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Q1 US Broker Profitability Report Showing Signs of Optimism

Interactive Brokers maintains its position for a second consecutive quarter as the leading forex broker by percentage of profitable customer forex accounts, according to a composite comparison produced by the Forex Magnates website. The comparison comprises data from 10 of the largest forex broker performance reports as submitted individually to the regulator, the National Futures Association (NFA). Additionally, Interactive Brokers’ new account increase of 17.7% to 19,666 accounts during the quarter is the largest increase in new accounts among brokers included in the report.

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Interactive Brokers was awarded top honors in Barron’s 18th annual ranking of the Best Online Brokers, securing the #1 spot for the second year in a row. In addition to taking top honors overall, IB was named “Best for Frequent Traders”, “Best for International Traders” and “Best for Options Traders” in this year’s review. Barron’s columnist and operator of the Best Online Brokers annual ranking, Theresa W. Carey, noted IB “offers superb trading technology, improved portfolio analysis, and enhanced educational offerings,” adding “the firm’s mobile application, Trading Assistant, alerts you to market opportunities around the world, in real time.”

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Wall Street Letter 2013 Institutional Trading Awards

Interactive Brokers was awarded Best broker dealer – options and Best broker dealer – futures at the Wall Street Letter 2013 Institutional Trading Awards. The Awards recognize excellence among providers to the institutional trading industry. The Wall Street Letter appoints a panel of independent judges to determine winners, “based on the level of innovation and client satisfaction applicants illustrate.”

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Electronic Options Trading on the Rise

In an OpenMarkets Magazine article entitled, Electronic Options Trading on the Rise, reporter Karen Epper-Hoffman describes the shift toward “greater electronification” of a traditionally pit-traded product. Ms. Epper-Hoffman spoke with Interactive Brokers founder and CEO, Thomas Peterffy, about the transition to electronic options trading. An early proponent of improving trading efficiency through the use of automation, Peterffy believes electronically executed trades have a lower error rate versus those that are pit-traded, and help make markets more transparent.

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Best Online Brokers

Interactive Brokers ranked highly across a number of critical factors in Investor’s Business Daily’s (IBD) special report: Best Online Brokers. According to IBD, “the study was designed to measure the customer experience and satisfaction of investors with their primary online brokers.” IBD asked thousands of investors to rate their online broker across 12 key categories. Results of the study highlight Interactive Brokers’ strength across the following six categories: Low Commissions & Fees, Options Trading Platform, ETF Choices, Trade Reliability, Equity Trading Tools and Mobile Platform/Trading.

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Options Investors Crave Education, High-Tech Tools

Reporter Donald H. Gold points to critical offerings of online brokers rated highest in IBD’s Special Report: Best Online Brokers, in the Options Trading Platformcategory. In the article, Options Investors Crave Education, High-Tech Tools, Gold writes, “the demands of an online options broker will be different than those of a straight stock-trading platform.” Interactive Brokers has optimized its platform for options traders and active investors seeking to trade across asset classes and global markets at the lowest possible cost.

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Today’s Battle Of The Brokers Is Being Waged In Your Hand

Many active traders and investors require the ability to trade anywhere, anytime. IBD reporter Ken Hoover discusses the technology that allows investors to trade on-the-go in Today’s Battle Of The Brokers Is Being Waged In Your Hand, an article included in IBD’s Special Report: Best Online Brokers.Interactive Brokers provides customers with a suite of mobile trading solutions across operating systems, and, highlights Hoover, “goes way beyond tools for successful investing in stocks on a mobile device,” adding, “[Interactive] offers access to global markets, bonds, options, option chains, forex and futures with real-time news and sophisticated tools.”

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Trading Costs, Menu of ETFs Differentiate Online Brokers

IBD reporter Trang Ho details what investors look for in an online broker when it comes to trading ETFs for the publication’s special report on the Best Online Brokers. In an article entitled, Trading Costs, Menu of ETFs Differentiate Online Brokers, Ho writes, “leading online brokerages offer free ETF trades or dirt-cheap rates.” Interactive Brokers provides free trading of 36 commission-free ETFs and charges half a cent per share per trade, with a minimum of $1.00 and a maximum of 0.5% of trade value.

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Q4 2012 Forex Traders Profitability Report

Interactive Brokers was ranked leading forex broker by percentage of profitable customer forex accounts, according to a composite Forex Broker Comparison produced by the website Forex Magnates. The comparison was comprised of data from 11 of the largest forex broker performance reports as submitted individually to the regulator, the National Futures Association (NFA), for the fourth quarter of 2012.

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