Stock Trading: Trade Stocks Online
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Trade Stocks Globally from a
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The IBKR Advantage
For Indian Markets:
- Low commissions ranging from ₹6 to ₹20 per order.
For Global Markets:
- €3/£3 per trade for Western European stocks with no added spreads, account minimums or platform fees
- Low commissions on US stocks with commissions just USD 0.0005 to USD 0.0035 per share with IB SmartRoutingSM
- Trade stocks globally on 90+ market centers
- Professional trading platforms, mobile apps, order types, and tools
- Transparent shortable inventory and pricing
- Fractional Shares let you invest regardless of share price
Lower Costs to Maximize Returns1
Stocks Commissions
Low Commissions
For Indian Markets:
NSE from ₹6 to ₹20 per order2
USA Equities at USD 0.005 per share / USD 1 minimum per order
For Global Markets:
€3/£3 per trade for Western European stocks
USD 0.0005 to USD 0.0035 per share for US Exchange-Listed stocks
Tiered or Fixed • No PFOF
Earn Interest at Competitive Rates3
Up to USD 3.83%
on instantly available cash
Trading Technology
- For Indian Markets: Free DEMAT account
- Free Access to all IBKR's trading platforms
- Free real-time streaming data on al US-listed stocks
- IB SmartRoutingSM
- IBKR APIs
Additional Plan Benefits
- No minimums for general investment accounts
- No inactivity fees
- No added spreads, ticket charges or platform fees
- No recurring fees
Interactive Brokers offers low, simple stock pricing on the most active European exchanges. We are simplifying our pricing so you know the cost before you invest. Commissions on Western European stocks is just €3/£3 per trade for typical trade sizes. For larger trades (those over €6000/£6000) the cost is .05% of trade value.
IB SmartRoutingSM helps support best execution by searching for the best available prices for stocks, options and combinations across exchanges and dark pools.
Professional Trading Platforms, Order Types, and Tools
Powerful, award-winning trading platforms and tools for managing your portfolio. Available on desktop, mobile apps, and web.
See Our Trading Platforms100+ order types, algos and tools – from limit orders to complex algorithmic trading – help you execute any trading strategy.
See Our Order Types, Algos and ToolsUse a full suite of professional trading tools to help make better decisions and manage your portfolio. Spot market opportunities with Advanced Market Scanners and analyze your portfolio with Risk Navigator.
See Our Trading ToolsFundamentals Explorer provides comprehensive, worldwide fundamentals data on over 30k companies, shows more than 300 data points per company, has more than 80 sources for newswires and reports and features 5.5k+ analyst ratings from TipRanks.
See Our Fundamentals ExplorerAlign your investments with what you care about most. Use the Impact Dashboard to identify and invest in companies that share your values, and use ESG scores from Refinitiv to make investment decisions based on more than just financial factors.
Learn About Sustainable Investing
Transparent Shortable Inventory and Pricing
The Shortable Instruments (SLB) Search tool is a fully electronic, self service utility that lets you search for availability of shortable securities from within Client Portal.
Learn About Short Securities Availability 
What are Stocks?
A stock represents ownership in a company. When you purchase a stock, you become a shareholder and own a small portion of the company issuing the stock. Therefore, you have a claim on its assets and earnings.
A company typically issues stock to raise capital to fund growth, research and development, or its operations without taking on debt.The two main types of stock are common stock, which typically provides you with voting rights and potential dividends, and preferred stock, which usually provides fixed dividends and priority over common shareholders in the unlikely event of a liquidation.
How Do You Buy Stocks?
You can purchase stocks through an online brokerage account like those available at Interactive Brokers or through a financial advisor. If you use an online brokerage account, you can place buy or sell orders for stock through the broker’s platform after your account is approved and funded.
Stocks are bought and sold at a stock exchange, such as the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), the NASDAQ, the London Stock Exchange (LSE), Euronext or the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
What Are the Risks and Rewards of Stocks?
A stock’s price can be volatile, meaning the value of your stock may rise or fall significantly, even over short periods. There are no guarantees in stock investing. You may lose money if the price of a stock drops below your purchase price and you sell at a loss. In addition, you can also experience losses from a company’s bankruptcy, poor earnings or broader market factors such as industry or economic trends, interest rate changes, geopolitical events or investor sentiment.
However, if a stock’s price increases over time, you may benefit from capital appreciation and earn dividend income from companies that share profits with their owners. Dividends can provide a steady income stream and, if reinvested, may help you enhance longer-term returns.
Interactive Brokers’ Education and Resources for Stocks
Traders’ Academy
Traders’ Academy by Interactive Brokers provides complimentary resources to educate you on stocks, including several courses on corporate stocks and equity-related funds.
Traders’ Insight
Traders’ Insight provides market-related articles and commentary from Interactive Brokers’ employees, exchanges and third-party contributors.
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Open an AccountDisclosures
- Lower investment costs will increase your overall return on investment, but lower costs do not guarantee that your investment will be profitable.
- NSE Commissions:
- NSE trades for Indian residents are calculated as 1 basis point, with a minimum of INR 6 or 0.025 * Value per order whichever is lower and a maximum of INR 20 per order with the below conditions
- For stocks, up to INR 10 lakh order value you will be charged 0.01% of the incremental value, for the portion above INR 10 lakh, you will be charged 0.02% of the incremental value if placed in the same order.
- For futures and options, the above rate is limited to 100 lots in an order. For the portion of order above 100 lots, you will be charged INR 5 per lot if placed in the same order.
- The maximum per order for NRIs trading on the NSE will be INR 150.
- Additional external charges of Securities Transaction Tax, Exchange Charges, Statutory Tax and GST apply, see India Stock Exchange Fees for more information.
- NSE trades for Indian residents are calculated as 1 basis point, with a minimum of INR 6 or 0.025 * Value per order whichever is lower and a maximum of INR 20 per order with the below conditions
- Rates are subject to change. Restrictions apply. For additional information, see our interest rates. Credit interest rate as of June 6, 2025.