Family Account
Family Accounts1
Manage, trade and report on multiple accounts from a single master account.
The IBKR Advantage
- Our Stock Yield Enhancement Program lets you earn extra income on the fully-paid shares of stock held in your account.
- Invest in stocks, options, futures, currencies, bonds, funds and more across 135 markets in 33 countries from a single integrated account.
- Powerful trading technology and advanced trading tools help you create and execute your trading strategies with ease from virtually any desktop or mobile device.
- Fractional shares let you divide investments among more stocks to achieve a more diversified portfolio.
Lowest Cost*
Our transparent, low commissions and financing rates, support for best price execution, and stock yield enhancement program help minimize costs to maximize your returns.
Low Trading Costs
IBKR offers the lowest commissions and access to stocks, options, futures, currencies, bonds and funds from a single integrated account. If an exchange provides a rebate, we pass some or all of the savings directly back to you.*
Lowest Financing Costs
We offer the lowest margin loan interest rates of any broker, according to the Barron's 2020 online broker review. Click below to calculate your own sample margin loan interest rate.
Earn Extra Income
Earn extra income on the fully-paid shares of stock held in your account. IBKR borrows your shares to lend to traders who want to short and are willing to pay interest to borrow the shares. Each day shares are on loan you are paid interest while retaining the ability to trade your loaned stock without restrictions.
*For more information, click here.
Lower investment costs will increase your overall return on investment, but lower costs do not guarantee that your investment will be profitable.
Discover a World of Opportunities
Invest globally in stocks, options, futures, currencies, bonds and funds from a single integrated account. Fund your account in multiple currencies and trade assets denominated in multiple currencies. Access market data 24 hours a day and six days a week.
135
Markets
33
Countries
23
Currencies
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Explore our Global Offering
Interactive Brokers strives to provide the best deal on bonds by passing through to our clients the highest of all bids and lowest of all offers we receive from the electronic venues we access. We do not widen spreads, apply hidden fees or markup quotes.
The Mutual Fund Marketplace offers an extensive availability of mutual funds from around the world. Use our Mutual Fund Search Tool to search funds from more than 380 fund families and filter funds by country, fund family, transaction fee or fund type.
The Shortable Instruments (SLB) Search tool is a fully electronic, self-service utility that lets clients search for availability of shortable securities from within Client Portal.
Technology to Help Family Accounts Succeed
Trading Platforms
Powerful enough for the professional trader but designed for everyone. Available on desktop, mobile and web.
Comprehensive Reporting
Real-time trade confirmations, margin details, transaction cost analysis, sophisticated portfolio analysis and more.
Order Types and Algos
100+ order types – from limit orders to complex algorithmic trading – help you execute any trading strategy.
Fractional Trading
Buy or sell almost any US stock using fractional shares, which are stock units that amount to less than one full share, or by placing an order for a specific dollar amount rather than quantity of shares.
Free Trading Tools
Spot market opportunities, analyze results, manage your account and make better decisions with our free trading tools.
API Solutions
Our proprietary API and FIX CTCI solutions let clients create their own automated, rules-based trading system that takes advantage of our high-speed order routing and broad market depth.
Create and Manage Your Complete Portfolio
Interactive Advisors
An actively managed robo-advisor and pioneer in online investing that offers low-cost, diversified portfolios customized for your needs.
Mutual Fund/ETF Replicator
Identify and invest in lower cost ETFs with similar strategies to higher-fee mutual funds.
Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)
ESG scores from Refinitiv give you a new set of tools for making investment decisions based on more than just financial factors.
PortfolioAnalyst
Link investment, banking, checking, incentive plan and credit card accounts into a complete portfolio view to calculate returns, understand risks and measure performance against benchmarks.
A Broker You Can Trust
When placing your money with a broker, you need to make sure your broker is secure and can endure through good and bad times. Our strong capital position, conservative balance sheet and automated risk controls are designed to protect IBKR and our clients from large trading losses.
IBKR
Nasdaq Listed
$8.5B
Equity Capital*
81.5%
Privately Held*
$6.0B
Excess Regulatory Capital*
981K
Client Accounts*
1.83M
Daily Avg Revenue Trades*
IBKR Protection
*Interactive Brokers Group and its affiliates. For additional information view our Investors Relations - Earnings Release section by clicking here.
Family Account Structure
Family Account Structure
The Family Account structure is to be used by a natural person "Head of Family" ("HOF") to manage, for free, the accounts of up to five other family members. The Family Master Account uses a single login to manage a maximum of 15 sub-accounts. The sub-accounts are limited to accounts held by family members or family-held investment vehicles.
- The master account HOF must be a natural person, may not be registered advisors and may not hold themselves out to the public as advisors.
- The HOFs may not charge any fees for managing the accounts of other family members.
A HOF can manage the accounts of up to 5 other family members/investment vehicles and a maximum of 15 sub-accounts.
Account Information
The Family Account structure is distinct from professional advisor account structures that are used by registered investment advisors, investment managers or hedge fund managers. The “Head of Family” (“HOF”) must be a natural person who does not solicit clients or hold himself/herself out to be a financial advisor. Master accounts are provided with administrative functionality to manage up to 15 sub-accounts and cannot receive fees for managing the accounts.
The minimum age for opening a cash account is 18, while the minimum age for opening a margin account is 21.
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.
Please note that monthly activity and other minimum fees may apply.
Open a Family Account
For information regarding your account, contact Interactive Brokers by clicking here.
For information on SIPC coverage on your account, visit www.sipc.org or call SIPC at
(202) 371-8300.
Looking to open an Individual account instead? Click here.
Disclosures
- Many states have requirements that advisors register if they have any paying clients. Some allow advisors to have a de minimis number of paying clients. The rules vary from state to state. For example, Nevada has informed us that it requires that Nevada-domiciled persons be licensed as Investment Advisors to engage in this program per NRS 90.330. You must review the rules of your state and those of your clients to determine if you need to register.
- Average net benefit is calculated using IHS Markit® price improvement and IBKR monthly execution statistics. For more information see ibkr.com/info.