I looked at WEBULL. I cant open bc im not in the US although I am an American. TD AMERITRADE, the think or swim platform no offense is horrendous and difficult to use. But their commissions is amazing considering there isnt any. Can anyone suggest me a broker with zero commissions like TD but with a much better platform? Thank you
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Imho, if you preferred trading platform allows and if you use LOO or MOO, MOC, LOC go for zero brokers, if long term swing, go for zero.. if you daytrade or use Limit orders, go for payed commission in order to have less risk if getting eaten alive.
Ninjatrader is the best platform available for daytrading IMHO but if trading stocks then you're probably limited to using IB with Ninjatrader. If trading futures, then you just need Ninjatrader.
I used to use WeBull and TD's TOS and IB. I dropped WeBull for the reason you mention. Also, WeBull is based in China... I dropped IB because compared to TOS or WeBull its interface is reminiscent of video games I played in HS, a few decades ago. However, its MSAccess like interface is quite powerful I'm told and with a good chart app to overlay, it probably works well. Oh, and I didn't like having to pay for many of their services. I really like TOS, partly because it's free and partly because I like the interface. It's not as user friendly as WeBull which was top, but it's not bad. There are others but they all charge for one thing or another as some point.
Fidelity has free commission on stock trades and does not do payment for order flow https://www.fidelity.com/trading/execution-quality/overview “Does not take payment for order flow from market makers for stock and ETF trades”
If on a PC, get Medved Trader - it works with TD Ameritrade, IB, Webull or Fidelity (Fidelity for trading only - would have to use another datafeed).