Proprietary Trading Group

Proprietary Trading Groups

Trade, clear and report on over 160 market centers worldwide.

Professional Pricing Securities Financing Global Markets Innovative Technology IBKR OMS Reporting and Analytics Account Structure Open Account

The IBKR Advantage

Authorize multiple traders to enter orders from a single account.
Configure sub-accounts and limits for different traders and strategies.
Low margin rates, with rates as low as 4.83%.*
Deep stock availability, transparent stock loan rates, global reach, dedicated support and automated tools to simplify the financing process.
Single, seamless platform with integrated OMS/EMS.

Professional Pricing - Maximize Your Returns

IBKR offers low trading fees¹ 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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Margin rates up to 53% lower than the industry.²

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Earn interest rates of up to USD 3.83% on instantly available cash.³

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Earn extra income on your lendable shares.

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Low trading fees according to BrokerChooser Online Broker Survey 2025: Read the full article Online Broker Reviews, February 2025. "Interactive Brokers has low trading fees and the best margin rates in the industry. IB currently pays interest (up to 3.83% for USD) on cash balances if you have a $100k account (net asset value)."
For complete information, see our margin rate comparison
Restrictions apply. See additional information on interest rates. Credit interest rate as of April 2, 2025.

Securities Financing

IBKR combines deep stock availability, transparent stock loan rates, global reach, dedicated support and automated tools to simplify the financing process and allow you to focus on executing your strategies.

Securities Lending Dashboard

Our Securities Lending Dashboard is powered by complimentary and premium security lending analytics from Orbisa, a leading securities lending market data provider. Use daily short sale data on thousands of securities worldwide to generate trade ideas, gauge short sentiment and evaluate your portfolio from a different angle.

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Depth of Availability

IBKR's depth of availability helps with locating hard to borrow securities while protecting against buy-ins and recalls. Shares available for shorting can be viewed in real-time on Trader Workstation (TWS) by adding the Shortable Shares and Fee Rate columns to your display.

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Transparent, Competitive Loan and Borrow Rates

IBKR uses automated price discovery to bring transparency, reliability and efficiency to the stock loan and borrow markets. A combination of sources is used to develop our indicative rates, which are displayed along with security availability in our automated securities financing tools.

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Stock Yield Enhancement Program

Increase investment returns by lending fully paid and/or excess margin stock.*
Optimize lending of your hard to borrow assets by earning a market-based loan rate.
Trade your loaned stock with no restrictions. You can sell your shares at any time.

* Lending fully paid shares can increase your overall return on investment but does not guarantee that your investment will be profitable.

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Automated Tools

IBKR offers clients a variety of stock loan and borrowing tools, including:

Pre-borrow program to secure borrow on trade date to increase certainty of hard-to-borrow settlement.
Borrow Fee History: Analyze borrow fees going back as far as 3 years.
Utilization – Borrow Demand Metric: Enables you to quickly isolate valuable-to-lend stock.

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The Securities Finance Desk

24/5 access to traders located in North America, Europe and Asia.
Submit locate requests and receive market color
Custom facilitation of multi-leg spread trades
Special situation margin financing
Securities Lending market commentary is available on Trader’s Insight from IBKR traders, Orbisa and S&P Global

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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Explore Our Global Offering

IBKR GlobalAnalyst

IBKR GlobalAnalyst is designed for investors who are interested in international portfolio diversification. It helps you find new opportunities to diversify your portfolio and discover undervalued companies that may have greater growth potential.

Bond Marketplace

IBKR has no mark-ups or built-in spreads and offers low and fully transparent commissions on bonds. Access a vast universe of more than 1 million bonds and trade US Treasuries around the clock five days per week.

Mutual Fund Marketplace

The Mutual Fund Marketplace offers an extensive availability of mutual funds from around the world. Use our Mutual Fund Search Tool to search funds from more than 500 fund families and filter funds by country, fund family, transaction fee or fund type.

Short Securities Availability

The Shortable Instruments (SLB) Search tool is a fully electronic, self-service utility that lets clients search for availability of shortable securities. Shortable availability and borrow fees are broadcast in real-time on Trader Workstation (TWS), IBKR Desktop, the Client Portal, FTP files and API data feeds.

