ShareBuilder Promotion Codes: Free Automatic Trades (Updated 2012)
Update: Added new codes and cleaned up old ones. Thanks to all who have contributed in the comments.
Here are some promotion codes for existing ShareBuilder accounts. ShareBuilder is a discount brokerage now owned by the same folks behind ING Direct. They give out codes for various promotions, and they often work in your account even if you weren’t given the code directly. Sometimes they don’t though, so have reasonable expectations.
Don’t have an account yet? Grab this $50 opening bonus first, all you have to do is deposit $2,000 or more before 6/30/12, and then add the promo codes below afterward. You can usually double-dip on codes if you have both a individual account and joint account. Got kids? Get even more by opening up custodial accounts for each of them.
How To Use
To enter the codes into your account, first log in to ShareBuilder, and then go to the Accounts tab > Overview > Profile & Settings > Enter Promotion tab shown below.
In the marked box, enter a code. If it works, you should see a confirmation that says something like:
Thank you for referring ShareBuilder to your friends! Your 2 real-time trades have been credited to your account and are available to use immediately.
Active Codes
3AIP
3AIP*GEJZOH (try if above doesn’t work)
SK483GXM2BU9 (5 free automatic investments, expires 12/31/2014)
TAF2RPL*6O52v9 (mixed success)
BDAY12AL or BDAY12MR
(Reportedly) Expired Codes
BDAY12JY (1 free automatic investments, expired 3/31/2012)
12AIP (12 free automatic investments, expired 3/31/2012)
TAF5ANL*073t0C
TAF2RA*2VvUQt
TAF2RD*c48Ugc
TAF5AR*2AsFg5
TAF5AW*1FkJgR
TAF2RG*2VvUQt
TAF5AC*2AsFg5
TAF2RM*2VvUQt
TAF5AZ*2AsFg5
TAF5AA*t9sUKs
BDAY11NV
START50
INVEST122111
How To Verify
To see how many free automatic trades you have, click on the top Trade > Automatic Investing and look for “You have XX Automatic Investment credits”. If you click on it, you’ll note that these may have different expiration dates. Here’s what I see:
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December 7th, 2010 at 6:51 am
Wow! I just had to comment. This worked like a charm. Enter every code. I got 33 free trades in total.
December 7th, 2010 at 7:56 am
Confirmed, these worked for me, except 3AIP*GEJZOH
December 7th, 2010 at 8:11 am
Worked for me! Except it was a total of 38 trades – 10 real-time and 28 automatic investment. I don’t have the 10 that expire at the end of this month (though I probably wouldn’t have used them anyways).
December 7th, 2010 at 9:27 am
The last code said thanks for linking your ING and Sharebuilder accounts. That sounded sketch.
I checked with sharebuilder and they said nothing was linked, but I’m still not very happy with that message.
December 7th, 2010 at 10:34 am
hmmmm. I haven’t used my sharebuilder account for some time. This is good to know.
December 7th, 2010 at 11:56 am
FYI, if you have two account types (individual and Roth, for example) you can put all of the codes in for both accounts.
December 7th, 2010 at 12:09 pm
@tyler – I got that message too, although I really doubt they can link any two accounts with just a promo code. It’s more of a “thank you” for doing it, and I wasn’t sure if free trades were credited as a result since I didn’t keep track of each code separately.
@Alan – Yes, good reminder, you can use these codes for each account, even if you have multiple individual or joint accounts.
December 7th, 2010 at 12:16 pm
Update – I just checked my e-mail linked with my Sharebuilder account. You’ll also get a confirmation e-mail after several hours for each promo code that was accepted (11 emails for all of them).
The last one that talks about linking ING Direct accounts does appear to give you 3 free Automatic Investment credits.
December 7th, 2010 at 12:55 pm
Worked but I got 25 automatic trades!
December 7th, 2010 at 2:59 pm
Awesome!
25 auto and 10 real time.
Thank you so much! I was just about to pay for several investments.
