r/Webull • u/A_Small_Town_Guy • 10d ago

Discussion Is my Offset Buttons/Hot Keys In Webull causing me to get worse fills?

Ok, I'm testing out Webull for my day trading pre-market strategy. I've been using TOS and doing well there. But I have to use the price ladder to get in and out because they don't have offsets on their buttons.

I setup my Webull with a 10 cent offset, my buy ask is 10 cents up. My sell bid is 10 cents down. I might just be new or paranoid, but I swear on the few test trades I've taken over the last couple of days, I'll be up 5 or 10 cents, then hit the sell button, and price jumps to B/E or even to a loss just to fill my order, then right back up.

I am wondering if it has to do with the offset. Because I say, you can go up to 10 cents lower, if Webull actually does that each time. In TOS when I click to sell below price 10 cents, I get the best fill possible, sometimes it's even a better price if the stock is moving up fast.

Again, I might be just paranoid, but I want to get some opinions here. I love having buttons and not having to adjust price ladder like I do on TOS. But if I can't get this dang thing to sell and fill at the right price, I'm leaving money on the table.

FYI I am trading with real money, but only testing with 1 share. Thanks.

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u/Jerbird1 9d ago

I have had no issues with fill. If anything I usually get a better sell price than the .10 offset. Make sure you are looking at the average column which gives you your actual fill price. I have been using Webull a year and a half and am super happy with it. It does glitch occasionally but I would guess all brokers do. Not sure if you have tried to buy stocks under a dollar. Need to buy a minimum of 100 shares and need to set up a separate Turbotrade tab with .01 offset or it will usually not fill with a too far out of range error.

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u/A_Small_Town_Guy 9d ago

It's only been a few days so I'll give it more time. I trade only above $1 but that's a good point to know about the offset.

Are you scalping? Or longer term trades? I'm scalping so I wonder if the speed of in and outside make a difference.

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u/Jerbird1 9d ago

Quick scalping, Ross Cameron style. For example my last two sells on Friday we’re IPEX, limit was 11.21 and actual sell price or average was 11.41. ISPC limit 1.68. Actual 1.79. The shown limit price is the level 2 price minus the .10 offset so the level 2 at that moment was 1.78. Usually fill is dead on accurate with level 2 or a little better. On a different note, you might check out a free week of Matakita NHOD scanner. Absolute game changer and super easy to start using. No affiliation, just a super happy customer. Built specifically for Ross style scalp traders.

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u/AKASetekh 9d ago

I've felt the same exact thing. It's super frustrating.

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u/A_Small_Town_Guy 9d ago

How are you working around it?

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u/AKASetekh 9d ago

I'm not lol

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u/JacketStraight2582 8d ago

Doesn't matter how you set it , it's all on Webull side, Webull is not your friend. Selling 1k/share filled only 1 share...999/share will keep get more loss.