The main pro here is under the hood

If you have been BURNED by brokers closing you acc because you did some TRADING stuff they didn't like, look no further haha. Thats my main problem with brokers nowadays - WHY would they care HOW I trade? BUT they do! 'Don't scalp or we close your acc', 'Don't hedge or we close your acc', 'don't trade that pair on mondays before the full moon, woops you did it bye-bye' Activtrades is the only one left that didn't do that to me, ever. Sure it takes more in fees for that, but at least I'm free to experiment, news trade and algo trade, my god.