December 7th, 2010 at 4:43 pm
Much appreciation!
December 7th, 2010 at 6:39 pm
While we are on the topic of Sharebuilder, does anyone know if they prohibit people from having multiple accounts of the same type (for example, two individual accounts)? Couldn’t find an answer on their site but I thought someone here might know. Thanks!
December 7th, 2010 at 9:13 pm
All the codes worked. I opened new accounts and entered the codes. Hope they will not revoke them when they review the account and I will be able to use them.
Thank you.
December 7th, 2010 at 9:22 pm
Great tip, worked like a charm. Thanks
December 8th, 2010 at 6:42 am
It worked for me but I am also skeptical and may ING will come back and take it out saying its a mistake or some type of hack in the system. If not, its always boils down to a saving of $4 for auto trade and $9.99 for real trade. Thats almost $20 for 2 real trade and 100-140 on auto trade. Good chunk of money.
Thanks whoever referred!
December 8th, 2010 at 7:33 am
I just got 10 real time trades!!! Thanks for the info.
December 8th, 2010 at 10:49 am
AWESOME!!!! Many thanks!
December 9th, 2010 at 7:54 am
thanks! worked great
December 9th, 2010 at 10:11 am
I’ve never opened a Sharebuilder account, because you HAVE TO submit a Soc Seq. number online in order to do so (I even tried to call them w/ my number over the phone and they wouldn’t accept it).
I don’t like to type my Soc # onto any site. Nope, I don’t trust the security. ANd I don’t want it on the computer I’m on either (I had a bad experience with this a few years ago when the computer was given away without being erased).
Can anyone comment on the safety of Soc Seq #’s online?
Thanks
FSD
December 10th, 2010 at 12:15 am
Thank you so much!
But, I can’t seem to verify automatic trade credits. Can you tell me how? Should I already have automatic investing set up?
December 10th, 2010 at 6:48 am
Thanks! These codes worked for me yesterday.
December 10th, 2010 at 10:48 am
Thank You so much! Most of the codes worked just fine.!
December 10th, 2010 at 1:14 pm
Thank you. These worked for almost all my accounts.
December 22nd, 2010 at 10:15 am
Looks like those have already expired
That’s so sad, I’m hoping not to miss it when they come with something new again.
Keep us posted, Great blog!
December 22nd, 2010 at 12:43 pm
Thanks so much. Do you have anymore? Please post.. I really need it .
December 23rd, 2010 at 3:09 am
All expired for me ?other than the last one for “linking accounts”.
December 25th, 2010 at 1:35 am
3AIP*GEJZOH is still valid! Does anyone have any new codes?
December 27th, 2010 at 9:07 pm
I just got this promo code (BDAY11)! It expires 3/31/2011. Happy New Year to all!
April 6th, 2011 at 8:25 am
How do I find a Sharebuilder Code for free “real time” trades? Sharebuilder won’t let me see with the Automatic Investment credits and so it costs $10 per sale,which is ridiculous.
April 6th, 2011 at 1:17 pm
Sharebuilder codes for both automatic investment credits and real time credits have gotten really scarce. I use Google every so often and can go come up with credits for opening new accounts. If anyone has come across new codes for existing customers, please share!
April 20th, 2011 at 2:09 am
Last code is the only one that still works. Would love to get more free trades…anyone find new working codes?
April 24th, 2011 at 9:29 am
To enter promotions on the new Sharebuilder site:
1) Go the Accounts tab
2) Select the Overview drop down window
3)Select Profile and Settings
4)Select Enter Promotion
June 22nd, 2011 at 2:38 pm
Any new codes?
July 26th, 2011 at 10:25 am
@Parker
Promotional codes have gotten harder to come by. If I get any, I will definitely post it here.
August 4th, 2011 at 1:27 pm
Looking forward to any new codes!
