IBKR Fact Sheet

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IBKR Fact Sheet

General

Interactive Brokers Group affiliates provide automated trade execution and custody of securities, commodities and foreign exchange around the clock on over 150 markets in 27 currencies5, from a single integrated platform, to clients from over 200 countries and territories. We service individual investors, hedge funds, proprietary trading groups, financial advisors and introducing brokers. Our four decades of focus on technology and automation have enabled us to equip our clients with a uniquely sophisticated platform to manage their investment portfolios. We strive to provide our clients with advantageous execution prices and trading, risk and portfolio management tools, research facilities and investment products, all at low or no cost, positioning them to achieve superior returns on investments. For the sixth consecutive year, Barron's ranked Interactive Brokers #1 with 5 out of 5 stars in its June 9, 2023, Best Online Brokers Review. 1

  • IBG LLC was founded by its Chairman, Thomas Peterffy. Over the last 47 2 years, it has grown internally to become a major securities firm with equity capital of USD 14.6 billion 3.
  • Interactive Brokers' headquarters is in Greenwich Connecticut, and it has 2,900+ employees in its offices in the United States, Switzerland, Canada, Hong Kong, United Kingdom, Australia, Japan, Hungary, Russia, India, China, Luxembourg, Ireland, Singapore and Estonia. IBKR is regulated by the SEC, FINRA, SFA and other regulatory agencies around the world.
  • IBKR is among the largest electronic brokers based on daily average revenue trades (DARTs) executing 2,412,000 trades per day4.
  • Interactive Brokers Group 2 has consistently been at the forefront of trading innovation, starting with the invention of the first floor-based handheld computer in 1983.
  • Standard & Poor's issues investment grade ratings to both IBG LLC and IB LLC (IBKR).

In what year did you begin brokerage operations?

1993

The original organization was first created as a market maker in 1977

Ending Client Equity (as of 4/1/2024)

USD 465.9 billion

36% higher than prior year and 4% higher than prior month

Equity capital

USD 14.6 billion

Excess regulatory capital

USD 10.2 billion

Number of client accounts (4/1/2024)

2.75 million

25% higher than prior year and 2% higher than prior month

Daily Average Revenue Trades (DARTs) (as of 4/1/2024)

2,412,000

Minimum to open a brokerage account

USD 0.00

Number of market centers worldwide

150

Number of currencies5

27

Account insurance provided over SIPC

Excess SIPC coverage per account: USD 30 million, including USD 900,000 for cash. Excess SIPC coverage cap: USD 150 million.

In addition, for clients who have received the full SIPC protection, the Lloyd's policy provides up to an additional USD 30 million (including USD 900,000 for cash), subject to an aggregate limit of USD 150 million.

Platforms

Trader Workstation

Trader Workstation (TWS) is our flagship platform designed for active traders and investors who trade multiple products and require power and flexibility, TWS includes all of our most advanced algos and trading tools, and offers a library of tool- and asset-based trading layouts for total customization.

See Trader Workstation (TWS)

IBKR Mobile

Our IBKR Mobile smartphone app for iOS and Android makes it easy to trade and monitor your IBKR account on-the-go. It includes many of the same advanced capabilities as our flagship desktop trading platform, such as chart trading and options analysis, and supports trading in all the product types we offer.

See IBKR Mobile

Client Portal

Client Portal is our one-stop, web-based platform to check quotes and place trades, see account balances, P&L and key performance metrics, funding, reporting, and more.

See Client Portal

IBKR GlobalTrader

A simple app for trading global stocks, IBKR GlobalTrader lets you deposit in your local currency and easily trade global stocks from your phone or tablet.

See IBKR GlobalTrader

IMPACT App

A simple app for sustainable investing, IMPACT makes it easy to find and invest in companies that share your values, helping to better align your portfolio with the kind of world you want to create.

See IMPACT App

Tools

Stock and ETF Tools

IBKR GlobalAnalyst

By comparing the prices and financial metrics of global stocks in the same currency, IBKR GlobalAnalyst helps identify new investment opportunities.

