News at IB

Option Portfolio Algorithm
2009 Readers' Choice Awards
IB for Institutions
Ultra Low Margin Rates
New Products and Exchanges
TurboTax Download
Technology Enhancements
- TWS
- API (Application Program Interface)
- IB WebTrader^SM
- New Third-Party Commercial Tool Providers
Traders' Edge
- FXTrader

January 23, 2009

IBG Announces Record Earnings for 2008
New Products and Services
TWS Enhancements
IB Execution Quality for US Stocks and Options Tops Industry
2008 Taxes
Statement Developments
New Interactive Tours
FX View
2009 Trader's Calendar
New Third-Party Commercial Tool Providers

IB Communiqués 2008

October 20, 2008

New Offerings
Accumulate/Distribute Algo
Model Navigator for Option Model Pricing
IB Price Improvement Tops Industry
2009 Trading Olympiad
Traders’ University
Updates to TWS
TWS API Updates
Disclosure Supplement from OCC

September 17, 2008

A Message From Interactive Brokers Chairman

April 25, 2008

Thomson Reuters Worldwide Fundamentals
Trading Olympiad
Commissions Changes
The Traders' Edge
TWS BasketTrader
Pegged to Stock Orders

March 7, 2008

New Product Introductions
The IB Risk Navigator^SM
TWS Enhancements
IB Block Desk Launches
The Traders' Edge
Relative Orders
ScaleTrader

January 25, 2008

IB Risk Navigator^SM
2007 Taxes
Statement Developments
OCC Rule Change
New Software Partners
API Enhancements
TWS Enhancements
Short Sale Database
Margin Policy Reminder

IB Communiqués 2007

September 21, 2007

New Options Pricing
TAG Options Price Improvement Statistics
Introduction of Australian Options
Forex Commission Changes
Options and Futures Intelligence Report
New TWS Features
Real-time Reuters News
Student Trading Olympiad
New Third-party Commercial Tool Providers

August 10, 2007

Credit Management System

July 20, 2007

New Trading Products
New Unbundled Commissions for Canadian Stocks
New Statements & Margin Reports
Get the Competitive Edge on Forex Trading at Interactive Brokers
Liquidnet Added as a Destination
New API Features
New Commercial Tools Partners
New Trader Workstation Enhancements
Revised Options Disclosure Document

June 22, 2007

What Are Single-Stock Futures?
What Is an EFP?
Why Would You Use Them?
Caveats

March 30, 2007

Portfolio Margin
Hong Kong Stocks and Warrants Now Available
Reg NMS Implemented
IBAlgos Available for Institutions
IB Announces Olympiad Winners
TWS Enhancements
New Third-party Solutions

January 26, 2007

Year-End Annual Statement and Tax Information
Trading to Be Available for Hong Kong Stocks and Warrants
Lower Commissions for VWAP and Forex Trades
Friends and Family Accounts
Trader Workstation Enhancements
TWS API (Application Program Interface)
New Market Data Fees

IB Communiqués 2006

December 15, 2006

Lower Exchange for Physicals (EFPs) Commissions
Penny Priced Option Enhancements
New Excel API Beginners Guide
New Lower Commissions for US Equity and Index Options
New Product Introductions and Lower Commissions
FXTrader
The IB Options and Futures Intelligence Report
Trader Workstation Enhancements
Options Symbol Poll
IB Third-Party Partners
New 2007 Traders' Calendar
Olympiad
Happy Holidays from Interactive Brokers

October 25, 2006

Penny-Priced Options Now Available in the U.S.

