Best Brokerage Bonuses – Earn Up To $5,000

Our posts on the best bank account bonuses and best credit card bonuses are some of the most popular on the site, recently I’ve been trying to post more brokerage bonuses as I know some people use these to make some extra money and it helps them grow their investments. This post will be for the best brokerage bonuses, I’m relatively new to these so I’d welcome your input on bonuses we might have missed and any relevant important information you think should be included. Unlike other sites we don’t use affiliate links for brokerage bonuses so you can ensure you’re getting the best possible deal, rather than the one that pays us the most.

SoFi Invest 1% Unlimited Bonus

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Transfer $20,000 or more in brokerage or IRA and get a 1% bonus. No maximum. Only requires a hold period of around 9 months.

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Wells Fargo $2,500 Premier Bonus

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Requires $250,000 in cash or investments. Must open checking Premier checking account; $250,000 requirement can be done with the brokerage. Must be opened in a Wells Fargo branch. Account also has a $35 month fee, waived if you have $250,00 balance.

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Robinhood – 2% Brokerage Bonus, No Limit

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The bonus itself is excellent, but note the long 5 year hold period requirement. It also requires Robinhood Gold subscription for 1 year ($50).

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Robinhood – 2% IRA Transfer Bonus

This one also requires Robinhood Gold for 1 year ($50) and also has a long 5 year hold period requirement.

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Robinhood 1-3% IRA Contribution Match

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This bonus is limited due to the annual contribution limits to IRAs. Robinhood Gold members get a 3% match and everyone else gets 1%.

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• Deposits must be maintained for five years

Firstrade – 2%/3% IRA Bonus

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2% on IRA transfers and 3% on new contributions. Requires 5 year hold.

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TradeUp – $2,000 Bonus + Free Stocks

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Get $1,000 with $50,000 transfer or $2,000 with $100,000 transfer.

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• Deposits must be maintained for at least 1 year (possibly closer to 2 years) to get the full bonus

TastyTrade – Up To $5,000

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Excellent deal to get $3,000 with $250,000 transfer. The other tiers are great too, such as $2,000 with $100,000 transfer.

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Public Brokerage – Up To $10,000

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Some pretty good tiers here, ranging from $150 with $5,000 transfer to $10,000 with $5M transfer.

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• Deposits must be maintained for 1 full year

Citi Wealth Management – Up To $5,000

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Huge bonus and it works for self directed accounts, main issue is that account set up is all manual and extremely slow.

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• Deposits must be maintained for three months after account opening (but you can fund within two months of account opening meaning funds can be in there for roughly ~1 month)

WeBull Brokerage – Up To $12,000

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Up to $12,000 bonus for transferring over taxable brokerage holdings. Excellent brokerage bonus for transfers of up to $5M.

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• Deposits must be maintained for two years

M1 Finance – .5% Bonus

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During January 2025, M1 Finance is offering a bonus of .5% on your investment transfers of $10,000 or more. Maximum $25,000 bonus (on a $5M transfer).

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Merrill – $1,000

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Merrill has a bonus of $1,000 with $250,000 asset transfer. There’s also a way to get $1,500 with $500,000, details in this post. There are other tiers as well.

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TD Bank – $750

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There are various tiers on this offer; the highest is $750 with $75,000 investment. Holding period of just 60-90 days.

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Schwab – $101

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The Schwab Starter Kit offer gives $101 in the S&P to new customers who deposit $50 within 30 days.

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Schwab – Up to $1,000

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This offer is for new Schwab members who get referred from a friend; ask a friend who is an existing Schwab member. Largest bonus of $1,000 requires an investment of $500,000+.

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• Deposit must be maintained for one year

E*Trade – Up To $4,000

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The $4,000 tier requires $1.5M deposit. There are lots of other tiers as well. Notably, there is a $100 tier with $50 deposit which is an easy bonus for a lot of people.

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E*Trade – Up To $40,000 IRA Bonus

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Many useful tiers. For example, $200,000 IRA transfer gets $1,000. There are lots of other tiers as well.

