Stocks and ETFs Product Highlights


Trade stocks and Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) worldwide from a single direct access account.


Breadth of Product
  • Trade stocks and ETFs on over 30 market centers worldwide, from a single screen.
  • Electronic short list shows real-time availability.
  • Notify stock borrowing group to reserve short inventory
  • TWS Shortable column lets you know if and how much stock is available to short.
  • ETFs available for a wide range of equity and bond indices.

ETFs vs Mutual Funds
Attribute
ETFs
Mutual Funds
Diversification
Continuous pricing
Sell short
Buy on margin
Stop and limit orders
Lower expense ratios some
Tax Efficient some
Premier 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.
  • Support for over 40 different order types that limit risk, speed execution, improve price, use discretion, time the market and simplify trading.
  • Specialized stock trading modules such as the Accumulate/Distribute algo and ISW (Integrated Stock Window) help achieve best execution on large volume orders, and provide quick access and comprehensive stock order management.
  • Real-time TWS technical, fundamental and price/risk analysis tools.
  • Sophisticated stock algos on multiple destinations are seamlessly integrated into the TWS order management interface.

Lower Cost
  • $0.005 per US share all-in. No ticket charge, $1 minimum per order. Non-US commissions at comparable rates.
  • An alternative “cost plus” pricing structure is also available to save volume traders additional cost.
  • IB SmartRoutingSM searches for the best price available at the time of your order, and unlike other routers, dynamically routes and re-routes all or parts of your order to achieve optimal execution.

 

 




 

 

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