October 10th, 2011 at 11:38 am
Sharebuilder is pissing me off. They used to give free real time trades a few times a year and free automatic investing trades almost weekly. THAT is why it was the #2 growing website up through 2010. I haven’t seen anything in 10 months. They also used to let you buy THEIR ETFS and Funds for free, without a charge, but I can’t find them. When you are investing $50 to $150 a month like most of Sharebuilder’s clients, these free trades are huge. Wealthier traders use other brokers so I hope they start rewarding us little guys again soon. If anyone knows of ANY real time trade codes please let me know. I’ve been sitting on several duds for many months and I’d love to sell them without wasting $10.
October 13th, 2011 at 6:54 am
As promised. A new code for 5 AIPs!
TAF5ANL*073t0C
October 13th, 2011 at 7:04 am
The above code TAF5ANL*073t0C expires on 11/30/2012.
October 13th, 2011 at 6:56 pm
Thank you, M.L.
October 14th, 2011 at 12:10 am
The code TAF5ANL*073t0C did not work for me. It says “this or related promotion” already entered. I have not entered any promotion code since 2010.
Did this work for anyone?
October 14th, 2011 at 9:24 am
It worked for me.
October 15th, 2011 at 2:29 pm
i used all promo codes on this page, none worked; the 3AIP*GEJZOH code was the only one that did not say it was expired.
October 16th, 2011 at 5:48 pm
To bad i only use real time.
October 16th, 2011 at 6:10 pm
The new one worked for me. It gave me 5 auto trades on my joint acct as well as 5 auto trades n my indi acct. The code is verified so I know it is legit.
October 17th, 2011 at 6:07 am
TAF5ANL*073t0C didn’t work for me. said it was expired.
October 17th, 2011 at 6:21 am
That is impossible. It doesn’t expire for over a year. Make sure you are copying/pasting it correctly.
October 17th, 2011 at 7:32 am
yea i’m trying it over and over, still says expired. Maybe I dont qualify. I’ve tried typing it in myself and carefully copying and pasting the whole thing. Oh well.
October 17th, 2011 at 7:55 am
I tried the three codes listed in the article as active, and I didn’t get any free trades. It accepted 3AIP, but didn’t seem to credit me anything for it. Then when entering 3AIP*GEJZOH it said a related promotion had already been entered for the account. And when entering TAF5ANL*073t0C it said it was expired.
October 17th, 2011 at 8:29 am
Don’t work.
October 17th, 2011 at 10:58 am
It works fine. I was given five free ($4 value each) Automatic Investment credits. Thanks!!!
October 17th, 2011 at 12:03 pm
FYI, I got the same result for code TAF5ANL*073t0C (“The Promotion Code you entered has expired”). I cut and pasted the code so it isn’t my typing.
October 18th, 2011 at 3:54 pm
Same issues here. “The Promotion Code you entered has expired.” Oh Well…
November 8th, 2011 at 4:04 pm
3AIP was the only one that worked for me today. What a great site! Thanks!
November 21st, 2011 at 3:12 pm
BDAY11NV – 1 Free Trade. Just tried it. It works.
November 21st, 2011 at 6:40 pm
I got the following message: The Promotion Code you provided cannot be entered for this account, because this promotion or a related promotion has already been entered for another account belonging to this account holder.
November 22nd, 2011 at 2:22 pm
Same here, M.L. Oh, well.
Happy Thanksgiving everybody!
November 23rd, 2011 at 5:29 pm
Sweet. But I only got two free auto trades. Ah well, free is better than none.
November 24th, 2011 at 3:14 am
Just tried them and got the same result. All denied. I use Sharebuilder to buy penny stocks and this would have been a big help on the number of trades I do daily.
Happy Thanksgiving All
December 1st, 2011 at 7:49 am
I think this post & Sharebuilder should be updated to reflect that ‘Automatic Trades’ are done on Tuesdays only. For some reason, I get confused thinking that Automatic Trades are same as trading right away or NOW.
Sharebuilder obviously gears itself to real-time trading but sublty gives you promotional credits for Tuesday trades. I think it’s intentional to confuse the user into the higher cost transaction.
Marketing misleading information… not cool in my opinion.