October 6, 2006

ISE Stock Exchange Midpoint Match
New Products
TWS Enhancements
TWS API (Application Program Interface)
New Third-Party Educator Program
New OCC and CDCC Threshold for Automatic Exercise
Options Intelligence Report and EFP Reminder
2^nd Annual IB Collegiate Trading Olympiad

August 18, 2006

Introduction of Exchange for Physicals, an Industry First
New Statements
Nominate and Vote on Your Favorite New TWS Features
Lower Commissions for Japanese Futures
New CBOT E-Agriculture Futures Contracts
Trader Workstation Enhancements
PaperTrader Enhancements
New WebTrader Interface
New Commercial Tool Partners

March 31, 2006

Options Volatility Trading
New & Enhanced Order Types
Combination Order Price Improvement
SpreadTrader for Futures
TWS Enhancements
Inquiry/Trouble Ticket for Faster Resolution of Issues
New Products
Daily Options Commentary
Real Time Reuters Streaming News
Account Management
Canadian EFT for USD

January 27, 2006

Real Time Reuters Streaming News
Paper Trading Now Available for All Customers
TWS Enhancements
Unbundled Stock Commissions Available for Advisors, Institutions, and Brokers
Tax Reporting
Webinars
New Nymex Energy Futures Contracts
New OCC Options Risk Disclosure
New Commercial Tools Partner

January 6, 2006

Daily Options Commentary
Lower Commissions
University of IB Webinars
Eurex US Forex Futures
TWS Enhancements
New Commercial Tool Partners

IB Communiqués and Notifications Archive

News at IB

Current Announcements	Web Page	Date Posted
New Indian Stock Fees	Stock Commissions	June 14, 2010
IB (India) Pvt. Ltd. Corporate Accounts Now Available Indian Corporations can now open a Proprietary Trading Group Account with IB (India) Pvt. Ltd.	Proprietary Trading Group Accounts	February 17, 2010
Trade online NSE products through a demat account	Upgrade Trading Permissions	September 3, 2009
NRIs can now trade NSE derivatives	New Accounts	September 3, 2009
IB Launches Student Trading Lab for Colleges and Universities IB invites college professors and their students to participate in the IB Student Trading Lab, our simulated trading program for colleges. IB’s market-maker designed online trading application, the Trader Workstation (TWS), optimizes trading speed, offering multi-product support, real-time streaming quotes and quick-click order entry all from a single spreadsheet interface. Professors can integrate the test version of TWS, the IB PaperTrader into their class curriculum, allowing students to use the full range of IB trading facilities in a simulated environment under real market conditions.	IB Student Trading Lab	July 17, 2009
New PortfolioAnalyst (Beta) Allows Investors to Evaluate The Performance of Their IB Portfolio IB is pleased to announce the beta release of the PortfolioAnalyst, an online tool that allows investors to analyze the monthly and quarterly performance of their entire portfolio or a section of their portfolio, based on specific asset classes or ticker symbols. Results include data available from January 2008 to the present, and are displayed both as a color-coded graph and in a data table. To use PortfolioAnalyst, log in to Account Management and use the Report Management submenu.	PortfolioAnalyst Account Management	June 30, 2009

News at IB - 2009

Archive	Web Page	Date Posted
IB Launches Trading of Italian Stocks on Borsa Italiana Non-Italian residents can now trade Italian stocks. To start trading these products, configure your Trading Permissions and sign up for Market Data for the Borsa Italiana (BVME) Exchange through Account Management.	Borsa Italiana Upgrade Trading Permissions Market Data	November 13, 2009
IB Now Provides Free Delayed Market Data and 24/7 Access for TWS Customers IB now provides free delayed market data* to our TWS customers for any products and exchanges for which they don't have a market data subscription. These delayed data lines are highlighted in yellow on the TWS screens for easy identification. For more information on receiving free delayed market data, see the TWS Users' Guide. Additionally, customers can now log into TWS 24 hours/day, 7 days/week (except during minor system reset times). For a schedule of availability, see the System Availability section of the System Status page. *as available by the exchanges	TWS Users' Guide	December 8, 2009
Hong Kong Stock Options Now Available To start trading these products, configure your Trading Permissions and sign up for Market Data for the Hong Kong Derivatives Exchange through Account Management.	Stock Commissions Upgrade Trading Permissions	November 18, 2009
"The Cheapest Margin Rates Among Online Brokers" according to Barron's survey Barron's Magazine rated IB as the lowest provider of margin.	Media/Feature Articles	October 19, 2009

