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Low Cost

Experience Professional Pricing4

  • Low commissions starting at $06 with no added spreads, ticket charges, platform fees, or account minimums.
  • 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.
  • Margin rates up to 49% lower than the industry.7
  • Earn high interest rates of up to USD 4.83% on instantly available cash.3
  • Earn extra income on your lendable shares
Learn More About IBKR

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.

150

Markets

34

Countries

27

Currencies8


Global Markets

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Map Locations
Local Time: Open Closed

NYSE : Closed | LSE : Open | HKSE : Closed

IBKR Desktop interface on a laptop

Powerful Trading Platforms
To Help You Succeed

Award winning platforms for every investor from beginner to advanced on mobile, web and desktop.

Trading Platforms

Discover new investment opportunities with over 200 free and premium research and news providers.

Research and News

Spot market opportunities, analyze results, manage your account and make better decisions with our free trading tools.

Free Trading Tools

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

Order Types and Algos

Real-time trade confirmations, margin specifics, transaction cost evaluation, advanced portfolio assessment and beyond.

Comprehensive Reporting

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

$15.2B

Equity Capital9

74.3%

Privately Held9

$10.9B

Excess Regulatory Capital9

2.92M

Client Accounts9

2.39M

Daily Avg Revenue Trades9


IBKR Protection
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Choose the Best Account Type for You

Individual Accounts Individual Accounts

Joint and Trust Accounts Joint or Trust Accounts

Retirement Accounts Retirement Accounts

Non-Professional Advisor Non-Professional Advisor

Institutional Accounts Institutional Accounts

Step 1

Complete the Application

It only takes a few minutes

Step 2

Fund Your Account

Connect your bank or
transfer an account

Step 3

Get Started Trading

Take your investing to
the next level

FINRA BrokerCheck reports for Interactive Brokers and its investment professionals are available at https://ibkrmarkets.com/

  1. Interactive Brokers LLC is a CFTC-registered Futures Commission Merchant and a clearing member and affiliate of ForecastEx LLC (“ForecastEx”). ForecastEx is a CFTC-registered Designated Contract Market and Derivatives Clearing Organization. Interactive Brokers LLC provides access to ForecastEx forecast contracts for eligible customers. Interactive Brokers LLC does not make recommendations with respect to any products available on its platform, including those offered by ForecastEx.
  2. Incentive coupon subject to variation with benchmark rates.
  3. Restrictions apply. See additional information on interest rates. Credit interest rate as of August 8, 2024.
  4. Lowest Cost Broker according to StockBrokers.com Online Broker Survey 2023: Read the full article Online Broker Reviews, May 18, 2023. "Because Interactive Brokers' core clientele are professional traders and institutional investors (e.g., hedge funds), it is crucial to provide the lowest commissions schedule available. In our rigorous assessment, there is no question Interactive Brokers delivers."
  5. Restrictions apply. Annual Percentage Rate (APR) on USD margin loan balances for IBKR Pro as of August 8, 2024. Interactive Brokers calculates the interest charged on margin loans using the applicable rates for each interest rate tier listed on its website. Learn more about margin loan rates.
  6. IBKR Lite provides commission-free trades in US exchange-listed stocks and ETFs. For complete information, see ibkr.com/commissions.
  7. For complete information, see ibkr.com/compare.
  8. Available currencies vary by Interactive Brokers affiliate.
  9. Interactive Brokers Group and its affiliates. For additional information view our Investors Relations - Earnings Release section by clicking here.
  10. Interactive Brokers LLC rating by Standard & Poor's. View report