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Free is a standard now across brokerage powerhouses. UI can be replicated.

awb 5y ago
It’s probably hard to change the UI of an existing brokerage service though. Tons of testing required given the potential size of the transactions involved.
- 8n4vidtmkvmk 5y ago
  have you seen vanguard lately? they randomly switch you between an old and new ui. its pretty bad
  - unstatedAnswers 5y ago
    That’s called AB testing, baby
  - porknubbins 5y ago
    Vanguard UI is so bad for actively trading or even checking your positions that at this point I can only think its somehow part of their brand where they think they would actually lose customers if they updated it.
missedthecue 5y ago
Looks like the number of net funded accounts increased by 300,000 in Q4, so they're still growing their customer base.
marco_yolo 5y ago
Not so easy. You don't want sink a bunch of cost into replicating a competitor to just get sued for copywrite infringement.
YeBanKo 5y ago
> UI can be replicated. It has not been, so far, especially on mobile.
- mrgordon 5y ago
  WeBull has the best mobile app hands down. Robinhood is the “simplest” I guess but is much less useful
  - YeBanKo 5y ago
    Because why?
    - mrgordon 5y ago
      Literally use it for 5 minutes and you’ll understand. 1. Excellent watch list functionality including showing pre-market change separately from regular hours change. 2. Automatic alerts when any stock hits a new 52 week high or low as well a 5 or 10% move in either direction 3. Ability to trade starting at 4 AM which is at least 3 hours earlier than almost every other brokerage. This allows for earlier trades on big news. 4. Best mobile charts including the ability to show candlesticks with numerous indicators at many timescales. You’re not stuck with the bare Robinhood charts. 5. Excellent market information section showing top movers, highest volume, upcoming earnings, breaking news 6. Detailed information on large inflows and outflows for every stock I have many more but I’ll start there because the charts and watch list alone make it easily better than the competition.

awb 5y ago

It’s probably hard to change the UI of an existing brokerage service though. Tons of testing required given the potential size of the transactions involved.

8n4vidtmkvmk 5y ago
have you seen vanguard lately? they randomly switch you between an old and new ui. its pretty bad
- unstatedAnswers 5y ago
  That’s called AB testing, baby
- porknubbins 5y ago
  Vanguard UI is so bad for actively trading or even checking your positions that at this point I can only think its somehow part of their brand where they think they would actually lose customers if they updated it.

missedthecue 5y ago

Looks like the number of net funded accounts increased by 300,000 in Q4, so they're still growing their customer base.

marco_yolo 5y ago

Not so easy. You don't want sink a bunch of cost into replicating a competitor to just get sued for copywrite infringement.

YeBanKo 5y ago

> UI can be replicated. It has not been, so far, especially on mobile.

mrgordon 5y ago
WeBull has the best mobile app hands down. Robinhood is the “simplest” I guess but is much less useful
- YeBanKo 5y ago
  Because why?
  - mrgordon 5y ago
    Literally use it for 5 minutes and you’ll understand. 1. Excellent watch list functionality including showing pre-market change separately from regular hours change. 2. Automatic alerts when any stock hits a new 52 week high or low as well a 5 or 10% move in either direction 3. Ability to trade starting at 4 AM which is at least 3 hours earlier than almost every other brokerage. This allows for earlier trades on big news. 4. Best mobile charts including the ability to show candlesticks with numerous indicators at many timescales. You’re not stuck with the bare Robinhood charts. 5. Excellent market information section showing top movers, highest volume, upcoming earnings, breaking news 6. Detailed information on large inflows and outflows for every stock I have many more but I’ll start there because the charts and watch list alone make it easily better than the competition.