IB Now Offers Spanish Stock Options and SSFs on MEFF	Spanish Futures & Options Exchange (MEFF)	September 23, 2009
Evaluate the Performance of your IB Portfolio with PortfolioAnalyst (beta)... IB is pleased to announce the beta release of the PortfolioAnalyst, an online tool that allows investors to analyze the monthly and quarterly performance of their entire portfolio or a section of their portfolio, based on specific asset classes or ticker symbols. Results include data available from January 2008 to the present, and are displayed both as a color-coded graph and in a data table. To use PortfolioAnalyst, log in to Account Management and use the Report Management submenu.	PortfolioAnalyst Account Management	June 30, 2009
Holiday Hours The Exchanges' New Year's Day Holiday Schedule.	IB Events Calendar	December 28, 2009
Holiday Hours The Exchanges' Christmas Holiday Schedule.	IB Events Calendar	December 21, 2009
Holiday Hours The Exchanges' Thanksgiving Day Holiday Schedule.	IB Events Calendar	November 20, 2009
Holiday Hours US Fixed Income Markets Will Be Closed on Veteran's Day November 11, 2009	IB Events Calendar	November 9, 2009
IB’s Participation in the OCC Symbology Initiative IB completed the first OCC test successfully. The next test will take place on October 10, 2009, and it will cover Phase I Conversion.	OCC Option Symbology Initiative	September 15, 2009
IB Now Offers Trading on the Vienna Stock Exchange	Vienna Stock Exchange	August 26, 2009
Interactive Brokers Receives Barron's Top Ranking for Lowest Costs	Interactive Brokers Awards	March 26, 2009
IB to Participate in OCC Symbology Testing This Saturday 9/12/2009 The Option Symbology Initiative (OSI) is an industry wide project intended to standardize symbols used in representing listed equity option contracts and to bring option symbols in line with the underlying deliverable symbol. OCC will be executing the initiative in two phases: conversion and consolidation. This project will not affect the future options or futures that OCC clears.	OCC Option Symbology Initiative	September 9, 2009
Holiday Hours The Exchanges' Labor Day Holiday Schedule.	IB Events Calendar	August 31, 2009
Holiday Hours The Exchanges' Fourth of July Holiday Schedule.	IB Events Calendar	June 29, 2008
New FX Futures Trading of the new Globex Micro FX Futures on six currency pairs is available now.	CME (Electronic - Globex)	March 26, 2009
Holiday Hours The Exchanges' Memorial Day Holiday Schedule.	IB Events Calendar	May 19, 2009
IB Announces Winner of the Fourth Collegiate Trading Olympiad IBG created the Olympiad to highlight the growing need for engineers and computer science professionals in the financial services industry. IBG is awarding $400,000 in prizes to students	Press Release IB Collegiate Trading Olympiad	March 26, 2009
Holiday Hours The Exchanges' Good Friday Holiday Schedule.	IB Events Calendar	April 6, 2009
Interactive Brokers Places First in 2009 Stocks & Commodities Magazine Readers’ Choice Awards Technical Analysis of Stocks and Commodities magazine recently announced its 2009 Readers' Choice awards, and readers voted Interactive Brokers as their top choice in multiple categories	Interactive Brokers Awards	March 2, 2009
IB Price Execution for US Stocks and Options Tops Industry Based on independent measurements, the Transaction Auditing Group, Inc., (TAG), a third-party provider of transaction analysis, has determined that Interactive Brokers’ US stock and options price executions were significantly better than the industry during the second half of 2008.	SmartRouting	January 22, 2009
2009 Tax Reporting Dates Now Available	Tax Reporting Dates	January 12, 2009
IBG's S&P Rating Upgraded to BBB+ IBG's S&P Rating was recently upgraded to a BBB+ from a BBB, a major accomplishment not matched by many in this financial climate.	S&P Rating	December 19, 2008
New Non-US futures now available for US-based Customers: Mini Hang Seng Index futures, Mini Hang Seng China Enterprises Index futures and Korean Kospi 200 Futures. The CFTC has recently approved the trading of Mini Hang Seng Index futures (MHI), Mini Hang Seng China Enterprises Index futures (MCH) and Korean Kospi 200 Futures by US residents. Interactive Brokers is now making this product available to its US customers.	Hong Kong Futures Exchange (HKFE) Korea Stock Exchange Trading Permissions Upgrade	February 12, 2009
Holiday Hours The Exchanges' President's Day Holiday Schedule.	IB Events Calendar	February 12, 2009
Holiday Hours The Exchanges' Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Schedule	IB Events Calendar	January 12, 2009

