rewrite this title 10 Best New Brokerage Account Promotions & Bonus Offers of December 2024 – Money Crashers

Open a new J.P. Morgan Self-Directed Investing by January 23, 2025, and deposit qualifying new money within 45 days to get a bonus worth up to $700. Here’s how it works:

Open a J.P. Morgan Self-Directed Investing account with qualifying new money by January 23, 2025.
Fund your account within 45 days. Your bonus will be determined on day 45.
Maintain your new funds in the account for 90 days
You should receive your bonus directly in your account within 15 days.

Moving forward, enjoy commission-free stock and ETF trades with thousands of choices available. There’s a decent selection of no-transaction-fee mutual funds available here as well.

For a limited time, customers who open and fund a new tastytrade account or fund an existing tastytrade account for the first time receive a cash bonus with a value as high as $5,000.*

Here’s how it works:

Open and fund your account by the stated offer end date, currently December 31, 2024
Make a qualifying deposit of at least $2,000 — but you must deposit at least $1,000,000 to earn the full $5,000 bonus
Meet other bonus requirements

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Open and fund your first Wealthfront  taxable investment account to earn a $50 bonus. That’s it — no minimum deposit requirement or other hoops to jump through.

This offer is only available to Wealthfront customers who haven’t had a taxable investment account in the past. Other restrictions may apply; see terms for details and check out our Wealthfront review for more information.

TradeStation, a discount online brokerage popular with serious traders, has one of the most generous brokerage promotions on the market for new and existing account holders. It’s worth up to $3,500 cash when you make a qualifying transfer into your TradeStation account.

To qualify for bonus cash, existing account holders just need to complete the form on this page. New account holders must create a new TradeStation account using the promo code “TSTVAGFD”.

In either case, TradeStation adds up all qualifying deposits made during the 45-day offer period to calculate the bonus threshold, then confirms that you’ve held them over the full course of the 270-day holding period that follows.

Open a new Acorns account using the link below, then set up recurring investments ($5 minimum) to earn a $20 credit. It’s that simple. You’ll receive the sign-up bonus credit after completing the qualifying activities:

Open a new Acorns account using the provided link
Set up recurring deposits with a $5 minimum
Earn a $20 credit after completing qualifying activities

Moving forward, Acorns offers two attractively priced plans that support everyday money management, longer-term saving, and market investing. The right sidebar has more details.

For a limited time, download the SoFi Invest app and open a new SoFi Active Invest account for the chance to earn up to $1,000. Terms apply.

Moving forward, enjoy commission-free stock trades and access to fractional shares in select securities with no account minimums. Terms and conditions apply. See offer for details.

Open and fund a new Webull account in any amount to get up to 12 free fractional shares with a qualifying deposit. The actual value of this promotion depends on the stocks involved, which include Alphabet (Google), Meta (Facebook), Procter & Gamble, Starbucks, Kraft Heinz, and Snap.

This promotion offer is open only to eligible customers. Please refer to the Terms and Conditions for eligibility and see offer for more details.

Open a new eligible Citi Personal Wealth Management account by December 31, 2024, and make a qualifying deposit of new money or assets to earn a cash bonus of up to $5,000. See bonus thresholds at right.

To earn this bonus, you must do the following:

Open and enroll your new Citi Private Wealth Management account.
Make the qualifying new money deposit within two months of account opening.
Enroll the account into e-delivery of statements within two months of account opening.
Maintain the new funding at least through the end of the third month (statement cycle) after account opening.

Eligible funds must be new to Citibank and can’t come from or be combined with funds from any other Citi accounts. This offer is available to new Citi Private Wealth Management clients only.

Open a new Tornado account using this link to earn up to $1,000 in cash. There’s no minimum funding threshold or other hoops to jump through — just open your account and Tornado rewards you with $10 to $1,000 cash.

There is one catch: Tornado chooses your reward amount at random, and it’s impossible to predict how much you stand to receive. Once the bonus is in your account, you must make at least one trade within three months and keep the bonus funds on deposit for a full year.

The cash offer is available to new Tornado users on live trading accounts only. Simulated trading accounts aren’t eligible.

Open a new qualifying Charles Schwab account with a qualifying referral from an existing Schwab client to earn a cash bonus of up to $1,000. See bonus tiers at right.

To qualify, ask a friend or family member with a Schwab account to send you their unique referral code. Then use the code to open a new Schwab account with an initial deposit or deposits totaling at least $25,000.

Make one or more qualifying deposits within 45 days of your account opening date, and you’ll receive your cash bonus about a week later.

Once your account is open, monthly fees may apply. Multiple members of the same household may qualify for bonuses individually, as long as they open separate Schwab accounts.

Through August 31, 2024 you can earn a $100 bonus when you open a new U.S. Bank Automated Investor IRA and fund with a least $1,000.

NOT FDIC INSURED. MAY LOSE VALUE. NOT BANK GUARANTEED