Make a hedge fund with your friends.
Form groups and start investing together in seconds, get access to learning resources, & join an inclusive network of communities to build your financial futures together.
Investing is now multiplayer
Form groups with friends and vote on what to invest in together. Join an inclusive network of communities and start building your financial futures together
Built to be inclusive from day one
Hedge empowers historically disenfranchised communities to build intergenerational wealth & was founded to serve 150M+ Americans that've been locked out of investing
Helping investors get started
Hedge's interactive learning resources help guide investors as they build their financial futures. Join friends and learn to invest for the long run
Investing is now Multiplayer
Form groups with friends and vote on what to invest in together. Plus, join an inclusive network of communities and start learning to invest for the long run
Built to be inclusive from day one
Hedge empowers historically disenfranchised communities to build intergenerational wealth & was founded to serve 150M+ Americans who have been locked out of investing
Helping investors get started
Hedge's interactive learning resources help guide investors as they build their financial futures. Join friends and learn how to invest for the long run together
Individual & group investing, 100% commission-free.
Invest alone or invest together. Form groups & start voting on investment decisions in seconds. No incorporation, fees, or accreditation needed.
Explore & join an inclusive network of investor communities
Find your community & get started together. Because nobody should have to learn to invest by themselves.
Financial Literacy Reimagined. Start Learning The Way You Learn Best
Access interactive learning resources across a variety of formats -because we all learn differently. Start learning your way - no matter what that looks like.
Frequently Asked Questions
What types of investments can I make on Hedge?
Hedge offers both individual and group investing for US Exchange-Listed equities (stocks), ETFs, and options contracts on these securities.
When you initially sign up for Hedge, you'll be opening a personal brokerage account, which is where you'll make investments by yourself. Once you're approved, you'll be able to start investing with friends in a matter of seconds.
Your cash & investments are always held in your own brokerage account(s) that are titled in your name alone, regardless of whether these assets are invested personally or with a group. Your group investments (which are held separately from those of your fellow group members) are not held in your personal account, but are rather held in a separate member account for each group you're a part of (meaning a user who signs up for Hedge and joins a group would have two (2) distinct brokerage accounts).
*Brokerage services are provided by Hedge Pro LLC, a registered broker dealer with the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC), and a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC). Please see our disclosures for additional information.
How does this work?
Hedge allows you to make a hedge fund with your friends & securely invest together in a matter of seconds with no fees, incorporation, or wait time required on a sleek, intuitive mobile application for the first time ever.
Invite your friends to form a new group, fund your accounts, and discuss/vote on proposals to make investment decisions together.
Group investing is NOT a copy-trading functionality - there is really one trade being placed on behalf of your group each time a proposal to buy/sell an asset is approved, to ensure that your group is able to enter/exit each position at the same time.
Your cash & investments are held separately from those of the other members of your group at all times, in a brokerage account that is titled in your name only. You are the only one who can withdraw or transfer your cash or investments to an external account. Your other account(s), financial profile, and other sensitive information are visible to you alone, and never to any other user or group member to protect your privacy.
You'll also get the same tax forms for each group that you're a part of that you get for your personal investments.
*Brokerage services are provided by Hedge Pro LLC, a registered broker dealer (SEC), and a FINRA/SIPC member. When you first sign up for Hedge, you will be opening a personal brokerage account, where you will be able to invest individually (rather than with a group). Hedge does not provide any tax or investment advice, and does not make any trade recommendations. All brokerage accounts are self-directed. Please see our disclosures for additional information.
How do groups decide what to buy/hold/sell? What if I need to withdraw from a group?
Groups propose and vote together to make investment decisions. When you first set up your group, you'll be asked to set a voting threshold that will determine how many members will be required to approve a new investment proposal. This threshold can be set to a simple majority (ie. 6 out of 10 members), for example, or can be set all the way up to a unanimous voting threshold, which would require all group members to approve any new investment made by the group.
Withdrawing assets from your group account to your personal account does NOT require group approval. Assets you transfer from your group account(s) to your personal account will be made available to sell from your personal brokerage account as soon as your transfer request has been confirmed and will not require other group members to sell their respective holdings of these same assets. This allows you to liquidate a portion of your holdings without incurring a capital gain or loss, or other taxable event, on your fellow group members.
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Do I have to be an accredited investor to use Hedge?
Nope! Our mission is to reinvent investing to be more collaborative & inclusive, and to help communities of all backgrounds start building their financial futures by investing, learning, and growing together. With Hedge, anyone can make a hedge fund with their friends & start investing together in a matter of seconds.
*You must be at least 18 years old, have a valid US address, and be a US-citizen or permanent resident to be eligible to sign up for Hedge. Your meeting these requirements in of themselves is not a guarantee that you will be eligible to use the Hedge platform, or to open a brokerage account with Hedge. Please see our disclosures page with additional information.
Is there a minimum investment amount for groups?
You can start investing together with as little as $5 per person!
Together, we can build a better financial future for everyone
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All investing involves risk.
Brokerage services are offered to self-directed customers through Hedge Pro LLC (“HP”), a broker dealer registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Hedge Pro LLC is a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (member SIPC). Additional information about your broker can be found here.
Hedge Pro LLC is a member of SIPC, which protects securities customers of its members. SIPC coverage protects assets up to a total of $500,000, which includes protection for up to $250,000 of cash. An explanatory brochure is available upon request or at www.sipc.org.
Our clearing firm, Apex Clearing Corporation, has purchased an additional insurance policy that provides protection in excess of the regular SIPC limits. The coverage limits provide protection for securities and cash up to an aggregate of $150 million, subject to a maximum limits of up to $37.5 million for any one customer’s securities, and up to $900,000 for any one customer's cash. Similar to SIPC coverage, this additional insurance does not protect against a loss in the market value of securities.
Custody and clearing services are provided by Apex Clearing Corporation (“Apex Clearing”), a registered broker-dealer with the SEC and a member of FINRA and the SIPC. Additional information and other important disclosures on Apex Clearing can be found here, or on Apex’s website.
Commission-free trading of stocks, ETFs and options refers to $0 commissions for Hedge Pro self-directed individual cash or margin brokerage accounts that trade U.S. listed securities electronically. Keep in mind, other fees such as regulatory trading fees (not imposed by Hedge), Hedge premium subscription fees, wire transfer fees, and paper statement fees may apply to your brokerage account. Hedge does not provide investment advice or make recommendations. This is not an offer, solicitation of an offer, or advice to buy or sell securities orany other instrument, or open a brokerage account or any similar form of account where Hedge Pro LLC or Apex Clearing Corporation are not registered or licensed, as applicable. Hedge Pro LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of HedgeCapital Markets Inc. Hedge Pro LLC is not a bank. Additional website disclosures are available here. Please see our Disclosure Library for additional information.
The term “hedge fund” is used herein to describe an investment strategy that is actively managed in effort to achieve positive returns. Hedge Pro LLC investment groups are established and managed on the Hedge platform by non-professional members of the investment groups, who make group investment decisions together through a collaborative voting process. Such non-professional members are not compensated in connection with their role in advising the investor groups and are not registered with the SEC under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 or otherwise licensed with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) or any other financial regulatory authority or self-regulatory organization. Additionally, investor funds and securities are not commingled or jointly held within Hedge Pro LCC investment groups, but rather are held within separate brokerage accounts each beneficially owned by an individual investor only. Hedge Pro LLC investment groups do not manage outside capital, provide investment advice, register with the SEC, or engage in any regulated business activity that would require registration.
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