a fool and ātrickedā by the app. At the end of the day itās ultimately my fault for not triple checking the orders, but this doesnāt change the fact that I still believe this situation with huge spreads is being handled horribly by Trading212.
Those are rookie numbers, you got to boost those numbers. Twilio had a spread of $78.8 pre market.
You canāt be serious? Have you seen the spreads today?
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CFD side completely useless today.
Spreads even worse than usual, huge swap fees and ridiculous limits on basically every popular stock. Unusable.
Pure market manipulation by the broker.
The spread is absolutely shocking. I saw one person on Reddit post a spread of 700%! Radio silence from the T212 staff too. The platform has gone to the dogs in recent weeks with problem after problem.
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I have a short position open. I notice that when the stock starts dropping and therefore going in my favour, the spread increases dramatically and I end up in the red. When the stock starts rising and therefore going against me, the spread tightens but of course Iām still in the red as itās gone against me. When the stock is dropping and going in my favour, I end up more in the red than when the stock is going against me! Itās lose-lose.
Anybody know a reason why this is might be happening?
No real reasonā¦ just T212 donāt want you to profit from the trade.
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Never really seen that before. I got out of the trade the second I could with profit.
Fair enough if they want to increase the spread. Theyāll lose customers but thatās their decision. Fooling with the spread on existing positions seems very dodgy though.
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Days like today make me wonder why anyone on this forum ever argues against people crying out for option trading to be prioritised
Not only are we being shafted by the spreads but, the lag on the US charts at the moment is also adding on to the buy price which is mental!! 4 buys today I got at a higher price than what it was at, even after 30secs to a min the price hadnāt changed but I was charged higher. Pay higher and then the crazy spread that goes up when price is going down or down when price is going up 
down over a Ā£1000 today and was stopped out of trades all because a crazy spread fluctuation!!
This spread was my favourite today though!! UK charts
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@David @George @Team212 can someone comment on this please?? The spreads are literally wiping us out and itās costing us money, shares and most of all, itās costing us our time and patience being long in other trades as the distances in spreads are putting us under
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Christ. Pushing near 140% spread when compared to the sell price.
It seems that literally every aspect of the platform has gone downhill in the past couple of weeks. From basic functionality to being shafted by prices at every turn.
Can anybody recommend any other brokers with a decent CFD platform?
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Iām in a comfortable position now with no risk to cash and exited all risky trades.
However, genuinely I think theyāre trying to shake people out. People are being margin called or stop losses are being triggered causing peopleās positions to close.
T212 need to make money from people losing. Once people start winning, the goal posts get moved. I really think thatās whats going on here with the issues with:
- Insane spreads
- Increased interest
- Limit on popular stocks
Then to top it off:
- System crashing
- Orders pending for substantial time and people losing their profit
- Orders pending for a substantial time and people entering a trade much higher/lower than expected
- DDOS attack
- IB cutting T212ās service off yesterday
- Crash on market opening on the day of Pfizerās news.
I was a big fan of T212 and love the interface and usability of the platform, but with all the above, Iāve all but completely lost confidence. Iād wonder is my cash safe!
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Well I did a withdrawal after being advised by support about my old card and account not being active any longer and was told to, make a deposit and withdraw via the new method. I did so, withdrew Ā£700 last Friday to what should have been my PayPal and it was sent to the old bank that wasnāt being used and was actually in the red (business account and business struggling with COVID lockdowns, restrictions etc) so, the funds where sent to that account and I was hoping they would bounce back as card was binned months ago as no access to account but, funds where accepted that end and the withdrawal consumed by the bank lol absolutely shocking and then to top it off all this so actually down a few grand today come to think of it
Do we have to repeat ourselves endlessly?
T212 DOES NOT make money out of clients losing positions. they make money hedging both sides. whether you succeed or not makes no impact on Trading212.
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So the spread differences, forcing accounts into margin calls, limiting trades etc does not make t212 money? Lol come off it
Forcing people to keep trades open due to obscene spread differences etc 100% benefits t212 earnings. We have to pay for keeping trades open
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