Only a handful of platforms have an auto-investment option in Australia. So we've scoured through those that do to find the best available to you as of 2025.
We looked for platforms that had low trade fees, low minimum investments, fractional shares and were intuitive to use.
Automating your trades can be a great way to invest passively into the stock market.
By setting up an auto-investment, you can deposit a set amount regularly into your ETF, stock or other asset of choice.
This strategy is called dollar-cost averaging (DCA), where you invest small amounts frequently over a long time period, rather than as one big lump sum.
This can be an especially useful feature when there's a lot of volatility in the market because the regular deposits help to balance out any big price falls.
Australia's best auto investment platforms
There are now several platforms in Australia that let you set up recurring trades, but these 5 are our favourites.
Tiger Brokers: Best overall auto-investment platform
Tiger Brokers is a great platform for anyone looking to auto-invest because because it has low fees and a low minimum investment. You can set up a regular deposit into US stocks or ETFs starting from just US$2 and you're also able to buy fractional shares. You can also directly buy Australian (CHESS-sponsored), US and Hong Kong shares, though you can only auto-invest into US equities.
Low brokerage on ASX and US stocks
Low minimum deposit of $2
Easy-to-use app
Only US stocks available on auto-invest
Limited educational resources
Brokerage fees: AU stocks: $3 per trade up to $10,000, 0.03% of trade amount after that US stocks: US$2 for trades of up to 200 shares, US$0.01 per stock after that UK stocks: Not available Other markets available: Details here ETF brokerage fees: AU stocks: $3 per trade US stocks: US$2 UK stocks: Not available Other markets available: Details here Options: ASX: Not available US: Fixed Brokerage Plan • US$3 for up to 4 contracts • US$0.75 per contract for 5 or more contracts
Tiered Brokerage Plan (Monthly Contract Volume) • US$0.90 per contract for the first 50 contracts • US$0.75 per contract for the 51st–100th contract • US$0.55 per contract for the 101st–300th contract • US$0.50 per contract for the 301st–500th contract • US$0.45 per contract for the 501st–1,000th contract • US$0.40 per contract for the 1,001st–10,000th contract • US$0.35 per contract for the 10,001st–50,000th contract • US$0.25 per contract for the 50,001st–100,000th contract • US$0.15 per contract for 100,001 or more contracts Inactivity fee: $0 Currency conversion fee: 55 pips
Douugh is an easy-to-use investment platform with a few very handy tools. Its automated investment feature lets you set up a recurring deposit weekly, fortnightly or monthly, into a professionally managed portfolio, stock or ETF of choice. You can also buy stocks and ETFs directly, although you can only access US equities (inc. auto-trades). Rather than paying brokerage fees for every trade, you're instead charged a monthly of US$5.99, plus an additional US$2.99 if you use any of their portfolios.
$0 brokerage trades.
Auto-invest in ready-made portfolios or stocks
Easy to use platform
Invest from just $1
Invest in Bitcoin
No Australian stocks or ETFs, US only.
Limited trading tools.
$5.99/month account fee
Brokerage fee per trade: AU stocks: Not available US stocks: $4.99/28 days with unlimited trades ($0 if you make no trades) UK stocks: Not available Inactivity fee: $0 Currency conversion fee: 0.99% of trade value
Syfe is one of the first trading platforms in Australia to offer a robo-advice feature with its diversified portfolios (smart baskets) tailored to your risk tolerance and time horizon. It was named the best platform for Auto-investing in the Finder Share Trading Platform Awards in 2024 thanks to its low minimum investment of just $1 and low fees from $2.50 per transaction.
Invest from just $1
Trade ASX and US stocks
User-friendly platform
Ready-made portfolios available
Robo-advice feature
Invest from $1
Few advanced features
Only access to Australian and US stocks at this stage
You can't auto invest into ASX stocks, US stocks and smart baskets only.
Brokerage fees: AU stocks: $4.99 for trades up to $20,000 and 0.025% for trades over $20,000 US stocks: US$1.49 ETF brokerage fees: AU ETFs: $4.99 for trades up to $20,000 and 0.025% for trades over $20,000 US ETFs: US$1.49 Inactivity fee: $0 Currency conversion fee: 60 bps of trade value
Sharesies: Best overall for Beginners (Finder Awards 2024)
Kiwi brokers Sharesies has an easy to use platform and features like fractional shares, no minimum investments and auto-investing. Sharesies was named the Best for Beginners in the most recent Finder Share Trading Platform Awards.
Auto-invest or directly buy ASX and global equities
Easy to use
No minimum investment
Lacks advanced trading features
ASX, US and NZ shares only
Fees may be higher than others depending on how you use it
Brokerage fees Sharesies offers 2 fee structures to choose from - ‘pay as you go’ and ‘monthly’ plans.
Pay as you go: 1.9% transaction fee on investments, capped. Aussie Shares: $6 AUD per transaction US Shares: US$5 per transaction NZ shares: NS$25
Monthly Plans: $5/month: Covers up to $500 orders with fees included. $10/month: Covers up to $1,000 orders with fees included. $20/month: Covers up to $3,000 orders with fees included.
Other markets: Details here Inactivity fee: $0 Currency conversion fee: 0.60% of trade value
Superhero: Best for long-term investing (Finder Awards)
Superhero has a low cost user-friendly platform that offers auto-trades into both ASX and US stocks and ETFs. A lot of its key features are great for beginner investors. These include being able to start investing from just $10 a trade (compared with the usual $500) as well as simple screeners that make it easy to find thematic ETFs and stocks.