December 22nd, 2011 at 12:02 pm
Does ANYONE know how I can get a free REAL TIME trade credit? I got 6 last Christmas but can’t find any codes out there now. I don’t have a lot of money and losing $10 per stock sale SUCKS.
December 27th, 2011 at 6:03 pm
BDAY12JY
It is valid for 1 AIP trade. It expires on 3/31/12.
December 28th, 2011 at 5:54 pm
The code worked for me. Thanks M.L.!
December 30th, 2011 at 9:42 pm
BDAY12JY
December 31st, 2011 at 6:10 am
12AIP will give you 12 automatic investment credits good until end of 3/12.
December 31st, 2011 at 1:26 pm
Thanks George! That code worked for me. Happy New Year everybody!
January 3rd, 2012 at 12:03 pm
The following codes have all worked for me in my individual account(s) and all of my custodial accounts:
BDAY11NV (in November 2011)
3AIP (in December 2011)
BDAY12JY (in January 2012)
12AIP (in January 2012)
Are you a Costco member?
If you are, you can get up to $90 bonus from ING ShareBuilder if you open an account through Costco. In addition to the bonus, Executive Members can also receive 25% quarterly commission rebates, while Good Star and Business Members get 10%. Link: http://content.sharebuilder.co...../sbinvest/
The promotion code for $90 bonus for Executive Members is SBINVEXEC90
and the promotion code for $70 bonus for Good Star and Business Members is SBINVGOLD70.
I just opened another account using the above info with my exec membership and deposited money, made an automatic investment, and got the $90 in less than 7 days. Then I transferred the asset to my indiv. account account previously opened and deposited my cash to my savings. Walla – Made money easy!
January 5th, 2012 at 9:22 am
i used these on my EXTRA75 account and they both worked
“There is a bonus for Start50 to earn you $50 for depositing money into your account. There’s also Invest122111 bonus of $25.
Enter Start50 FIRST OR ELSE you may not get both.
Bonus $50 and $25 credits to Sharebuilder account holders
To those that have sharebuilder accounts, this is in conjunction to the $75 bonus thread:
I got two emails with promo codes that says make a deposit of $25 or more and get $50 and $25 bonus credit to the account.
One is ‘START50′
The other is ‘INVEST122111′”
January 5th, 2012 at 9:24 am
also SK483GXM2BU9 worked for five free automatic investment credits
January 7th, 2012 at 4:51 am
I entered both of those START50 and INVEST122111. At the time, it accepted both the codes. I have transferred $25 to my Sharebuilder Account thereafter. The bonus hasn’t shown up yet. It’s been several days. Does anyone know how much time it takes for the bonus $$ to show up after completing the transfer?
January 7th, 2012 at 6:06 am
Free money!!!!! Thanks Jonathan!!!!
January 7th, 2012 at 7:57 am
Thanks! All the codes worked for me
January 7th, 2012 at 9:14 am
With regards to START50 and INVEST122111, does deposits from ING checking or savings account to Sharebuilder account satisfy/qualify the deposit requirements? Or does the deposit have to come from a non-ING checking/savings account?
January 7th, 2012 at 9:57 am
Andy, I used promo START50 and I think it said the bonus can take up to 4-6 weeks.
January 7th, 2012 at 10:06 am
@steve
Hi Steve! Thanks. Did you get a promotion fulfillment email from them after you used the START50 code and transferred $25 to the account?
I used both the codes together and then transferred $25 once. Did I screw up? I didn’t get any promotion fulfillment email.
January 7th, 2012 at 10:39 am
Can someone answer david’s question? they never said anything about transferring money from non-ing account but i want to be sure.
January 7th, 2012 at 11:47 am
I didn’t see any wording of ING vs. non-ING, it just says deposit. I would make a $25 deposit twice in case you need one for each code. Says it may take 4-6 weeks, but with interest rates these days that’s hardly much of a commitment even if it doesn’t come through.
