The Offer
- Stock, ETF and options trading platform TradeUP by Marsco is currently offering a free bonuses:
- Get a free stock (valued at $2.50 – $250) when you open a new account
- Get a second free stock (valued at $8-$1,000) when you initially fund $100 or more
- Get a bonus of $50 when you deposit or transfer $3,000 or more (if you transfer in $3,000+ you also receive up to $200 in transfer fee reimbursements)
Referral Bonus
If you refer a friend you’ll also receive a free stock whenever they complete the requirements above (open account/deposit $100). You can refer up to ten friends for a maximum of 20 free stocks
Our Verdict
If you complete all of the requirements you’re basically get a bonus of at least $60 and possibly more depending on how much the stocks you get are worth. Not the biggest bonus but I will be adding this to our list of the best brokerage bonuses.
Feel free to share your referrals in the comments below. Do not thread referrals, add it as a new comment.
Hat tip to reader John C
How long do you have to keep your initial deposit in the account? I see in the Terms and Conditions that it says you can’t sell the stocks you won after 90 days,however, I do not see anything about the initial deposit. For instance, if I deposit $100 could I withdraw it after 15 days?
I’m wondering, could you stack the Swagbucks offer for 5,000 Swagbucks with TradeUp’s Welcome Gift? So if I make a deposit of $150, will I get 2 free stocks and 5k Swagbucks? Looking forward to your replies!
https://www.tradeup.com/accounts/signup?invite=XC8J3G
invite code : XC8J3G
Open and fund a new TradeUP account to win up
to $1570 worth of free stocks!
https://www.tradeup.com/activity/market/new-traders/sem.html?templateId=usreferral&lang=en_US&invite=HKVS0Y
Get free stock and cash coupons based on deposits from less than $100 to $200K
https://tradeup.marsco.com/activity/market/us-open-price/#/share?invite=ZEW8YQ
https://tradeup.marsco.com/activity/forapp/invite/?lang=en_US&invite=R4I0KO#/
Receieved a couple shares of American airlines. Also just a heads up deposits really do take 5 days to process.
Up to 5 free stocks by downloading the app with link
https://tradeup.marsco.com/activity/forapp/invite/?lang=en_US&invite=ZJ0ATT#/
manual code: ZJ0ATT
Thanks in advance for using my link
https://tradeup.marsco.com/activity/forapp/invite/?lang=en_US&skin=1&invite=TEBJYN#/extension
I used LightAcolyte’s referral link. Here’s mine:
https://tradeup.marsco.com/activity/forapp/invite/?lang=en_US&invite=9L66BP#/
Or on the first page of the application, there’s a spot for the invite code: 9L66BP
It says to download the app, so I opened the link on phone, and it took me to the Play Store to install the app. I opened the app and it went back to the web browser, I clicked the Claim Your Free Stocks button again and it went to the app to sign up, and had the invite code prefilled. (They also have a Web App, but I didn’t try that.)
It said it could take up to 5 days to approve the account, but I got an email in 17 minutes saying account approved.
When linking a bank account (via Plaid), if you have multiple accounts at the bank, it’ll say it finished linking, and then ask you to select which account to use. It seems to have a problem with Discover currently, so I used a different bank.
The $50 bonus deal has expired, but has been replaced by one arguably better for a very limited time, after which it will return to 2 free stocks as of 4/1 (1 for sign up and 1 for depositing $100+). You’ll get $62 to $4,015 in up to 5 different stocks when you open an account by 3/31/21 using an incentive-enabled referral link and then once your funds clear after making an initial deposit within 30 days of $5000 or more. Here’s the offer link:
https://tradeup.marsco.com/activity/forapp/invite/?lang=en_US&skin=1&invite=O8HVZA#/
Transfer Bonus
You’ll receive reimbursement on your initial deposit for any other brokerage transfer fees of up to $200.
New Live Account Bonus
You’ll receive 1 free stock valued between $2 – $15 when you open a Live Account (This just means a non-paper trading account with real currency in it, whether Cash or Margin account. There are no IRA or other account type options at this time.)
Initial Deposit Bonus
You’ll receive additional free stock(s) valued between $15 – $1000 with a qualifying initial deposit:
Make an initial deposit of at least $100 and receive an additional free stock
Make an initial deposit of at least $1000 and receive 2 additional free stocks
Make an initial deposit of at least $2500 and receive 3 additional free stocks
Make an initial deposit of at least $5000 and receive 4 additional free stocks
(This is checked only once within the first 30 days, you cannot use multiple deposits to qualify at different thresholds so only the first deposit applies. If you deposit up to or more than $1000 on your initial deposit, they credit you with up to $1000 for immediate trading until your deposit actually clears so don’t look for the reward stocks until after the deposit actually clears.)
The terms and conditions are here:
https://www.itradeup.com/statement/USA-Open%20A%20Live%20Account(Marsco)
The fees and commissions are here:
https://tradeup.marsco.com/pricing/commissions-us
There was no soft or hard pull on any credit reports for my Cash account. With my bank verified through Plaid (this was the only option), my account was approved in less than 12 hours and $1000 of $5000 was made available immediately for trading. My initial opening stock reward was SAN at $3.50, also available to claim under rewards immediately after account opening was approved.
$200 Transfer Bonus Update: once you sign up for an account and get into the TradeUP app (this information is nowhere I can find on the website), if you go to the Profile > Contact Us > Bottom Right Unnamed Message Icon > Select a Topic > ACATS > Transfer Fee Reimbursement they tell you that: “You qualify for one Transfer Fee Reimbursement of up to $200 if your transfer meets the following conditions: 1. It is a full ACATS transfer 2. The transferred value is $3000+ 3. The transfer was made within 30 days of account opening If your transfer meets the above conditions, please email a copy of your account statement to [email protected]. Thank you for your cooperation. For account security purposes, please use the email address associated with your account.”