News at IB - 2008

Archive	Web Page	Date Posted
Holiday Hours The Exchanges' New Year's Holiday Schedule.	IB Events Calendar	December 29, 2008
Holiday Hours The Exchanges' Christmas Holiday Schedule.	IB Events Calendar	December 22, 2008
Interactive Brokers Group Announces Strong Third Quarter Results... Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. (NASDAQ GS: IBKR) an automated global electronic market maker and broker, today reported diluted earnings per share of $0.65 for the quarter ended September 30, 2008, compared to diluted earnings per share of $0.53 for the same period in 2007.	Press Release - October 23, 2008	October 28, 2008
IB Price Execution for US Stocks and Options Tops Industry... Based on independent measurements, the Transaction Auditing Group, Inc., (TAG), a third-party provider of transaction analysis, has determined that Interactive Brokers’ US stock and options price executions were significantly better than the industry during the first half of 2008.	SmartRouting	October 13, 2008
Holiday Hours The Exchanges' Thanksgiving Day Holiday Schedule.	IB Events Calendar	November 21, 2008
Holiday Schedule The U.S. Exchanges' Veterans Day Holiday Schedule.	IB Events Calendar	November 10, 2008
Interactive Brokers Group Announces Preliminary Financial Estimates for the Quarter to end on September 30, 2008 and Approval of Share Repurchase Program...	Press Release - September 26, 2008	September 26, 2008
Important Margin Notice	Margin Requirements	October 6, 2008
New Short Sale Rules in Effect The SEC has released new short sale stock rules. See our Shortable Stocks page for more details.	Shortable Stocks	September 19, 2008
IB Announces Its Fourth Annual Collegiate Trading Olympiad Interactive Brokers Group, a worldwide leader in market making and broker-dealer services, is pleased to announce our fourth annual IB Collegiate Trading Olympiad, where students create and implement a real-time program trading application and attempt to generate the largest profit. This unique forum allows the future leaders in technology to compete for potential jobs and up to $100,000 in prize money.	Interactive Brokers Collegiate Trading Olympiad	September 9, 2008
IB Price Execution for US Stocks and Options Tops Industry... Based on independent measurements, the Transaction Auditing Group, Inc., (TAG), a third-party provider of transaction analysis, has determined that Interactive Brokers US stock and options price executions were significantly better than the industry during the second half of 2007.	SmartRouting	July 31, 2008
Holiday Hours The Exchanges' Labor Day Holiday Schedule.	IB Events Calendar	August 26, 2008
SEC Short Sale Order Information	Shortable Stocks	July 21, 2008
Interactive Brokers' Price and Speed of Execution for Stocks Tops Industry Based on independent measurements, the Transaction Auditing Group, Inc., (TAG), a third-party provider of transaction analysis, has determined that Interactive Brokers US stock executions were 0.35 of a cent per share better than the industry as a whole during the second half of 2007.	IB's Price and Speed of Execution for Stocks Tops Industry	June 6, 2008
Fidelity no-load mutual funds now available in TWS...	Mutual Funds - Fidelity	May 19, 2008
Reuters Worldwide Fundamentals are Now Available IB is pleased to announce the integration of Thomson Reuters Worldwide Fundamentals into the Trader Workstation. This comprehensive real-time financial information, comprising over 1,000 variables for data such as price earnings ratios, financial statements and analyst predictions, can be viewed report-style through an integrated TWS window, and can also be accessed through our socket APIs.	IB Communiqué and Market Data, Fundamental Analysis and News Subscriptions	May 1, 2008
Fourth of July Holiday Schedule The Exchanges' Fourth of July Holiday Schedule.	IB Events Calendar	July 1, 2008
New Products We now offer the following new products and asset classes: - Mexican stocks, futures, and options - Spanish stocks - US Treasury Bonds and Notes (Bills will be introduced shortly) - Vanguard No-load Mutual Funds (we will continue to add additional no-load fund families over time)	Mexican Derivatives Exchange, Mexican Stock Exchange, Bolsa de Madrid , T-Bonds, T-Notes and Mutual Funds	March 11, 2008
IB Releases FAQs on How We Protect Our Customers’ and Our Own Assets Click to read our FAQs on how we safeguard and protect your assets and our own assets.	Security FAQs	March 26, 2008
....Learn Why You Should Consider Moving Your Account(s) to Interactive Brokers. During the last few weeks we have been running an advertisement in the Wall Street Journal regarding the safety of moving money to Interactive Brokers. We want all of our customers to know that every word of this advertisement remains true and accurate. We are proud of our prudent and conservative policies that protect our clients' assets.	Click here to see our advertisement.	March 17, 2008
Holiday Hours The Exchanges' Good Friday Holiday Schedule.	IB Events Calendar	March 19, 2008
2007 Tax Year Information Important information, forms and reporting dates.	Tax Information and Reporting	January 10, 2008
Introducing the TWS IB Risk Navigator for real-time, global, market risk management The IB Risk Navigator is a real-time market risk management platform unifying exposure across multiple asset classes around the globe. Its easy-to-read spreadsheet interface lets you easily identify overexposure to risk by starting at the portfolio level and providing drill down access into successively deeper levels of detail within multiple report views.	IB Risk Navigator^SM	February 11, 2008
Holiday Hours The Exchanges' Washington's Birthday Holiday Schedule.	IB Events Calendar	February 11, 2008
Holiday Hours The Exchanges' Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Schedule	IB Events Calendar	January 16, 2008

