the Robinhood traders, without paying brokerage fees are still getting juiced to death.every single trade is being front run. the juice they are paying is way more than the takeout in horse racing when you consider the in and out of the transaction.
i use interactive brokers
https://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/index.php?f=35157
interactive was the firm that lost millions on the negative oil trade, they have less than the 10 million customers that Robinhood has, but they have about 100 times the business.
they are the best direct access platform that i have ever used.
30 years ago, i was doing business with Hambrecht and Quist. i was paying $300 to trade a thousand shares, and i was getting screwed left and right on my executions, but they were the best brokerage firm i ever dealt with and will never have anyone that comes close to them.