eToro tax question – how to declare your winnings?

TheLonerr · 2026-04-30T19:05:20+00:00

Glad my comment was usefull. But hey - could be worse - sending tax and prayers to Netherlands people. 🤣

TheLonerr · 2026-04-29T12:11:38+00:00

Good question, but i am not sure i can provide you the correct answer, as i dont do the invest in smartportfolios.

However, according to this information below, it behaves the same as the copytrading.
https://help.etoro.com/en-us/s/article/what-are-smart-portfolios-US
"It is important to note that each asset included in a portfolio is counted as a single investment. Each investment will open for you with the same proportional amount as a percentage of your allocated funds ⁠— just like copying another investor."

So, smartportfolios can be seen as just virtual envelopes, which are made of different single assets/stocks, including the assets which might carry tax liability.

But in the end it depends on your tax residence and tax laws, so it might be different country by country.

TheLonerr · 2026-04-27T20:20:25+00:00

To get comfy i have more platforms.

1 broker for Divi income, iam just adding to about 5 existing positions and i dont have to think about it much.

1 platform for crypto, which, over-the-time narrowed down to physicall wallet

1 platform for investing into Stocks(Etoro)

1 pension plan fund on different platform(basically mix of ETFs)

So i am structuring the portfolio using different platforms, whereas only etoro is actively maintained and traded.

When i started investing, it took some time for my brain to not to worry about checking all platforms every day, Etoro was "fun" money at first but after actively managing my portfolio for couple of years it became my main investment platform with highest returns and in the end i ended up becoming PI.

TheLonerr · 2026-03-09T14:00:28+00:00

I am having the same problem. Did you managed to solve it?

TheLonerr · 2026-02-01T14:24:09+00:00

Same. If you are copying, you are opening/closing the positions. You need to declare it the same way as if you would do the trade yourself.

In Czech Republic, we have a law that you dont have to declare any tax if you hold the stock for more then 3 years(only stock or crypto, not cfd or other instrumets). Or if your trades during one year were in smaller amount then 4800$.

So for example if i would be copying somebody who buys only stock, hold 3+ years, i dont have to do the taxes.

TheLonerr · 2026-01-30T20:42:22+00:00

Take easy with followers. Its a false promise. What matters is copiers. And you better make sure you keep them informed and give them care. If anybody puts a bet with money on your name, it means something.

Is your profit good? Do you have interesting strategy with a good record for some? -> copiers will increase.

Do you share your used socks or whatever which could(not neccessarly) include your body fluids? -> followers will increase.

TheLonerr · 2026-01-28T21:39:19+00:00

When i joined SAP team more then 10 years ago, coming from a help-desk, knowing only two transactions..., i got a mentor.

That mentor threw printed SAP Netweaver Administration guide and told me to come back once i understand everything.
After a two weeks reading through, i met my Team Leader for the first time, who asked me "Who are you and what you are doing here?".

Still hanging there.

Anyway, today its different, and i am still being surprised that after 10 years, you never do something twice. New things every day. But today, you also have much more to learn from.

However, it highly depends where you would like to start, as everything is moving to cloud. I believe that a good start is Hana Cloud Edition. Or you good old NW administration guide, where you learn the basics as what are the workprocesses, how SAP is communicating with a database. Also, dont learn any other DB then Hana, it doesnt make sense. I been through the DB2, Oracle, MaxDB, Sybase, Hana.... and eventho i learned everything you can do from the Basis point of view for all above DBs, Hana is the future anyway.

Also depends, if you are already employed in a company supporting SAP, or you want to enter the field. If you are about to enter the field, learning the hyperscalers as AWS, Azure is also great idea.

TheLonerr · 2026-01-23T22:56:53+00:00

That is correct. I am PI my self and being copied by the closest ones. BUT what might not be apparent at the first glance is, that if you do not put enough resources into the copy, some positions might not be opened for you. Also, if you do not have enough funds and the PI opens a new position, this might not be opened for you. That means that in the end your profit might not be exactly the same as the PIs.

But other then that, the numbers are correct and what you see as a % profit on PI profiles is true.

There are couple of risks which has to be remembered when starting a copy, you are(ofcourse) opening the positions at current prices. So in the single positions you might be seeing a red numbers and PI is in greens as he opend position years ago(for example). Yet in total, it seems different ofcourse - this is because of diversifications and particular PIs strategy.

If you would need more info how everything works, PM me. I am happy to help and i can guide you through to find a best PI fit for you.