Low brokerage of $2 for ASX and US shares
Low minimum investments from $10
User-friendly
Live data
Few features.
Only offers Australian and US stocks
Brokerage fees: AU stocks: $2 for trades up to $20,000, 0.01% for trades over $20,000 US stocks: US$2 UK stocks: Not available ETF brokerage fees: AU ETFs: $2 for trades up to $20,000, 0.01% for trades over $20,000 US ETFs: US$2 Inactivity fee: $0 Currency conversion fee: 65 bps
Auto investing in Australia
Auto investing is still a relatively new feature among trading platforms in Australia.
The first to introduce the feature were micro-investment apps like Raiz Invest and Spaceship, which let you invest very small amounts regularly into ready made stock or ETF portfolios.
Now more online trading platforms are starting to introduce the feature alongside the option to buy and sell stocks and ETFs directly.
Still, you'll notice that most of these platforms only offer auto-investing into US equities. This is partly because Australian stocks are usually chess-sponsored, which means there's typically a $500 minimum into any one company stock or ETF. That's a sizeable barrier for someone wanting to invest smaller amounts more regularly.
Platforms that offer auto-investing into ASX stocks tend to follow the custodial model, such as Superhero, Sharesies and micro-investment platforms like Raiz. Chess-sponsored platforms like Tiger Brokers or CommSec only feature auto-investing for US equities.
What about automated trading?
Automated trading and auto investing are often used interchangeably, however there are some differences.
Auto trading tends to refer more to algorithmic trading, which is where trades are automatically carried out for you based on a complicated set of criteria and instructions.
These tend to be used by experienced investors trading leveraged products such as CFDs, forex and options.
The MetaTrader4 and MetaTrader5 platforms are popular among algorithmic traders as you can build your own algorithms and backtest your strategies using historical data.
You can check out a list of platforms that offer MT4 and MT5 software in our CFD broker guide.
Platforms that have advanced trade orders
Most share trading platforms will offer at least two types of orders — the market order (buying and selling stocks at the current price) and the limit order (buying and selling once prices hit a certain level).
However some share trading platforms let you set up more complicated trade orders, called conditional orders.
These aren't quite as advanced as algorithmic trading, but you can still set in place several criteria in order for a trade to be automatically executed.
For instance, say you want to purchase stocks in company X once prices fall to a certain level. You could set a simple limit order, or you could set a conditional order to buy at the best possibly price within your set parameter.
Conditional order example: Trailing buy order
Say company X is trading for $10 and you want to purchase it once its price drops below $9. You could set up a simple limit order, but in an ideal world, it would be better if prices dropped even lower.
You could in this case set up a trailing buy order, which is where the order is triggered at $9 but the purchase is only executed if the company X stock price starts to rise again by an amount that you set, say $1.
So let's say the Company X stock price falls to $7, but then starts to rise again. Your purchase order would go through at $8. In this way you've bought at a lower price than you would have if you'd simply set a limit order of $9.
According to Finder's latest analysis of Australian share trading platforms, those that offer conditional orders include:
amscot
Directshares (Bank of Melbourne and St. George)
Bell Direct
Bendigo Invest Direct
Capital 19
CMC Markets Invest
CommSec
HSBC Online Share Trading
Interactive Brokers
Saxo Invested
Sequoia Direct Share Trading
Tiger Brokers
WeBull
Westpac Online Investing Account
Moomoo Share Trading
eToro
Interactive Brokers, Saxo Invested and CommSec offer a long list of more advanced conditional order types.
We currently don't have that product, but here are others to consider:
How we picked these
Important: The standard brokerage fee displayed is the trade cost for new customers to purchase $1,000 of either Australian or US shares. Where a platform charges different fees for both US and Australian shares we show the lower of the two. Where both CHESS sponsored and custodian shares are offered, we display the cheapest option.
Frequently asked questions
Stake introduced an auto-invest option to all customers in 2024, however as of April 2025 Stake has paused this feature.
CMC Invest offers algorithmic trading, which means you can set up an advanced order to trade an equity once certain market conditions are met. This is different to setting up a recurring trade where you invest a certain amount at regular intervals into a stock or ETF, regardless of what's happening in the market. As of April 2025, CMC Invest does have a recurring trade auto investment option.
There's no hard and fast rule on this, but most investors typically make dollar cost averaging investments on a weekly or monthly basis.
Yes, Pearler has an auto invest feature, however it did not rank among the top 5 best platforms for auto investing because its fees are on the higher end compared to our top picks.
Disclaimer: This information should not be interpreted as an endorsement of futures, stocks, ETFs, CFDs, options or any specific provider, service or offering. It should not be relied upon as investment advice or construed as providing recommendations of any kind. Futures, stocks, ETFs and options trading involves substantial risk of loss and therefore are not appropriate for all investors. Trading CFDs and forex on leverage comes with a higher risk of losing money rapidly. Past performance is not an indication of future results. Consider your own circumstances, and obtain your own advice, before making any trades. Read the Product Disclosure Statement (PDS) and Target Market Determination (TMD) for the product on the provider's website.
Kylie Purcell is an experienced investments analyst and finance journalist with over a decade of expertise in a wide range of financial products, including online trading platforms, robo-advisors, stocks, ETFs and cryptocurrencies. She is a sought-after commentator and regularly shares her insights on the AFR, Yahoo Finance, The Motley Fool, SBS and News.com.au. Kylie hosts the Investment Finder video series and actively contributes to the investment community as a judge and panellist. She holds a Master of Arts in International Journalism, a Graduate Diploma in Economics, and ASIC-recognised certifications in securities and managed investments. See full bio
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