See IBKR GlobalAnalyst

Fractional Shares

With the introduction of fractional shares, Interactive Brokers created Cash Quantity Stock Orders, which let clients placer orders in a specific dollar amount instead of specifying the number of shares - eliminating the need to pull out a calculator.

See Fractional Shares

Short Securities Availability

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.

See Short Securities Availability

Mutual Fund/ETF Replicator

Use the Mutual Fund/ETF Replicator to identify and invest in lower cost ETFs with similar strategies to higher-fee mutual funds.

See Mutual Fund/ETF Replicator

Stock Yield Enhancement Program

Earn extra income on the fully-paid shares of stock held in your account by allowing IBKR to borrow shares from you in exchange for cash collateral, and then lend the shares to traders who want to sell them short and are willing to pay interest to borrow them.

See Stock Yield Enhancement Program

Social Sentiment by Social Market Analytics (SMA)

Spot positive and negative changes in investor attitudes with Social Market Analytics' (SMA) patented social sentiment processing technology.

See Social Sentiment

Options Tools

OptionTrader

IBKR's proprietary trading tool for executing speculative trades or building complex, multi-leg orders to hedge a position.

See OptionTrader

Options Portfolio

Options Portfolio continuously and efficiently scours market data for low-cost option strategies to bring a portfolio in line with user-defined objectives for the Greek risk dimensions (Delta, Gamma, Theta and Vega).

See Options Portfolio

Mobile Options Trading

Exercise options wherever you are with our new mobile option exercise tool. Choose a strategy and then simply tap different tiles in the grid to quickly change the legs that are part of the strategy.

See Mobile Options Trading

Options Analytics

Manipulate key option pricing criteria – including price, time and implied volatility – and visualize the impact on premiums.

See Options Analytics

Options Strategy Lab

Generate potentially profitable stock and option combinations, based on your forecast for stock and ETF prices, market volatility and other market variables.

See Options Strategy Lab

Probability Lab

Redefine the price and volatility outlook for an underlying stock or ETF, and identify potentially profitable options strategies, based on that view.

See Probability Lab

Futures Tools

ComboTrader

Create proprietary combination order strategies or choose from multiple templates with pre-defined programs to execute futures trades.

See ComboTrader

SpreadTrader

Seamlessly integrated into Trader Workstation (TWS), SpreadTrader is the single-screen command center for managing futures positions.

See SpreadTrader

Index Arbitrage Meter

Analyze index arbitrage strategies with the Index Arbitrage Meter, our measurement tool that illustrates the spread between futures contracts and their respective spot prices.

See Index Arbitrage Meter

Bond Search Tool

IBKR offers low and fully transparent commissions on bonds, with no mark-up on bond prices, and provides access to a full universe of US government securities, corporate bonds, municipal securities, CDs, and non-US sovereign bonds, plus fixed income futures and fixed income options. This is one of the easiest ways to get pricing on bonds, rather than calling around to various brokerages.

See Bond Search Tool

Mutual Fund Search Tool

The Interactive Brokers Mutual Fund Marketplace provides our clients access to 48,000+ funds worldwide from over 550 fund families. It can be accessed by clients from over 200 countries and territories and includes many prominent fund families, including funds from Allianz, American Funds, BlackRock, Fidelity, Franklin Templeton, Invesco, MFS, PIMCO, Vanguard and many others. Over 19,000 funds are available with no transaction fees.

The Mutual Fund Search Tool can be used to identify funds by your country of residence, commission charged, fund type or fund family.

See Mutual Fund Search Tool

Portfolio Management Tools

PortfolioAnalyst

PortfolioAnalyst is a robust performance reporting tool that lets you see the performance of all your financial accounts in one place on any desktop or mobile device. You can quickly link your investment, checking, savings, annuity, incentive plan and credit card accounts held at almost any financial institution. You can see summary values at a glance for each individual financial institution or consolidated across all financial institutions and different time periods, including current and prior balances, return percentage, and percent change in value. The tool also lets you drill down to view positions and transactions by account or by asset class.

