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Interactive Brokers

Leading online broker offering advanced trading technology and direct market access to stocks, options, futures, forex, bonds and funds worldwide from a single integrated account.

Reputation & Trust

4,961 reviews

Overview

Pricing Model
tiered
PlatformsAPIClient PortalIBKR MobileTWS Desktop
MarketsBondsCryptoForexFundsFuturesOptionsStocks

Products & Services

IBKR Lite

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Commission-free trading in US stocks and ETFs for US residents

Free tier available Commission-free US stocks/ETFs, higher margin rates (6.37%)
  • $0 commissions US stocks/ETFs
  • No account minimum
  • Paper trading available
  • Mobile and web platforms
  • SIPC + $30M excess insurance
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IBKR Pro

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Professional-grade trading with tiered or fixed pricing - 160+ global markets

  • Lower margin rates (4.37-5.37%)
  • Tiered or fixed pricing
  • 160 global markets
  • Professional order routing
  • TWS professional platform
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Cryptocurrency Trading

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24/7 crypto trading with 11 coins - max 1% fee

  • 11 cryptocurrencies
  • 24/7 trading
  • Fees capped at 1%
  • BTC, ETH, SOL, DOGE and more
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Market Data Subscriptions

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Real-time and delayed market data for global markets

Free tier available Delayed data free, real-time varies by exchange
  • Global exchange data
  • Real-time and delayed options
  • Multiple subscription levels
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Bundle available - IBKR Lite offers free trading off

Company Information

Legal Name
Interactive Brokers LLC
Headquarters
Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
Team Size
1000+
Primary Timezone
America/New_York

Founding

Founder
Thomas Peterffy
Background
Hungarian-American billionaire, pioneer of electronic trading, founded company in 1978

Broker Details

Regulation
SEC, FINRA, NFA, CFTC
Commission
$0.85/contract tiered by volume

Platform Details

Type

Community Sentiment

99/100
3 positive 6 neutral 1 negative

Positive Community Feedback

- Best Stocks Broker: InteractiveBrokers
Big Mike 17 thanks
Hi all, I always see a lot of comments about this forex company, that FCM, IB or whatever and who plays by the rules. So, I got my Series 3 certification about a year ago and I learned a lot about the whole process. Here is a great link that will help you learn more about those entities to look up what their past records look like: BASIC Search Also, here are some top brokers already and I have to say, I haven't looked at this in a while and boy was it shocking to see some of the...
bluemele 16 thanks
A complicated jumble of questions (not you fault that it's a "jumble," that's just the best way I can describe it. The industry presents a pretty complicated jumble of products to traders looking more for simplicity and orderliness -- which unfortunately you will find hard to get. Sorry :). ) Your experience with IB, which is an all-in-one shop, may have made things outside of their environment harder to understand. Here are the elements of the overall situation: 1. Trading...
bobwest 12 thanks

Community Concerns

Interactive Brokers is widely known for filtering data. It's snapshot data, meaning that they aggregate info, and send you a 'snapshot' of what it looks like every 250ms or so. This means you are not getting all the ticks, not getting all the L2 depth changes, not even getting all the volume. If you trade daily bars or even minute data, then you won't care about this. But if you are using tick based data: ie tick, range, renko, volume or other exotic bar types, then you should not be using IB...
Big Mike 94 thanks

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