Moomoo and Webull are both built for the same kind of trader — someone who wants professional-grade charting, cheap options and free real-time market data without paying a legacy broker’s prices. The overlap between them is bigger than with almost any other broker pair on the market.
The clearest differentiator is retirement accounts: Webull offers Traditional, Roth and rollover IRAs with a contribution match; Moomoo doesn’t offer retirement accounts at all. Beyond that, the two trade blows on fees, charting depth and market data access.
Here’s how they actually compare on fees, features, safety and switching costs in 2026.
Quick verdict
Choose Moomoo if you want the deepest free charting toolkit, with 100+ indicators and 38+ drawing tools, plus a named options-strategy library with no subscription required for Level 2 data.
Choose Webull if you want an IRA with a contribution match, or you’re willing to pay for a subscription to unlock the lowest margin rates and free Level 2 data long-term.
Switching from Webull? Moomoo currently matches 3% of your first transfer, up to $20,000, through December 31, 2026 — see switching details below.
If you’re comparing these two head-to-head, there’s a good chance you already use one of them.
You might be weighing whether to switch or add a second broker. Here’s what an account transfer actually costs and pays.
What Moomoo pays you to switch
Moomoo will match 3% of your first ACATS transfer, up to $20,000, through December 31, 2026 — though it’s only for customers who haven’t already made a deposit with Moomoo before June 10, 2026. And it isn’t a lump sum: the match arrives as a cash coupon, paid out in four equal installments over a year — 25% at the 90-day mark, then again at 180, 270 and 360 days. Miss the window and keep withdrawing the transferred assets, and that installment simply doesn’t unlock. So on a $20,000 transfer, you’re looking at up to $600 total, spread across 12 months rather than handed to you on day one. One more wrinkle: each coupon has to be spent on eligible stock or ETF purchases within six months of unlocking — you can’t just withdraw it as cash.(1)
See if switching pays for itself
A $20,000 transfer can be worth up to $600 in coupons from Moomoo, paid out 25% per quarter over a year — still 8x Webull’s own $75 outgoing transfer fee once fully unlocked.
Webull charges $75 to transfer your account out via ACATS.(2) Moomoo doesn’t offer to cover a competitor’s exit fee, so weigh that $75 against the 3% match before switching.
What Webull pays if you switch to it
Webull’s current new-account offer isn’t structured as a transfer match. Make an initial deposit of $100 or more and Webull grants 10 free fractional shares, each worth between $3 and $300, drawn from a set pool of stocks — available through October 14, 2026.(3) It isn’t tied to an ACATS transfer specifically, and it doesn’t cover Moomoo’s own $75 outgoing fee, so weigh what those shares are likely worth against Moomoo’s match before deciding which way to go.
Moving to Webull instead? A $100+ deposit gets you 10 free fractional shares worth $3–$300 each.
3.35% APY, up to 8.1% for a limited time via a booster coupon — requires a qualifying deposit or transfer, but no paid subscription(8)
3.35% APY with Webull Premium; up to 0.5% APY without(9)
Paper trading
Yes
Yes
Extended hours trading
Pre-market 4 a.m.–9:30 a.m. ET, after-hours 4 p.m.–8 p.m. ET, plus 24-hour trading Sunday 8 p.m. through Friday 8 p.m. ET (limit orders only, no short selling)(10)
Pre-market 4 a.m.–9:30 a.m. ET, after-hours 4 p.m.–8 p.m. ET, plus an overnight session 8 p.m.–4 a.m. ET Sunday–Thursday (whole-share limit orders only)(11)
Level 2 market data
Free with $100 average account value over 30 days; up to 60 bid/ask price levels
1 month free for new users, then $2.99/mo standalone or included free with Webull Premium(12)
Desktop / advanced trading platform
Moomoo Desktop (100+ indicators, 38+ drawing tools, up to six monitors) is free. Moomoo Engine — a paid tier unifying research, options and technical tools — costs $3.99/mo ($0.99/mo once your account holds $1,000+)
Yes, via a Kalshi partnership (see fee table above for per-contract cost)
Yes, via a Kalshi partnership (see fee table above for per-contract cost)
Retirement and IRA match
This is the clearest differentiator between the two. Webull offers Traditional, Roth and rollover IRAs, with a 3.5% contribution match plus a limited-time 1% match on transfers and rollovers — both gated behind a Webull Premium subscription, which costs $3.99 per month or $40 per year. Moomoo doesn’t offer retirement accounts at all — only individual taxable brokerage accounts. If retirement investing matters to you, this alone settles the decision in Webull’s favor.
Retirement account a dealbreaker? That alone answers it.
Moomoo’s charting toolkit is deeper, and its Level 2 data is free for longer
Moomoo leans into advanced tools: 100+ technical indicators, 38+ drawing tools, customizable options chains and free real-time Level 2 data, with up to 60 bid/ask price levels, once you hold a modest account balance.(14) Support for up to six desktop monitors signals who it’s really for — traders who want professional-grade tools without a professional-grade price tag. Its options toolkit runs deep too: 13 named strategies, unusual-activity tracking and volatility analysis, aimed at active options traders.(15) Its newest addition, Moomoo Engine, launched in July 2026, bundles deeper research, options and technical tools into one paid tier: $3.99 per month, or $0.99 per month once your account holds at least $1,000.(16)
Webull’s retirement accounts and margin tiers reward a subscription
Webull Desktop offers 60+ technical indicators and 20+ drawing tools with customizable multi-chart layouts — a smaller toolkit than Moomoo’s, though still free with no subscription required.(13) Webull also supports multi-leg options strategies — spreads, straddles, iron condors — unusual options activity tracking and a dedicated volatility analysis tool, though it doesn’t put a number on how many strategies it supports.
