Trade Execution Services



For over 30 years, Interactive Brokers has been at the forefront of trading technology innovation. Successful traders understand that superior technology can result in greater returns. Consider the following benefits of executing your trades with Interactive Brokers:

Globality
  • Direct access to stocks, options, futures, forex, bonds, and funds on over 80 market destinations in 17 countries from a single screen.
Best Trade Execution
  • IB SmartRoutingSM is designed to search for the best price available at the time of your order, and unlike other routers, dynamically route and re-route all or parts of your order to achieve optimal execution. Based on independent measurements, the Transaction Auditing Group, Inc., (TAG), a third-party provider of transaction analysis, has determined that Interactive Brokers US Stock Price Improvement is 53 cents per 100 shares better, and US Options Price Improvement is 22 cents per contract better*.
  • IB independently routes US stock, option and futures spread order legs to the best possible venue or natively routes your combination seeking price improvement, with IB undertaking the risk of partially executed orders.
  • IB SmartRouting AutorecoverySM re-routes your options orders in the case of an exchange malfunction, with IB undertaking the risk of double executions.
  • Trade Desk available to assist with large block trades.
Cost
  • IB has automated every aspect of the trade process in-house, enabling us to offer ultra low commissions.
Trading Technology
  • Market-maker designed Trader Workstation (TWS) optimizes your trading speed with a single multi-product spreadsheet interface offering real-time streaming quotes and quick click order entry.
  • Simple, direct connection to our trading system, through the TWS APIs or using our CTCI FIX interface.
  • Customized order entry modules designed to meet specific trading needs such as options, forex, spread and basket trading.
  • Support for over 50 order types and trading algorithms.

Interactive Brokers LLC is a member of FINRA - SIPC.
*Source: The Transaction Auditing Group (TAG) for marketable equity option and stock orders submitted January - June 2009.