if they are both free and both are selling orderflow the only advantage i can personally see with TOS is more detailed screener and scripting ability at the expense of really really really outdated and unintuitive interface. webull does the same thing but easier to use but doesnt have detailed screener. but much better charting options i know i hurt some of yall feelings by calling the interface you are so used to outdated. yes that means you are ancient also. and should ride a horse to work. and enjoy your audio tapes and 1080p plazma tv while you trade on windows 95 with crt monitor because back in the day everything was better... anyway for those who live in the present. is there an advantage to switching to TOS from webull. better order execution maybe?
TOS is not free. Top rate is 0.65. weebs only charges exch/reg. Index is $1/car but ETFs are free. webull uses Hanweck data/analytics. The front end is super fast but you have to use their spread/combo templates so exotic structures for the COB are not possible unless you structure is as components (no x-margining). Tradier is a flat fee for zero comms. Very good deal but their front end is ghastly slow. Worse than TOS.
Still, I wouldn't trust my money to a Wework office with swanky NYC address and dev team in China. If you have (as I do) any experience with Chinese from China, you have to be suspicious of everything that is presented to you. It doesn't mean it's fraudulent, or government spying or incompetent, but you need to do your due diligence that it's none. I started my trading with Webull in 2019 and for a newbie it was the easiest platform to learn from and their charting mgmt is the best I've used. But when I learned their devs were based in China I jumped over to TOS, which I find significantly better than IB or Tasty Trade, the other 2 I've been testing.
i have no issues if they play the the local rules. i bet one way or the other, tos was developed/maintained via out sourcing to indian it firms.