Where Webull pulls ahead is retirement accounts and, for active traders willing to pay for Webull Premium, margin rates: its standard rate of 8.74% flat is higher than Moomoo’s flat 6.8%, but Premium subscribers get a tiered rate that falls to 3.90% above $25 million — far below anything Moomoo offers.(5) Level 2 data follows the same pattern: free for one month, then a $2.99 monthly charge, or bundled into Premium — unlike Moomoo, which keeps it free indefinitely once you clear a modest balance threshold.
Both platforms offer event contracts through the same partner, Kalshi, and both support paper trading and fractional shares from as little as $5. Webull’s app also has a much bigger review base on both stores — more people are using it day to day.
Who should choose which?
Choose Moomoo if you’re…
✅ An active trader who wants the deepest free charting toolkit with no subscription
✅ An options trader who wants a named strategy library covering 13 strategies, unusual-activity tracking and volatility analysis
✅ Looking for free Level 2 data long-term without paying for a subscription
✅ Willing to pay $3.99 per month, or $0.99 per month with $1,000+ in the account, for Moomoo Engine’s unified toolkit
❌ Not looking for a retirement account or futures access
Choose Webull if you’re…
✅ Wanting an IRA with a contribution match
✅ An active trader with a large margin balance willing to pay for Webull Premium to unlock lower rates
✅ Interested in futures trading alongside stocks and options
✅ Comfortable paying $2.99 per month, or bundling into Premium, for Level 2 data after the first free month
❌ Not looking for the single deepest free charting toolkit on the market
Which one’s safer and more reliable?
Both Moomoo and Webull are SIPC members, meaning brokerage accounts are protected up to $500,000, including $250,000 in cash, if the firm fails — this covers custody of your assets, not investment losses. Both are also FINRA-registered broker-dealers, and both have paid regulatory fines worth knowing about before you choose.
Webull’s regulatory history
FINRA fined Webull Financial LLC $3,000,000 and issued a censure in an AWC signed February 23, 2023.(17) The action cited three failures: inadequate due diligence before approving customers for options trading between December 2019 and July 2021, an inadequately supervised customer-complaints system from May 2018 through December 2021 and underreporting complaints to FINRA. The firm reported just 69 complaints in 2020, despite receiving over 500,000 written customer communications that year.
Moomoo’s regulatory history
Moomoo Financial Inc., formerly Futu Inc., was fined $750,000 by FINRA over misleading social-media influencer marketing and related supervisory failures between 2020 and 2022.(18) A separate $125,000 fine, settled February 6, 2026, covered large options position reporting failures, with a 60-day remediation certification requirement.(19) It also failed to send required privacy notices to more than 450,000 customers between 2018 and 2021.
Both firms have paid regulatory fines. Webull’s single fine is larger in dollar terms and centers on options-approval and complaint-handling supervision; Moomoo’s are smaller individually but cover marketing oversight, reporting compliance and a separate privacy-notice failure.
Moomoo vs. Webull: Which one’s better?
Webull is the better choice for anyone who wants a retirement account with a contribution match, or an active trader with a large enough margin balance to make a Webull Premium subscription pay for itself through lower rates. Moomoo’s edge is a deeper free charting and options toolkit — 100+ indicators, 38+ drawing tools and a named 13-strategy options library, plus Level 2 data that stays free indefinitely once you clear a modest balance, with no subscription required. If you want Moomoo’s newest advanced tools bundled together, that now costs $3.99 per month via Moomoo Engine.
Neither is better across the board — it depends what you need. Moomoo's edge is a deeper free charting toolkit and Level 2 data that stays free with no subscription. Webull's edge is retirement accounts with a contribution match, and lower margin rates for larger balances if you subscribe to Webull Premium.
Yes, via a standard ACATS brokerage transfer. Moomoo currently matches 3% of your first transfer, up to $20,000, through December 31, 2026, though only if you haven't already made a deposit with Moomoo before June 10, 2026. It's paid as a coupon in four installments over a year rather than all at once, and each one has to be spent on stock or ETF purchases rather than withdrawn as cash. Even spread out, it comfortably offsets Webull's $75 outgoing transfer fee.
No. Moomoo only offers individual taxable brokerage accounts. If you want an IRA, Webull or another broker that supports retirement accounts is a better fit.
Both charge $0 for stock, ETF and equity options trades, with the same $0.50/contract fee on index options. Moomoo's margin rate of 6.8% flat beats Webull's standard rate of 8.74% flat, but Webull Premium subscribers with larger balances can access rates as low as 3.90% — lower than anything Moomoo offers. Webull's IRA match and lower Level 2 data cost after the first month both require the same Premium subscription, which costs $3.99 per month or $40 per year.
Both are SIPC-insured up to $500,000 and FINRA-registered. Both have paid regulatory fines: Webull's single $3 million fine centers on options-approval and complaint-handling supervision, while Moomoo's two smaller fines cover marketing oversight, reporting compliance and a separate privacy-notice failure. Neither firm's history points to an ongoing risk to your funds today, but it's worth knowing before you choose.
Moomoo lists its options strategies by name — 13 in total — plus unusual options activity tracking and volatility analysis.(15) Webull supports comparable multi-leg strategies and its own unusual-activity tracking and volatility tools, but doesn't publish a specific strategy count.
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