In short no broker today is worth your time to learn their platform unless they match Firstrade pricing at the very least. And I do not work with firstrade or affiliated with them. IB for DMA and Firstrade for being front run. All other brokers are irrelevant. Everything else is hot air. You want a bells and wistles platform? Pay for it seperately.
Why are you suddenly pushing First trade shortly after opening this thread on the pretence of knowing little of the subject. Are you a stealth spammer ?
Pushing IB as well. Read the history of my posts on ET. Pushing firstrade for obvious reason: free options. Is that not good enough?
And I can use the same argument against you: why are you pushing TS know that they charge 65p per contract? Are you paid by them to do so?