January 7th, 2012 at 2:53 pm
Thanks Jonathan
January 7th, 2012 at 3:39 pm
Right on. I’m up to 23 free trade credits now, plus $75 in free cash from all these codes. Sweet! Thanks.
January 7th, 2012 at 3:48 pm
I need REAL TIME TRADES. Automatic trades suck. Only post on Tuesdays and you can’t use them to sell. Only buy. Such a ripoff.
January 7th, 2012 at 5:53 pm
If you need real-time trades, you should try something other than Sharebuilder which is designed for dollar-cost averaging. The reason auto trades are cheaper is that they can bundle trades on their once-a-week Tuesday trade.
January 8th, 2012 at 4:53 am
Dumb question: Do we input the codes first, then transfer the money in or make the transfer first then enter codes? And…where do we input the codes? Which tab? Are the codes SHARE50 and INVEST122111 both current customers as well or only new customers?
Thanks.
January 8th, 2012 at 11:08 am
Sharebuilder used to give out free real time trades monthly. All the time.
January 8th, 2012 at 11:41 am
Thanks Jonathan. I can’t remember the last time I paid a commission for an automatic investment on sharebuilder
January 8th, 2012 at 2:15 pm
@ Victoria Input the codes first! That’s the only way their system will know how to handle the next step in the redemption process.
Input the codes here:
Accounts – Overview – Profile & Settings
I believe these codes are for current customers, but we won’t know for sure until the 4-6 week fulfillment period is completed.
January 8th, 2012 at 3:34 pm
re: START50 and INVEST122111 i’m pretty sure they’ll go through. it stated they were accepted. I had the same thing happen for the black friday code, where i got no email, like they usually send; however, in exactly 4 weeks i got the $100 bonus. i did call customer service to double check when i didn’t get the email and the bonus was taking longer than usual (most seem to come in a couple of days). this is probably the same…maybe the processing time is different for “new customer” bonuses and “current customer” bonuses??
January 8th, 2012 at 6:22 pm
OMG! Thank you VERY much!
January 8th, 2012 at 7:06 pm
@Randy- Thanks!
January 9th, 2012 at 10:02 pm
You’re welcome, Victoria.
January 10th, 2012 at 7:07 am
This peeked my interest, so I checked out Sharebuilder’s web site. But I also agree with FSD (in the comment section) who expressed uneasiness with typing in his Soc Sequrity number online to open an account.
Since no one replied to FSD, could someone tell me the answer to this?
Is putting your Soc Seq # onto a web site OK? (I assume that all of you have done this to open an account?) No qualms? No identity theft?
Thanks!
January 10th, 2012 at 4:24 pm
I’d much rather type in my SS# online rather than calling someone. This is commonly done with any account that reports to the IRS nowadays.
On a separate note, I didn’t get confirmation emails for the START50 or the INVEST122111 codes either, but I did get one for the others. I do recall not getting one for the Black Friday one either, but eventually got what was promised. I’m pretty sure it’ll be ok. I believe SB is utilizing some blogs and smaller sites to get these codes out there as some part of a grass roots / social media campaign.
January 10th, 2012 at 6:27 pm
DC: Sorry, but if you’re worried about your SS# being entered on a website, you should check out Jonathan’s 1/8/11 FACT post. SS#s are likely only required online for insurance, banking, or investing purposes (all with different federal requirements).
In over 10 years of online trading, banking and investing with multiple financial institutions online, I’ve never had any issues whatsoever (in addition, always look for the ‘lock’ encryption symbol when you’re registering a SS# or CC#).
I’ve never been a customer to an institution that had a security breach. But my former employer did once accidentally lose a laptop with the entire company’s employees’ names and SS#s (no ID theft, but I did get 2 free years of credit monitoring!).
Identity theft is more common with someone yanking your bank statements out of the trash than anything else.
January 15th, 2012 at 1:33 pm
In addition to 12AIP, I just realized 2012aip will also get you twelve automatic investment credits until 3/31/12. You can use the latter even if you already entered the former.
