# Choose a broker | Amal Invest Help

Your plan works with both brokers. Pick the one that fits where your money already is. You can switch any time from settings.

Key Takeaways

*   **Amal Invest** opens a brokerage account through Alpaca and trades for you inside the app
*   **Amal x Trading 212** keeps your existing Trading 212 account and builds halal pies in it
*   Alpaca is the full experience: funds, individual stocks, automated selling of non-compliant holdings
*   Trading 212 is the lighter one: your filters, your pies, synced daily

## The two options

After signing up on a paid plan you land on the broker chooser.

![The Choose your broker screen with Amal Invest and Amal x Trading 212 rows](https://amalinvest.com/help-assets/choose-broker.png)

Top row: built-in Alpaca account. Bottom row: your own Trading 212 account.

|     | Amal Invest (Alpaca) | Amal x Trading 212 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Account | New brokerage account with Alpaca, opened during onboarding | Your existing Trading 212 Invest or ISA account |
| Where trades happen | Inside Amal, on your behalf | Inside Trading 212, through pies Amal creates |
| Funds | Filtered versions of any of 100,000+ US funds, plus custom funds | Grow and Save pies built on your filters |
| Individual stocks | Yes | No, pies only |
| Non-compliant holding | Sold automatically after a review window | Removed from the pie on the next sync |
| Deposits | Bank transfer into Alpaca | Deposit into the pie in Trading 212 |
| Availability | 100+ countries, subject to Alpaca eligibility | Wherever Trading 212 operates |

## Which one to pick

Choose **Amal Invest** if you are starting fresh, want individual stocks, or want the app to handle selling when a holding turns non-compliant. Continue with [Connect Alpaca](https://amalinvest.com/help/alpaca/connect).

Choose **Amal x Trading 212** if you already invest through Trading 212, especially inside an ISA, and want to keep it that way. Continue with [Connect Trading212](https://amalinvest.com/help/trading212/connect).

## Switching later

Switching changes where you land after sign-in. Nothing is sold or moved.

*   From the Alpaca app: the sidebar footer has **Switch to Amal x 212**. On a phone it is in the **More** sheet.
*   From the Trading 212 app: the dashboard tile **v. Switch to Alpaca**.
*   Either app: **Settings → Account → Default broker** picks the one that opens first.

![The sidebar footer with the Switch to Amal x 212 button](https://amalinvest.com/help-assets/switch-broker-sidebar.png)

## Common problems

**I do not see the broker chooser.** It appears once your plan is active. Before that the app goes straight to Alpaca onboarding.

**Can I run both at once?** Yes. Both connections stay active. The default broker only decides which one opens first.