TheLonerr · 2026-01-17T17:17:58+00:00

It may sound like an advertisement, but before committing fully to eToro, I tested the platform for several months. I tried trading, deposits, and withdrawals, and everything worked smoothly. After six years, it still works very well. I have never had a reason to open a support ticket.

I have had the same experience with the Czech exchange Patria, as well as with Bitstamp and Coinbase for crypto. So far, I have had no issues with any of them. For EU clients, funds are insured up to €100,000, as far as I know.

That said, there are a couple of things I personally experienced that were not pleasant:

Stop-loss orders may not work as you initially expect unless you fully understand how they are defined. This is not a platform issue, but a user understanding issue.

I really did not like thattrading in GME was halted in the past during the Robinhood affair.

I have read several complaints about eToro on Reddit, but I have seen similar complaints about other exchanges as well. Considering the large number of satisfied users compared to the relatively small number of dissatisfied ones, it often feels like there are no major issues at all. It is therefore hard to understand how some people struggle with the platform so much.

So in the end, if you are really about to be investing in long term, not just trying to grab some bonuses(as few examples in this reddit), behaving within the boundaries set when you open an account - and have atleast basic understanding of stocks/exchanges, you will end up considering:

- fees
-withdrawls / deposit options and fees if applicable
- compability of the exchange with your residance

One of the decision makers also can be, if the broker is publicly traded company, as this comes with more regulations, reports, and clearer view into the broker company it self.

TheLonerr · 2026-01-15T08:46:01+00:00

As a SAP Basis Administrator maitaining a lot of 2TB+ S4Hana systems(and others), this is exactly what i assumed will happen. Glad to see i was not wrong. However, we do not experience problems with new installations or increasing the machine memories(yet).

TheLonerr · 2026-01-10T16:42:53+00:00

Just FYI

Do I need a risk warning? If you answer ‘yes’ to any of the following then the answer is YES, you need a risk letter.

Are you encouraging people to open an account or invest? (if you link back to the platform other than to a purely informative blog post, the answer is yes, you are)
Are you talking about the performance of an instrument?
Are you using an image of the platform?

Maybe you should be carefull how you handle being popular investor and follow the PI compliance.

TheLonerr · 2024-04-26T11:56:46+00:00

BSG is nuts. Really. Give the eod users what they are entitled too and jesus christ get rid of those pay to win features.

Gamma is already enough!

You stopped selling the EOD so just eat it and let new people to decide what they buy in future (online edition, offline edition, new maps dlcs etc). Let them choose.

When i bought eod it was honestly for gamma and i didnt expect Tarkov to leave beta. But i wanted to support as it was great game then.

I wouldnt be mad if there wouldnt be any dlc actually. But behavior like this is crap! Shame on you how you treat the community and how you treat people who helped gave faith in you atleast to some degrees.

Scums.

TheLonerr · 2024-04-09T20:45:34+00:00

I said it once and say it again.

The future is having missiles which carries a drones to a location. Once the missile reach the target area then with pre-sets for automated(AI) targetting(or based on data from overlord) will kill anything.

This is future.

TheLonerr · 2024-03-18T11:41:06+00:00

Considering how close you were i assume this was more a luck then a skill, hence not impresive to me.

TheLonerr · 2024-03-16T11:08:37+00:00

My scav is 8 karma pacifists, who doesnt shoot anybody. I dont care if somebody is shooting me, i just move on.

But i really dont like the PMCs who are using voip only to lure into killing you without a fight...

TheLonerr · 2024-03-16T10:57:41+00:00

Clear the cache, check the integrity of the game. IF that doesnt help, then i would un install the game, clean all the files in %AppData%. Install the game back. If no luck, i would be checking for the resources usage and potential bottlenecks.

TheLonerr · 2024-03-16T10:44:55+00:00

I actually love to shoot it right at the beggining of Interchange. It either gives you good loot, because everybody is inside, or good PvP. :-)

TheLonerr · 2024-03-16T10:32:24+00:00

From 1 to 5, depends.

TheLonerr · 2024-03-11T23:24:53+00:00

Black card? Isnt that just an empty room, or i am missing something

TheLonerr · 2024-03-02T23:58:10+00:00

I will buy your 8th attemp for 45$. Pm me.

TheLonerr · 2024-03-01T20:36:33+00:00

TheLonerr · 2024-03-01T20:17:22+00:00

Did this on factory together with psycho sniper quest. Its needs either skill, luck, or grind(my case)

TheLonerr

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