News at IB - 2007

Archive	Web Page	Date Posted
Holiday Hours The Exchanges' New Year's Holiday Schedule.	IB Events Calendar	December 26, 2007
Holiday Hours The Exchanges' Christmas Holiday Schedule.	IB Events Calendar	December 19, 2007
Interactive Brokers UK Limited Voted Best International Lowest Stockbroker Interactive Brokers won the 2007 readers poll award for best international stockbroker for lowest cost.	Interactive Brokers Awards	November 26, 2007
Holiday Hours The Exchanges' Thanksgiving Day Holiday Schedule.	IB Events Calendar	November 20, 2007
Interactive Brokers First-to-Market With Competitive Dutch Options Price Structure Interactive Brokers (IBKR), the online broker of global futures, options and foreign exchange, is announcing an enhanced flat fee structure of EUR 2.25 per contract on Liffe - NYSE Euronext-linked Dutch options. The flat fee carries no minimum to trade, and applies to all Dutch options offered via its multi-product desktop trading platform, Trader Workstation (TWS).	Press Release	October 24, 2007
Holiday Hours The Exchanges' Labor Day Holiday Schedule.	IB Events Calendar	August 29, 2007
Options Trading Desk IB's Options Trading Desk now offers voice brokerage for large size orders.	Options Trading Desk	August 27 , 2007
IB delivers 14.85% price improvement for US equity options vs. an industry average of 0.57% for Jan-June 2007 The Interactive Brokers Group (IBKR) is pleased to announce that during the first half of 2007 it received price improvement on 14.85% of its customers’ marketable US options orders vs. the industry average of 0.57% according to statistics provided by The Transaction Auditing Group (TAG) of New York, NY, a third-party provider of transaction audit services	Press Release	August 22 , 2007
IB Announces MiFID Plans IB Announces Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) Plans	MiFID	July 25, 2007
Australian Stocks now Available Interactive Brokers is pleased to announce the trading of Australian Stocks at the low price of 0.08% of trade value, minimum AUD 6.	ASX	July 20, 2007
New Lower Cost-plus Pricing for Canadian Stocks As of Monday July 23 we will be offering a new unbundled or "cost plus" pricing structure for Canadian stocks. Costs are as low as CAD $.003 plus external exchange, clearing, and regulatory fees.	Stock, ETFs, and Warrants Commissions	July 20, 2007
Margin Detail Reports and Customizable Statements now Available See our enhanced monthly and daily statements, which are designed to help you better monitor the performance of your portfolio, by logging into Account Management and using the Report Management/New Statements (Beta) menu items. View our new Margin Reports, which detail your margin requirements by underlying and combination strategy each day as of 16:15 ET, by logging into Account Management and using the Report Management/Margin Report (Beta) menu items.	Statements Margin Reports	July 20, 2007
Fourth of July Holiday Schedule The Exchanges' Fourth of July Holiday Schedule.	IB Events Calendar	July 2, 2007
Holiday Hours The Exchanges' Memorial Day Holiday Schedule.	IB Events Calendar	May 25, 2007