PortfolioAnalyst is also available as a standalone product for non-clients. Standalone PortfolioAnalyst is also free. The tools show how much money people could potentially save or earn if they had an Interactive Brokers account.

See PortfolioAnalyst

Portfolio Checkup

Portfolio Checkup is an easy-to-use online portfolio analysis tool that provides people with a single page analysis of their current financial situation. This tool is also free for clients and non-clients.

With Portfolio Checkup, investors can:

  • Measure performance against 230 industry benchmarks or their custom benchmarks and toggle between money and time weighted returns with the click of a mouse.
  • Use risk metrics such as max drawdown, peak-to-valley, Sharpe ratio and standard deviation to understand at a glance their portfolio's risks relative to returns.
  • Understand their portfolio exposure by geography, sector and asset class.
See Portfolio Checkup

Mutual Fund / ETF Parser

Also part of the PortfolioAnalysis tool, Mutual Fund / ETF Parser categorizes the individual components of stocks within mutual funds and exchange traded funds. This lets investors get an accurate, granular picture of their overall exposure to asset classes, industry sectors, and companies.

See Mutual Fund / ETF Parser

Sustainable Investing

IMPACT App

A simple app for sustainable investing, IMPACT makes it easy to find and invest in companies that share your values, helping to better align your portfolio with the kind of world you want to create.

See IMPACT App

Carbon Offsets

Available in the IMPACT app, investors can use the Carbon Offsets tool to select from either greenhouse-gas emitting activities related to household, transportation and food, or enter a specific amount of carbon to offset in dollars or tons. Interactive Brokers seamlessly sources and retires the Carbon Credits at the appropriate agencies enabling investors to reduce their carbon footprints, while achieving broader sustainability goals

See IMPACT App

Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)

ESG scores from Refinitiv give you and your clients a new set of tools for making investment decisions based on more than just financial factors.

See Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)

Impact Dashboard

Use the Impact Dashboard to identify and invest in companies that share the values held by your clients.

See Impact Dashboard

API Solutions

Our proprietary API and FIX CTCI solutions let institutions create their own automated, rules-based trading system that takes advantage of our high-speed order routing and broad market depth.

See API Solutions

Order Types and Algos Tools

Order Types and Algos

100+ order types – from limit orders to complex algorithmic trading – help you execute any trading strategy.

See Order Types and Algos

Accumulate/Distribute

The Accumulate/Distribute algo can help you to achieve the best price for a large volume order without being noticed in the market, and can be set up for high frequency trading.

See Accumulate/Distribute

IB Risk Navigator

The Risk Navigator is a real-time market-risk management platform that provides a comprehensive measure of risk exposure across multiple asset classes around the globe.

See IB Risk Navigator

Model Portfolios

Advisors can use a more organized approach to investing client assets with Model Portfolios. Construct a custom portfolio of financial instruments, and then trade this model on behalf of your clients.

See Model Portfolios

IBot

IBot is an Artificial Intelligence-powered resource that provides access to a wide spectrum of information, account data and trading tools. With IBot you can speak or type plain English commands to:

  • trade stocks, options, futures, currencies and bonds
  • get quick account information and manage your account
  • get detailed quotes, run advanced scanners, see charts and fundamentals
  • get fast answers to common issues and questions that previously had to be answered by Client Services

IBot can respond to:

  • Plot SPY
  • What's my P&L
  • Chart AAPL vs MSFT
  • Show my filled orders
  • Buy 300 shares of IBKR
  • Show top tech companies by volume
  • and much more

Available within Trader Workstation, Client Portal and IBKR Mobile.

See IBot
Disclosures
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  2. Includes Interactive Brokers Group and predecessor companies.
  3. Includes Interactive Brokers Group and its affiliates.
  4. Based on the latest Interactive Brokers Group Brokerage Metrics report.
  5. Available currencies vary by Interactive Brokers affiliate. Learn more.

  • Non-US products are available at equivalent low rates.
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