What is the TradeUp bonus?

TradeUp offers Up to $2,000 Cash on ACATS Transfer. Tiers: $2,000 on $100,000+; $1,000 on $50,000+; 2% on $1+.

How long is the TradeUp bonus hold period?

You must maintain your transferred balance for 1 year to keep the bonus.

This offer expires on 2026-12-31. Transfers typically take 3-7 business days via ACATS, so initiate before the deadline.

Yes. Brokerage bonuses are reported as ordinary income (1099-MISC). Plan for federal and state income tax on the bonus amount.

Transfer Expires December 31, 2026

Transfer/Deposit Amount:

Your Bonus: $0

Effective APY: 0% APY

Minimum Amount	Maximum Amount	Bonus
$100,000	No limit	$2,000
$50,000	$99,999	$1,000
$1	$49,999	2% (max $1,000)

365 days

December 31, 2026

Offer expiration date

New TradeUP clients with an approved Live Trading account
Cash promotion applies only to the account's first qualifying ACATS transfer
Base 2% cashback is capped at $1,000 and requires maintaining transferred asset value for 90 days
Additional 1% match is capped at $1,000 and requires at least $100,000 maintained for one year
Withdrawals or outgoing transfers during the applicable holding period forfeit unpaid cashback
U.S. Treasury securities are excluded from the eligible transferred amount
Accounts originally opened through TradeUP that now clear through Interactive Brokers are excluded

[Source: TradeUP ACATS transfer promotion legal terms, verified 2026-10-01] The same 2% base cashback plus 1% additional match offer was extended from September 30 through December 31, 2026 at 11:59:59 p.m. EST.
Base cash: 2% of the first qualifying full or partial ACATS transfer, capped at $1,000. Maintain the transferred asset value for 90 days. Payments are made in quarterly installments of no more than $350, beginning after the first full fiscal quarter following the 90-day period.
Additional cash: transfer at least $100,000 and maintain the transferred assets for one year to receive another 1%, capped at $1,000. Total maximum cash is $2,000.
Transfer-fee credit: transfers of at least $3,000 can receive up to $300 after emailing support@tradeup.com a brokerage statement showing the eligible transfer fee.
This is separate from the NVDA new-user promotion. The NVDA legal terms say its rewards do not conflict with other TradeUP campaign rewards unless specifically stated otherwise, so an eligible new client can stack both through October 31, 2026. The cash offer continues alone through December 31.
Doctor of Credit had not yet reflected this December extension when checked October 1; the official legal terms control.

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Data originally sourced from Doctor of Credit and verified against official sources. · First published: May 4, 2026 · Last updated: October 1, 2026