New Products NYBOT Futures Now Available at Interactive Brokers.	NYBOT	May 17, 2007
IBIPO IB has launched a new electronic Initial Public Offering Auction System, IBIPO.	IBIPO Auction System	April 11, 2007
Holiday Hours The Exchanges' Good Friday Holiday Schedule.	IB Events Calendar	April 4, 2007
Portfolio Margin Now Available We are pleased to announce that effective April 2, 2007, Interactive Brokers will be one of the first brokers to release modernized rules for the calculation of securities margin requirements.	Portfolio Margin Highlights	March 30, 2007
Hong Kong Stocks and Warrants Now Available Interactive Brokers has recently added the trading of stocks and warrants in Hong Kong to its worldwide direct access platform. Commissions for stocks and warrants are 0.088% of the trade value, with an HKD 18.00 minimum, plus any stamp duty and SFC transaction fees.	Stock, ETFs, and Warrants Commissions	March 5, 2007
Revamped WebTrader v2.0 IB offers the HTML-based WebTrader application as an alternative to the Trader Workstation for those customers who are behind a firewall or require a simpler trading interface.	WebTrader v2.0	March 5, 2007
Holiday Hours The Exchanges' Washington's Birthday Holiday Schedule.	IB Events Calendar	February 14, 2007
2006 Year-end Tax Information 2006 annual statements will be available January 31, 2007 to all customers under Account Management/Report Management. They have been re-designed to include profit and loss calculated under both First In, First Out (FIFO) and Mark-to-Market (MTM) accounting methods.	Important Year-End Information	January 10, 2007
Holiday Hours The Exchanges' Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Schedule	IB Events Calendar	January 10, 2007

News at IB - 2006

Archive	Web Page	Date Posted
FX Commissions FX Commissions as low as $10 per Million for High Volume Currency Traders.	Forex Commissions	December 29, 2006
Exchanges' Closings in Honor of President Ford Exchanges closed in observance of the national day of mourning for President Gerald R. Ford.	2007 Traders' Holiday and Expiration Date Calendar	December 29, 2006
New Excel API Beginners Guide Now Available The first book in the series, TWS Excel® API for Beginners, explores the most user-friendly of the API-supported platforms.	The TWS API Beginners Series	December 15, 2006
Penny-Priced Options Now Available In yet another first for the trading industry, Interactive Brokers introduces the opportunity to trade options in pennies.	Penny-Priced Options	October 24, 2006
ISE Stock Exchange IB customers can trade stocks on the ISE Stock Exchange.	ISE Exchange	September 11, 2006
IB Announces Its Second Annual Collegiate Trading Olympiad Students will have the opportunity to create and implement a real-time program trading application and attempt to generate the largest profit. This unique forum allows the future leaders in technology to compete for potential jobs and up to $100,000 in prize money.	IB Trading Olympiad	September 1, 2006

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