Professional Traders and Investors Choose Interactive Brokers
We are the largest US electronic broker based on daily average revenue trades executing 939,000 trades per day 1
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Lower Your Costs to Maximize Your Return
Our transparent, low commissions and financing rates, and best price executions
minimize your costs to help you maximize your returns.
Generate Higher
Returns
We offer lower commissions, no ticket charges; no minimums; no technology, software, platform, or reporting fees; and low financing rates, with higher loan values on portfolio margin accounts over $100K. Click below to see how our low costs compare to other brokers.
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Execution
Most brokers trade against your orders or sell them to others to execute who will trade against them. The resulting poor execution probably costs you more than the commission you pay. IB SmartRoutingSM continuously searches and reroutes to the best available prices for stocks, options and combinations.
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Rates
We offer the lowest margin loan interest rates of any broker, according to the Barron's 2017 online broker review. Click below to calculate your own sample margin loan interest rate.
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Enhancement Program
Earn income on your fully-paid stock shares in our Stock Yield Enhancement Program. The program lets us borrow your shares in exchange for cash collateral, and then lend the shares to traders who are willing to pay a fee to borrow them. You will be paid a loan fee each day that your stock is on loan.
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Your Gateway to the World's Markets
Direct market access to stocks, options, futures, forex, bonds, ETFs and CFDs from a single IB Universal Account™.
120Markets
26Countries
22Currencies
Access market data 24 hours a day and six days a week to stay connected to all global markets.
Convert currencies at market determined rates as low as 1/10 of a basis point, or create a position collateralized by a non-native currency.
Fund your account in multiple currencies. Trade assets denominated in multiple currencies from a single account.
Trading Technology
Financial Strength and Stability
Our strong capital position, conservative balance sheet and automated risk controls protect IB and our clients from large trading losses.
Interactive Brokers Group (IBG LLC) equity capital exceeds $6 billion1. 17.8% of IBG LLC is owned by the publicly traded company, Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. and the remaining 82.2% is owned by our employees and affiliates.
Unlike other firms, where management owns a small share, we participate substantially in the downside just as much as in the upside which makes us run our business conservatively. We hold no material positions in OTC securities or derivatives. We hold no CDOs, MBS or CDS. The gross amount of our portfolio of debt securities, with the exception of US governments debt securities, is less than 10% of our equity capital.
- Includes Interactive Brokers Group and its affiliates.
Investors' Marketplace
Investors and clients can meet and interact with third-party service providers to connect and conduct business.
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- Individual traders and investors, financial advisors, fund managers and third-party service providers can meet and do business together.
- Search the marketplace and connect to a variety of service providers, including advisors, hedge funds, research analysts, business developers and administrators.
- Advertise your own third-party services to individual and institutional users worldwide.
- Free to advertise and search, the Investors' Marketplace is open to everyone.
Open an Account
We offer many customer account structures that are designed to meet the specific needs of individual traders and investors, including Individual, Joint, Trust, IRA and UGMA/UTMA accounts.
Account Types: Traders or Investors
- INDIVIDUAL: Account owned and used by a single person.
- JOINT: Account owned and used by two people.
- TRUST: Account where the securities are registered in the name of the trust, while a Trustee controls the management of investments.
- IRA: Individual Retirement Account. Click here for additional information..
- UGMA/UTMA: Account for a Custodian of a minor who is a US resident.
Add up to five optional Power of Attorney users.
Account Information
IBKR accounts are intended for active / professional traders and investors. Clients are asked to demonstrate:
- Good to extensive product knowledge for any product you wish to trade.
- Trading experience, including 100 or more trades for any product type or 100 simulated trades with our real-time demo.
Accounts are accepted from citizens or residents of all countries except citizens or residents of those countries or regions that are on the sanction list of the US Office of Foreign Asset Controls or similar lists, or other countries determined to be higher risk. Click here for a list of available countries.
Minimum Age Requirements:
- Margin Account: 21 years of age
- Cash Account: 18 years of age
IRA accounts are only available for individual US citizens living anywhere and US resident aliens.
Please note that monthly activity and other minimum fees may apply.
A UGMA/UTMA account is only available as a cash-only account and is intended for the Custodian of a minor who is a legal US resident and a US citizen. The minimum deposit to set up a UGMA/UTMA is USD 3,000 (or USD equivalent).
For information on SIPC coverage on your account, visit www.sipc.org or call SIPC at 1 (202) 371-8300.