Barclays Stockbrokers

I created my ISA account with Barclay's stock brokers back in May 2009. Initially I find them excellent as my trade frequency was maybe once a month. Later I open Marketmaster account and started trading daily now my trade frequency was almost once or twice a day that's the time when there system starts falling apart. As a day trade I rely heavily on the portfolio tool on the move I will check percentage change as soon as I get to my target profit of day I will sell my holding. Unfortunately Barclays system was reporting wrong percentages and was showing me in profit too early where as my holding was still in loss (I never realise that problem) un till one day when ...  Read the complete review

I have been managing my personal share portfolio online with Barclays Stockblokers for nearly three years now. They offer a range of accounts tailored to suit different types of investor. I opened a "MarketMaster" account, which is the simplest one aimed at people who trade infrequently. Your portfolio can include shares, funds, covered warrants, bonds and investment notes (derivative products that are structured to look like a bond and are based on a specified underlying security, such as the FTSE-100 index, or a basket of securities). The commission structure is simple: £12 per transaction for the first ten transactions in any quarter, then ...  Read the complete review

On the recommendation of others I have always used Barclays Stockbrokers for any share purchases or sales (normally sales, admittedly). I was tempted to go online for recent transactions, but given that share transactions normally involve a considerable amount of money I stuck with the phone lines for the moment. Before you begin to trade with Barclays Stockbrokers you need to register. This is very simple and they will send you a welcome pack, although you can trade before that arrives as they will give you your reference number over the telephone, along with the telephone number to trade itself. Upon using this number you can use a couple of voice ...  Read the complete review

This was my first introduction to share dealing in the UK and I must say that this service was appaling. I ohoned up to join the sharedeal account and they eventually took my deails (incorrectly I might add) after a long wait on the phone and then I was able to deal immediately. The phone lines are always jammed and have had massive queues on them. So to try and get though is always really frustrating. I tried to upgrade my account to a sharedeal plus and they sent me an applicaiton form with my deails already filled in (still incorrect) and I amended the form and enclosed a bill and a bank statement. They sent a letter a few days later ...  Read the complete review