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Interactive Brokers – Up To $1,000

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Promotion is a bit confusing as it’s not that clear when/how long the funds need to be in your account for. You also get the bonus in the form of interactive brokers shares and these can’t be sold for one year.

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Moomoo – $600 & More

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Moomoo is offering a 3% match on investments, up to $600. Max this out with a $20,000 investment transfer. Also stacks with 8.10% APY promo for 90 days. You can also ACH transfer an additional $2,000 $5,000 for another bonus of 30 60 free stocks.

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Chase Self Directed – $700

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Highest tier requires $250,000+ investment. Must be maintained for 90 days.

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Smaller Bonuses – No Requirement

There are a number of smaller brokerages that offer sign up bonuses with no deposit requirement. The bonuses are much smaller, but might still be worth picking up for some people.

Acorns – $23

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$13.50 is from Swagbucks, other $10 is from Acorns.

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• No deposit requirement

Robinhood – Free Stock & $50 Rakuten

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You only get a free stock worth $3-$150, but better than nothing and Robinhood offers commission free trading. You can now sign up via Rakuten and get $50 or 5,000 points as well.

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• No deposit requirement

Webull – Four Free Stocks

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Basically the same as Robinhood, you get four stocks stock valued between $3 and $1,000.

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• No deposit required

Bonuses Not Listed

Below are some brokerage bonuses we don’t want listed under the ‘best brokerage bonuses’, we are including them here so that readers know they have been intentionally left out and why.

• Betterment 30,000 American Airlines bonus. Bonus is relatively small and you need betterment to manage your funds, not worth doing with the fees involved.
• Personal Capital. Current referral bonus is $20-$50 Amazon gift card, but we’ve seen bonuses as high as $100 in the past.