I’ve contributed what I’ve found. If any of you have other codes (especially ones that don’t expire in 3 months), please post them.
January 15th, 2012 at 5:59 pm
@George
Thanks, 2012AIP works!
January 17th, 2012 at 2:38 pm
For what it’s worth, I transferred some money from my ING savings to Sharebuilder in order to buy some stock and the confirmation email referred to it as an “external” transfer.
Has anybody received the transfer bonus yet? Either the $25 bonus, the $50 bonus or both?
January 19th, 2012 at 8:35 am
Be careful if you are opening multiple accounts. I got the below message.
“It has been noted that you have opened multiple accounts, with identical registration information. We have restricted from activity all but the first of such identical accounts. Future identical accounts will be likewise restricted. “
January 19th, 2012 at 6:08 pm
I have a question about recommending people..i recommended my friend and she did everything they ask..such going using their link from email….Still haven’t received any free trades?? been like 3 weeks now..
January 20th, 2012 at 6:42 am
KC,
I’ve used the “recommend a friend”. Everytime they follow the instructions on the email and open up an account, I get the email confirmation that I have recieved free trades. You can then choose 2 real trades or 5 automatic trades. The code can be used on all of your accounts, so don’t just use it on one if you have custodial or multiple accounts.
However, one person didn’t use the link, and I didnt get the promotion.
If they have opened an account, you might try sending an email to the customer service department. Everytime I have had to contact them, the customer service department has handled it exceptionally. They might be able to send you a code. Just tell them that you used their recommend a friend link, the individual signed up, but you still have not gotten an email about your trade credits.
The last friend that signed up for me, it only took about 2 days to get the email confirmation on the trades. Good luck.
Keep the codes coming! Thanks all…
January 20th, 2012 at 11:42 am
The $25 bonus and the $50 bonus are total bullsh!t. I am so mad right now. I entered both promotions. I was told both promotions were accepted. I made 2 $25 deposits and then I never got paid on either. I emailed customer service why I have not been paid, even after the promotions were accepted, and they said:
The two promotions that you entered were not valid for your account. The $50 promotion was only valid for New ShareBuilder accounts, and the $25 promotions were only valid for New or Unfunded ShareBuilder accounts. This is why you have not seen the bonus funds to date, even though they were accpted. Just keep in mind that most of our promotions are for New, or Unfunded ShareBuilder customers.
* You got to love a company that throws $ at new customers and screws their existing customer base. I am thinking of switching.
1) If you open an account at Options House right now, and make 15 trades (only $3.95 each) they will give you a free Amazon Kindle Fire. Link – http://landing.optionshouse.co.....e=comjunct
2) Options house will also give you 100 free trades, $150 for transfer fee reimbursement, etc. And you only have to have a minimum of $1,000. Even if i keep Sharebuilder I will probably open an Options House account.
January 21st, 2012 at 12:55 pm
After opening new SB account, entering the START50 and INVEST121111 codes, making 3 deposits of 50, 25, 25 and not receiving the extra bonuses I wrote SB customer support and got this back:
“Good afternoon! I’m glad to check into these promotions for you (free money is awesome!). After reviewing your Individual investment account ending in xxxxxxx000, I can confirm that you’ve qualified for a $50 bonus after making your initial deposit of $50 or more. This money is expected to arrive within 4-6 weeks after 01/18/2012 (on or before 02/24/2012).
When it comes to those additional promotion codes (START50 & INVEST122111), I don’t expect a cash bonus to arrive for these since we generally pay one cash bonus per account and your $50 bonus is already qualified for.”
January 30th, 2012 at 4:02 am
This is crap. My account accepted the promotions and clearly said the codes were approved. And I made two different deposits just to be extra careful. It has been over a month, they won’t respond to email, and I have received NEITHER of the bonuses. What a scam.
