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Traders and Investors

IBKR is your Gateway to the World's Markets

The IBKR Advantage

  • The lowest investment loan rates, with rates as low as 5.58%*.
  • Our Stock Yield Enhancement Program lets you earn extra income on the fully-paid shares of stock held in your account.
  • Our Cash Yield Enhancement Program lets you earn extra income on instantly available cash balances.1
  • Invest in stocks, options, futures, currencies, bonds, funds and more across 150 markets in 33 countries from a single unified platform.
  • Powerful trading technology and advanced trading tools help you create and execute your trading strategies with ease from virtually any desktop or mobile device.
  1. Restrictions apply. For additional information on cash enhancement program click here.

Low Costs*

  • IBKR offers the lowest commissions and access to stocks, options, futures, currencies, bonds and funds from a single unified platform. If an exchange provides a rebate, we pass some or all of the savings directly back to you.*

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  • IBKR BestXTM is a powerful suite of advanced trading technologies designed to help clients achieve best execution and maximize price improvement while minimizing market impact.

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  • Investment loan rates up to 50% lower than the industry1

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  • Earn extra income on your lendable shares.

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  • Earn up to 4.08% on instantly available USD cash or 2.154% on EUR cash.2

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*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.

  1. View our investment loan rates for more information.
  2. Restrictions apply. For additional information on cash enhancement program click here.

Discover a World of Opportunities


Invest globally in stocks, options, futures, currencies, bonds and funds from a single unified platform. 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.

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*Available currencies vary by Interactive Brokers affiliate.

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Technology to Help Individual Investors and Traders 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 any eligible US or European stocks/ETFs 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.

Free Account Tools

Manage taxes and corporate actions, learn about T+1 settlement and trade allocations, and read about additional tools and services available to clients.

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.

Create and Manage Your Complete Portfolio

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 and your clients 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.

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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

$12.2B

Equity Capital*

75.5%

Privately Held*

$9.0B

Excess Regulatory Capital*

2.20M

Client Accounts*

2.05M

Daily Avg Revenue Trades*


IBKR Protection
IBKR Broker You Can Trust

*Interactive Brokers Group and its affiliates. For additional information view our Investors Relations - Earnings Release section by clicking here.

Investors' Marketplace

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The Investors' Marketplace lets individual traders and investors, institutions and third-party service providers meet and do business together.

Search for and do business with multiple advisors, brokers, and wealth managers. Accredited investors and qualified purchasers can search for and invest with hedge funds.

  • Advertise your services at no cost and reach individual and institutional users worldwide.
  • Locate third-party vendors offering API and FIX CTCI solutions.
IBKR Campus

Traders' Academy

Webinars

Traders' Insight

Podcasts

Quant Blog

Student Trading Lab

On-Demand Educational Resources at Interactive Brokers

Even the most experienced traders or investors need to keep learning to stay ahead. Interactive Brokers provides several resources to help you better understand IBKR products and services, markets and technology.

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Rated #1 - Best Online Broker 2020 and a Top Online Broker for Ten Consecutive Years by Barron's

For 44 years the IB Group has been building electronic access trading technology that delivers real advantages to traders, investors and institutions worldwide. Interactive Brokers Group and its affiliates' equity capital exceeds $12.2 billion. We are one of the largest US electronic brokers based on daily average revenue trades executing 1,765,000 trades per day. Discover some of the reasons why professional traders and investors choose IBKR.

2020 Winner

4.5 out of 5 stars Overall
#1 for "Commissions & Fees
#1 for "Offering of Investments
#1 for "International Trading
#1 for "Professional Trading

2020 Winner

Rated Best Broker for Low-Cost Investing.
Rated Best Broker for Stock Trading Platform and Research (tie).

2020 Winner

4.4 out of 5 stars Overall
Best Online Broker for International Trading
Best Online Broker for Advanced Traders

Individual and Joint Account Structures


Account Types: Traders or Investors
  • INDIVIDUAL: Account owned and used by a single person.
  • JOINT: Account owned and used by two people.

Add up to five optional Power of Attorney users.

Account Information

We offer many client account structures that are designed to meet the specific needs of individual traders and investors, including Individual and Joint accounts.

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

Open an Individual or Joint Account

For information regarding your account, contact Interactive Brokers by clicking here.

Looking to open a Family Advisor account instead? Click here.