Webull and Tradewink: AI Signals, Research, and Paper Tracking

Webull has rapidly become one of the most popular brokers among retail traders, and its API opens the door to automated trading for the millions of users already on the platform. With completely commission-free trading across stocks, ETFs, and options — including zero per-contract options fees — Webull eliminates cost barriers that make automated trading impractical on many other platforms.

The Webull API provides endpoints for order management, account data, positions and market data. Available order types depend on the asset: Webull's options API, for example, does not support market orders.

Webull offers options through its own API. Tradewink doesn't connect Webull for trading at all — not directly and not through SnapTrade — because Tradewink's public offering is paper trading only.

Webull provides its own paper trading and API sandbox, but Tradewink doesn't connect to it; paper tracking for Webull ideas runs in Tradewink's own simulator.

The platform's fractional share support enables precise position sizing for portfolio strategies. Whether you are allocating exact dollar amounts from a momentum scan or rebalancing to target weights, fractional shares keep order sizes mathematically precise. Combined with the $0 minimum deposit, Webull is accessible at every account size.

Webull also supports cryptocurrency trading through the same account, allowing diversification into Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other major cryptocurrencies without needing a separate exchange account.

The primary limitations for Webull automation are the less mature API documentation compared to Alpaca or IBKR, and the limited order types available via API. Advanced algorithmic order types (VWAP, TWAP, iceberg) are not available, and the API does not support bracket orders natively.

Tradewink can't connect a Webull account for trading. Public subscriptions are paper-only; separately approved private beta accounts may submit live broker orders. What still works: Tradewink's AI research and signals cover the stocks, ETFs, options, and crypto you can trade at Webull, including pre-market and after-hours moves, and Paper Autopilot can paper-track those ideas in Tradewink's simulator with its own stop-loss and take-profit levels. For public-plan users, any real trade is your own decision, placed by you at Webull, outside Tradewink.

Tradewink's Model Context Protocol (MCP) server works without a broker connection. With Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code, or any MCP-compatible client you can run multi-agent research on a ticker you trade at Webull and check your Tradewink paper positions — all secured by OAuth 2.1 with no API key pasted into the client.