January 31st, 2012 at 10:02 am
Kindle Fire deal not as good as stated above:
. To be eligible for the Kindle Fire, you must satisfy both of the following requirements: (1) Fund a new OptionsHouse account with a minimum of $10,000 for a cash or margin account using promo code FIRE; (2) Make 15 commissionable trades within 90 days after funding your new OptionsHouse account. Note: Commission-free trades do not qualify toward the 15 trades.
February 1st, 2012 at 12:26 pm
SB is such Bull crap. Just called to have them give me my 2 free trades for recommending a person. I recommended a person who opened an account and you’re system did not do what your ad says. The guy goes ” our system is setup where you should receive your free trades and starts to say that it was because the email link was not used.” I told him…email was used and the argument went back and forth and the guy tells me that this is the last time he will do this for me. I was like huh..Then I ask him about my $50 for depositing $25 with the coupon code..and he tells me that it’s account specific only and that I have to receive an email to get the promo. I asked him then why did the website accept the code…his reply was…because it doesn’t know…. I was like huh…doesn’t know..what the hell are you talking about? this guy was either a bonehead..or didn’t want to help me…so after an half hour waiting and another hour arguing with this guy.. I Have to say.. I do not recommend SB other then for a few free bucks..and move on.. my 2cents…
.
February 2nd, 2012 at 1:29 pm
SB says the code 12AIP has expired.
February 2nd, 2012 at 4:41 pm
BDAY12FY will give one auto invest credit if you have not used a related promotion previously (if you used BDAY12JY I don’t think you’ll get it–it only worked on one of my accounts).
February 3rd, 2012 at 2:17 pm
Tried to enter 12AIP and 2012AIP. Both are expired.
February 10th, 2012 at 10:19 am
How do we see the trade credits we’ve accumulated?
February 10th, 2012 at 2:36 pm
Karen, click Trade, then Automatic Investing. It should be there next to your account number.
February 24th, 2012 at 3:35 pm
Has anybody gotten the $50 and $25 bonus yet?
March 8th, 2012 at 11:26 pm
START50 has expired
March 13th, 2012 at 5:55 am
BDAY12MR — I tried this (easy to guess what promos might be) and it gave me something – but I don’t remember what it was! lol.
March 25th, 2012 at 4:29 pm
BDAY12AL will give you one AIP IF YOU HAVE NOT USED ANOTHER BDAY promo this year.
April 18th, 2012 at 9:18 pm
TAF2RPL*6O52v9
April 19th, 2012 at 7:23 am
Thanks Michelle! I got 2 free real time trades!!!
April 19th, 2012 at 1:05 pm
That code is duplicate of another one that’s on here somewhere…
I tried entering it and got “The Promotion Code you provided cannot be entered for this account, because this promotion or a related promotion has already been entered for another account belonging to this account holder.”
If this works for you, there’s clearly other promo codes on here that might still be active for your account
April 19th, 2012 at 7:53 pm
Michelle, thank you very much! 2 free trades each on 5 accounts for my family members (-;
April 20th, 2012 at 6:03 am
Just tried SK483GXM2BU9 and got 6 Automatic Investments in my regular account. Note: It does not work for an IRA or Roth IRA.
April 20th, 2012 at 1:56 pm
FSD: Not sure you’ll find this buried in all the comments on this thread, but whenever I have to enter sensitive information like my social security number on a web site, I first boot off a linux live CD, completely disconnected from my hard drive. It’s a clean version of the OS each time, so as long as you do no browsing other than your sensitive transaction, there’s little chance of picking up a keylogger or other malware.
April 20th, 2012 at 6:41 pm
SK483GXM2BU9, did not work for me. I got the following message: “The Promotion Code you provided cannot be entered for this account, because this promotion or a related promotion has already been entered for another account belonging to this account holder.”
April 20th, 2012 at 10:59 pm
Got two free real-time trades. Thanks!
April 21st, 2012 at 7:27 am
I have always been a fan of TradeKing, although I started with Sharebuilder. I found TradeKing more reliable for market trades whereas Sharebuilder’s timing was always off. Yet, if you plan to hold for a while, Sharebuilder is a great alternative and is awesome for giving out free cash.
