I need to lose money on the stock market asap!

[JustKeepSwimming]

Can you do derivatives like options in an ISA?

Looks like you can't.

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Legal Aid is means tested and your child's assets are included. The Junior ISA's holdings would be most of the allowance even though the parents can't touch them.

This

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Did a few trades today - ended up about even.

Must do better Monday to lose some £££

[woody1]

Looks like you can't.

Not to worry. There are plenty of ways to lose money without using derivatives.

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Just keep buying and selling the same share. Shouldn't take long for commissions + stamp duty to gobble up £600.

Well, seems HL JISA fees are rather competitive - no commission, and didn’t get charged stamp duty either on a trade (not sure why yet).
Just bought/sold £3,000 of FEVR - overall i lost £3 …

[woody1]

Well, seems HL JISA fees are rather competitive - no commission, and didn’t get charged stamp duty either on a trade (not sure why yet).
Just bought/sold £3,000 of FEVR - overall i lost £3 …

Just trade a penny stock with a big bid-ask spread.