Why people choose to start here

Who this is probably not for

Being straight about this saves everyone time. If any of the following describes you, a different route will suit you better.

• You expect guaranteed returns. No honest platform offers them, and neither do we.
• You would be investing money you cannot afford to be without.
• You already trade at professional volume with your own execution stack.

Investing involves risk, including the possible loss of some or all of the capital you invest. The value of investments can fall as well as rise, and you may receive back less than you originally put in. Do not invest money you cannot afford to lose.

The safeguards a spreadsheet cannot give you.

What capital protection gets you that a DIY setup does not

• Sub-second execution, fully logged. Persistent low-latency links to every supported venue mean an order is routed, filled and recorded to your dashboard within moments, with a full audit trail.
• Continuous monitoring, day and night. Markets do not pause, so the engine does not either. Positions are tracked through weekends and holidays so nothing is left unattended.
• Reporting in your own currency. Every balance, trade and withdrawal is shown in your local currency, with no hidden conversion step to trace.
• Your capital stays segregated. Funds remain in your own account at all times. General Investing powered by StashAway never takes custody - it is only ever authorised to route orders.
• Bank-grade security throughout. TLS encryption, two-factor authentication by default and independent infrastructure audits each quarter, with every trade receipt logged.
• Three asset classes, one protected account. Rather than opening separate accounts, you hold crypto, listed equities and major forex pairs under the same safeguards, in one place.
• Risk limits set before any trade opens. Stop-loss levels, drawdown ceilings and allocation caps are fixed per asset class in advance. Any position crossing a threshold is closed automatically and logged.