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May 20, 2013
The Exchanges' Memorial Day Holiday Schedule.
mobileTWS for Android tablets now supports BookTrader Mobile Trading May 16, 2013
mobileTWS for Android tablet now supports trading via the BookTrader trading tool, as well as viewing option chains and creating combination orders directly from the option chain screen by simply tapping the desired options to add legs. For more information about mobileTWS, visit our Mobile Trading pages.
IB rated #1 Online Broker by Barron's for the second year in a row Barron's March 11, 2013
Interactive Brokers was awarded top honors in Barron's 18th annual ranking of the Best Online Brokers, securing the #1 spot for the second year in a row. In addition to taking top honors overall, IB was named "Best for Frequent Traders", "Best for International Traders" and "Best for Options Traders" in this year's review. Barron’s columnist and operator of the Best Online Brokers annual ranking, Theresa W. Carey, noted IB "offers superb trading technology, improved portfolio analysis, and enhanced educational offerings," adding "the firm's mobile application, Trading Assistant, alerts you to market opportunities around the world, in real time."
Interactive Brokers Leads Industry in Percentage of Profitable Customer Forex Accounts Forex Product Highlights February 7, 2013
Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. (NASDAQ GS: IBKR) was recently ranked as the leading forex broker by percentage of profitable customer forex accounts according to a composite Forex Broker Comparison produced by the website Forex Magnates.

The comparison was comprised of data from 11 of the largest forex broker performance reports as submitted individually to the regulator, the National Futures Association (NFA), for the fourth quarter of 2012. The comparison is as follows and can also be found at http://forexmagnates.com/q4-2012-forex-traders-profitability-report-us-forex-market-keeps-losing-brokers-and-accounts/. There is a substantial risk of loss in foreign exchange trading. Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results.


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March 26, 2013
The Exchanges' Good Friday Holiday Schedule.
IB Wins Best Broker-Dealer for both Options and Futures at the WSL 2013 Institutional Trading Awards Awards February 28, 2013
Interactive Brokers was awarded Best broker dealer – options and Best broker dealer – futures at the Wall Street Letter 2013 Institutional Trading Awards. The Awards recognize excellence among providers to the institutional trading industry. The Wall Street Letter appoints a panel of independent judges to determine winners, "based on the level of innovation and client satisfaction applicants illustrate."

To view the 2013 Awards Winners, please click here.
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February 11, 2013
The Exchanges' President's Day Holiday Schedule.
IB Ranked #1 for Execution Quality for US Stock and US Option Trades SmartRouting January 29, 2013
IB executions continue to outperform the industry. Based on independent measurements, the Transaction Auditing Group, Inc. (TAG), a third-party provider of transaction analysis, has determined that during the second half of 2012:
  • Interactive Brokers' US stock executions (for all market orders of 100 shares or more up to 10,000 shares) showed price improvement of 41 cents per 100 shares better than the industry as a whole.1
  • Interactive Brokers' US option executions (included all market orders for all order sizes and exchange rebates received by customers under IB's cost-plus pricing structure) showed price improvement of 24 cents per contract better than the industry as a whole.1
In addition, we were ranked top broker in terms of execution performance. Take a look at our multi-broker TAG scorecard that compares IB price execution with five leading brokers.
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January 14, 2013
The Exchanges' Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Schedule

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