Post History

• [4/4/25] Added Merrill $1,000 bonus
• [4/4/25] Removed BofA/Merrill $3,000 bonus
• [3/18/25] Added Firstrade 2-3% IRA transfer/contribution bonus (5 year hold)
• [3/18/25] Added Robinhood 2% brokerage transfer bonus (5 year hold)
• [3/18/25] Added Robinhood 2% IRA transfer bonus (5 year hold)
• [3/18/25] Added IRA bonus of up to $40,000
• [3/18/25] Added SoFi 1% unlimited bonus
• [3/18/25] Added TradeUp $2,000 bonus, free stocks and more
• [2/20/25]: Added Moomoo $600 investment transfer bonus + 8.1% + 30 stocks
• [2/20/25]: Removed Moomoo $300 investment transfer bonus
• [1/8/25] Added TD Bank $750
• [1/5/25] Added M1 .5% bonus
• [1/5/25] Removed M1 $10,000 bonus
• [12/17/24] Added Public $10,000 bonus
• [12/12/24] Removed Schwab $6,000 bonus
• [10/2/24] Added Trade Up $2,000 bonus
• [9/11/24] Removed Streetbeat $14,000
• [7/9/23] Added WeBull 2% brokerage bonus
• [7/9/24] Added Robinhood 3% IRA match
• [7/9/24] Removed Robinhood 3% IRA bonus
• [6/26/24] Removed Fidelity – $100 Bonus
• [5/6/24] Added E*Trade $4,000 bonus
• [5/6/24] Added TastyTrade $3,000 bonus
• [5/6/24] Added Robinhood 1% brokerage bonus
• [4/18/24]: Added Moomoo $300 investment transfer bonus
• [4/18/24] Added $10,000  Sofi Invest bonus
• [4/18/24] Removed $5,000  Sofi Invest bonus
• [4/18/24] Removed $75  Sofi Invest bonus
• [4/17/24] Removed Fidelity $100 brokerage bonus
• [4/17/24] Removed WeBull $5,000 brokerage bonus
• [4/17/24] Removed WeBull $18,000 IRA bonus
• [2/28/24] Added Schwab $2,500 brokerage bonus
• [12/17/23] Removed Fidelity Bloom – $86 Bonus
• [11/22/23] Added Webull Up To $18,000 IRA Bonus
• [10/27/23] Added Robinhood 1% bonus with no limit
• [10/23/23] Added WeBull $5,000 bonus
• [10/15/23] Added BofA/Merrill $3,000 bonus
• [10/11/23] Removed eTtrade
• [10/11/23] Removed TD Ameritrade – Up To $1,000
• [10/11/23] Removed Axos – $250
• [6/2/23] Removed Merrill Edge Brokerage: Up To $1,000 Cash Bonus Signup Bonus for Moving Over your Investments
• [5/6/23] Added M1 Finance – Up To $15,000
• [4/20/23] Added $50 Rakuten bonus for Robinhood signup
• [2/20/23] Added Wells Fargo Premier $2,5000 bonus
• [2/15/23] Added Axos $250 bonus
• [1/13/23] Updated Chase Self-Directed from $625 to $700
• [12/4/22] Updated Stash from $50 to $110
• [11/20/22] Updated Fidelity bonus from $100 to $150
• [10/29/22] Removed M1 Finance – Up To $5,000
• [8/3/22] Added Robinhood $600 bonus
• [7/28/22] Added Chase YouInvest – Up To $625 Bonus
• [7/25/22] Added Fidelity Bloom – $86 Bonus
• [3/4/22] Updated Schwab Starter Kit Offer from $50 to $101
• [2/14/22] Added Streetbeat – $1,020
• [2/13/22] Added Titan – $100 – No Requirements
• [1/30/22] Added Merrill Edge – Up To $1,000
• [1/24/22] Added TD Ameritrade $1,000 Bonus
• [1/24/22] Removed Axos Bank $150 Bonus
• [12/7/21] Added Axos Bank $150 Bonus
• [11/11/21] Added Axos Bank $100 Bonus
• [11/11/21] Added M1 Finance $500
• [10/24/21] Added Tastyworks $500 Bonus
• [10/19/21] Added Fidelity $100 Bonus
• [10/19/21] Removed Fidelity $50 Bonus
• [10/8/21] Added Fidelity $50 Bonus
• [10/8/21] Removed Fidelity $100 Bonus
• [4/17/21] Removed Merrill Edge – Up To $900
• [4/10/21] Removed SoFi Invest – Invest $1,000+, Get $50 Bonus
• [4/7/21] Added Popular Bank: Up To $1,000 Brokerage Bonus FL, NJ, NY
• [3/19/21] Removed Dough – Free Stock
• [2/4/21] Added SoFi Invest – Up To $2,500
• [1/13/21] Added TradeStation – Deposit $500, Get $100
• [11/25/20] Removed Chase YouInvest – Up To $725 Bonus
• [8/18/20] Citi Wealth Management – Up To $3,500
• [8/9/20] Removed TD Ameritrade – Up To $1,500
• [8/4/20] Added Interactive Brokers – Up To $1,000
• [5/2/20] Removed PNC Invest – Up To $1,500
• [5/1/20] Added M1 Finance – Up To $2,500
• [4/19/20] Added TradeStation – Up To $2,500
• [2/7/20] Added Dough – Free Stock
• [2/2/20] Removed M1 Finance – Up to $2,500
• [1/16/20] Added TradeUP – $50 + Free Stocks
• [1/9/2020] Added Stash Invest – $50
• [1/5/2020] Removed Tastyworks – $250 Bonus
• [12/31/19] Added Tastyworks – $250 Bonus
• [12/20/19] Added Firstrade – Free Stock
• [10/5/19] Added Merrill Edge – Up To $900
• [10/2/19] Added SoFi Invest – Invest $100+, Get $50 Bonus
• [10/1/19] Removed Coin Brokerage – $50
• [8/13/19] Removed SoFi Invest – $25
• [8/3/19] Added SoFi Invest – $25
• [07/30/19] Added Coinbase – $50
• [07/07/19] Removed PNC – Up To $1,500
• [06/-3/19]: Removed Ellevest Online Investing $50 Signup Offer via Referral + $50 Referral
• [06/02/19]: Added PNC Investments: Invest $20k-$500k And Get A $50-$1,500 Bonus