April 21st, 2012 at 8:30 am
Thanks a lot, they all worked!
April 24th, 2012 at 12:33 pm
3AIP – Gave me 3 free auto trades
SK483GXM2BU9 – Gave me 5 free auto trades
TAF2RPL*6O52v9 – Gave me 2 free manual trades
BDAY12AL – Gave me 1 free auto trade
This gave me a grand total of 9 free auto trades to start my account off, and I qualified and received the $50 bonus that they are currently offering.
By my calc that is a “savings” of $50+($4*9)+($8*2) = $102!
April 27th, 2012 at 5:21 am
TAF2RPL*cE104Wm
April 27th, 2012 at 6:58 am
TAF2RPL*cE104Wm did not work for me. I got the following message: “The Promotion Code you provided cannot be entered for this account, because this promotion or a related promotion has already been entered for another account belonging to this account holder.”
April 27th, 2012 at 8:20 am
I saw the comment by FSD about having to type your social security number into their web site in order to open a Sharebuilder account.
I too am leary about doing this – does this bother anyone else? Is it safe? Does everyone do this with no hesitation?
Thanks for any advice on this!
April 27th, 2012 at 2:17 pm
@CS: Sharebuilder is owned by Capital One (up until very recently it was ING). Their administration of it is tied in with the online Orange checking/savings accounts.
They need to have your SSN for tax purposes. All other brokers require it as well.
April 27th, 2012 at 2:33 pm
I have used most of these but the code for 2 free REAL TIME trades which I didn’t know existed just worked on 4-27-12.. TAF2RPL*6O52v9
April 27th, 2012 at 3:24 pm
I can confirm that any brokerage account and/or bank account that you apply for will require a Social Security number for ID verification and tax purposes.
May 1st, 2012 at 12:08 pm
TAF2RPL*6O52v9 worked just fine two free real time trades thanks michelle
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:44 pm
Any new Automatic Investing codes out there?
May 7th, 2012 at 1:21 pm
TAF5APK*1x691G
5 free trades. just worked for me.
May 7th, 2012 at 2:12 pm
Where do codes like this come from?
May 8th, 2012 at 4:31 am
@Will. Thanks, the code worked for 5AIP investments!
May 9th, 2012 at 11:28 pm
That one was from me Will and George.
May 10th, 2012 at 11:30 am
You folks pissing and moaning because some code didn’t work or some bonus wasn’t credited should stop and remember that SB is a business, of course these “promos” are good for new or non-active customers, that’s pretty common sense. They don’t make $ giving only existing customers all the free crap they can handle. Aside from that, thx to whoever is running this site, appreciated…..
May 10th, 2012 at 9:22 pm
No – You are a moron. If you have $5,000+ in Sharebuilder and they can’t give you some free real time trades ($9) a few times a year, then they deserve bad feedback. If you open a new account and they give a ton of credits – it makes it look like they don’t care about existing customers. They make $ on EVERY SINGLE trade that is placed on their website, automatic or real time – even if there is no charge to the customer because of credits. You don’t know anything about how a brokerage works obviously.
May 14th, 2012 at 11:25 am
A) That isn’t what I said, learn to read
B) Clearly you aren’t the wealthy super-trader you try to sound like if you are whining about $9 huh?
Piss off.
May 17th, 2012 at 1:01 pm
WIll, thank you!!! I thought I used all that were out there but the one you just posted for 5 free auto investments just worked for me.
May 24th, 2012 at 12:31 pm
FYI, TAF2RPL*6O52v9 has expired as of 5/24/12.
May 26th, 2012 at 9:55 am
If anyone refers someone else and get the two trade referral bonus code, those codes can be entered for other accounts as well. Hint.
May 29th, 2012 at 9:32 pm
FYI – For those of you who have Facebook, try to “Like” them on FB and look at their May 18th posts. I emailed them the other day (long after the 5/18 promotion expiration) to see if they could honor the promotion for 1 AIP on May 18th and they did.