Low Costs
Amendments to FINRA rule 2232 and MSRB rule G-15 regarding customer confirmations require SEC member firms disclose the mark-up/down applied to retail trades if the firm executes an offsetting trade in the same security on the same day. In addition, the amendments require firms provide clients with trading data for the traded security and the exact time of transaction.
We offer low and transparent bond commissions and do not charge spread markups like most other brokers. Our bond commissions are:
We recently added support for municipal bonds and corporate bonds to IBKR Mobile. We also provide access to most electronically traded bonds. The TWS Corporate Bond and Muni Bond Market Scanners allow you to quickly and easily scan global markets for the top performing bonds across instrument types and metrics. Adding bond scanners to TWS is quick and easy - simply select "Global Bond Scanner" from the "New Window" menu.
NEW FEATURES
Traders' Academy helps professionals, investors, educators and students better understand the products, markets, currencies, tools and functionality available at Interactive Brokers. Courses use a syllabus to define instructional goals. Learning objectives are clearly stated and content is delivered across multiple lessons. Quizzes and tests are used to benchmark student progress against learning objectives.
Each course uses online lessons, videos, and notes to help reinforce subject matter and let students learn at their own pace. Students can ask questions of IBKR subject matter experts, provide written feedback on each course and rate their learning experience.
INNOVATIVE TOOLS
We continue to enhance our options strategies tools across our mobile and desktop trading platforms to make it easier to create, analyze and trade spreads. Recent enhancements include:
New Features
Now you can access IBot from almost anywhere, including from the IBKR Chat, the Client Services Message Center in Account Management and the Client Services page of the IBKR website, as well as from within IBKR Mobile, TWS for Desktop and the Client Portal.
Leverage the speed and growing intelligence of IBot to help with your account and set up. Before you contact Client Services, simply Ask IBot for immediate, automated help from the Tips for Best Service tab of the Contact Us > Client Services page of our website.
In addition, we added an IBot FAQ Browser to our website for quick access to detailed answers to specific questions in our proprietary FAQ database. Access the IBot FAQ Browser from the Education > Browse FAQs menu on our website.
New Products
We recently added 251 mutual funds to the Interactive Brokers lineup and now offer 10,495 funds, including 4,556 with no transaction fees. In addition, we added 10 new fund families, bringing our total to 212.
Four new research providers are available on the Interactive Brokers platform:
We frequently update the listing of research and news providers available on the Interactive Brokers platform. Visit our website to review our most current list of providers.
EXPANDED OFFERING
The IBKR Quant Blog serves quantitative professionals who have an interest in programming. Discussion topics include deep learning, artificial intelligence (AI), Blockchain and other transformative technologies influencing modern markets. In addition, discussions about R, Python and other popular programming languages often include sample code to help you develop your own analysis.
The IBKR Quant Blog draws from a diverse set of contributors, including:
Contact us at IBKRquant@interactivebrokers.com to learn about contributing to the blog.
Awards
Interactive Brokers ranked number one in Barron's 23rd annual ranking of The Best Online Brokers.1 IBKR won high marks for pricing, range of offerings, trading experience and portfolio analysis. Columnist Theresa Carey wrote that the Interactive Brokers' low trading costs benefit both active and occasional traders. The firm was also ranked "Best for Frequent Traders" and "Best for Options Traders."
The risk of loss in online trading of stocks, options, futures, currencies, foreign equities, and fixed income can be substantial. Options are not suitable for all investors. For more information, read the "Characteristics and Risks of Standardized Options".
Your capital is at risk and your losses may exceed the value of your original investment.
Interactive Brokers (U.K.) Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. FCA Reference Number 208159.
Interactive Brokers LLC is regulated by the US SEC and CFTC and is a member of the SIPC (www.sipc.org) compensation scheme;
products are only covered by the UK FSCS in limited circumstances.
Before trading, customers must read the relevant risk disclosure statements on our Warnings and Disclaimers page.
For a list of IBG memberships worldwide, see our exchange listings.