Trading 212 Review 2024: Fees, Pros & Cons

A pie is a collection of Securities (stocks and ETFs). 

Each security is represented as a slice of the pie. And each pie of Trading 212 can hold up to 50 securities (slices).

You can also have more than 1 pie on the platform. 

AutoInvest, on the other hand, allows you to make deposits to your pies using a customized deposit schedule. 

It allows you to invest automatically using your preferred payment method. 

Pies and AutoInvest help you achieve your financial objectives by making it easy for you to maintain a diversified portfolio regardless of market fluctuations. 

It also simplifies the allocation of contributions to your portfolio. 

With AutoInvest, you do not need to do any manual calculation of how much to allocate to your portfolio, once the criteria are set, the system will automatically determine the appropriate allocation for each ETF and automatically invest. 

Creating a pie of Trading 212 is easy. 

You can either copy an existing pie from the pie library or build your pie from scratch. 

To build your pie from scratch, do the following: 

Go to the Portfolio Section in your account and select the “Pies” category 

Click on “Create Pie” 

Go through the available stocks and ETFs and pick the one you wish to invest in. 

Once you have made the selection, tap on the arrow. 

You can use the sliders provided to adjust the target weight of each slice in the pie. The target weights will determine how your invested funds will be allocated in the Pie 

Note: You can always edit your pie and the slices in it after the pie has been created. 

Trading 212 offers both Auto Invest and Manual Invest. 

With manual investment, you will manually contribute funds to the pie. But with Auto Invest funding and investing will be done automatically. 

All you need to do is choose the desired contribution amount and schedule the investment. 

If you want to invest and withdraw funds on your own, choose Manual Invest when creating your pie. 

If you choose AutoInvest, the next thing to do is to set up your investment plan. 

Use the slider to customize the deposit amount, and schedule an investment duration. 

You can also increase the initial deposit value if you wish to start with a lump sum. 

Once your investment amount has been set, the next thing to do is personalization. 

Choose a name and icon for your pie. 

Next, review the pie to be certain that everything is in place. 

Select a payment method to link to AutoInvest. 

Once you do this the initial deposit will be immediately made. 

That’s it, your pie has been created and subsequent deposits will be made according to your deposit schedule.