Overnight Trading Hours

Trade select US stocks and ETFs around the clock, five days per week. Access US stocks and ETFs when market-moving news happens and trade during Asian market hours or whenever it is convenient for you.¹

Any discussion or mention of an ETF is not to be construed as recommendation, promotion or solicitation. All investors should review and consider associated investment risks, charges and expenses of the investment company or fund prior to investing. Before acting on this material, you should consider whether it is suitable for your particular circumstances and, as necessary, seek professional advice.

Leverage Technology Built to Help You Get Ahead

Trading Platforms

Powerful, award-winning trading platforms and tools for managing client assets. Available on desktop, mobile, web and API.

Order Types and Algos

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

API Solutions

Use our API solutions to build your own trading applications, obtain market and chart data and view IBKR account detail.

Advanced Trading Tools

Spot market opportunities, analyze results, manage your account and make informed decisions with our free advanced 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.

IBKR OMS: Your Complete One-Stop Solution

Our IBKR OMS software integrates with our award-winning EMS, the IBKR Trader Workstation (TWS).

This one-stop solution is perfect for institutions looking to reduce costs and improve productivity with a fully integrated OMS/EMS setup. Order management, trading, research and risk management, operations, reporting, compliance tools, clearing and execution – all are available as part of our complete platform. The IBKR OMS offers a robust and customizable order management platform that you can use within your current multi-broker setup. Route orders to your existing execution providers, and allocate pre- or post-trade to multiple custodians using the IBKR OMS platform. With over 40 years of industry experience, we can easily configure our robust technology to fit the complex needs of your business.

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Reporting & Analytics

Powerful Reporting Solutions

Easy to view and customize, our statements and reports cover all aspects of your Interactive Brokers account.

Statements

Run and customize activity statements to view detailed information about your account activity, including positions, cash balances, transactions, and more.

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Flex Queries

Create statement templates called Flex Queries, which let you customize your activity data at the most granular level and download in XML or text format.

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Downloadable Statements

Save your statements in PDF or Excel format, or download them to a variety of third-party formats such as Quicken, Tradelog or CapTools.

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Daily Margin Reports

Daily margin reports detail requirements by underlying.

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Transaction Cost Analysis (TCA)

TCA tracks the quality of your orders' transaction prices versus market conditions either at the time the orders were submitted or after the trade executes.

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Tax Optimizer

Tax Optimizer lets you change your tax lot-matching method to optimize your gains and losses.

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Organization Account Structure

A single trading account with one or more users.
Interactive Brokers offers Proprietary Trading Group accounts for corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies, and unincorporated legal structures.

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Trading Account

Account Information

Multiple users can view and modify other traders' activity.

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. See all available countries.

Link to Administrators for the purpose of providing administrative services such as reporting. Shop for registered Administrators at the Administrator Marketplace.

Please note that monthly activity and other minimum fees may apply.

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Separate Trading Limit Account Structure

Multiple, linked accounts all in the name of a single entity. Assets in all accounts are owned by the entity account holder. Each account has its own trading limits and can have its own trading strategy.
Interactive Brokers offers Proprietary Trading Group accounts for corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies, and unincorporated legal structures.

Supervisory User
Supervisory User
Supervisory User

Master Trading Account
1. Sub Account
  1. Sub User
2. Sub Account
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3. Sub Account
  1. Sub User

Account Information

Master, sub accounts and users are part of the same legal entity.

Funds are deposited in the master account and transferred between the master and sub accounts to control individual trader limits.

Initial margining is determined for each individual account, while maintenance margining is determined at a consolidated account level.

Master users can set trading limits on individual sub accounts based on order size and value.

Link to Administrators for the purpose of providing administrative services such as reporting to your sub accounts. Shop for registered Administrators at the Administrator Marketplace.

Please note that monthly activity and other minimum fees may apply.

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Open a Proprietary Trader Account

Our Proprietary Trading Group accounts let corporations and trading organizations authorize multiple traders to enter orders in a single account, or set up individual accounts for traders, or strategies with separate credit limits.

We offer two types of Proprietary Trading Group account structures. Both account types provide institutions with the flexibility of trade execution, clearing and prime broker services all within the same account.

For information on SIPC coverage on your account, visit www.sipc.org or call SIPC at (202) 371-8300.

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Disclosures

According to StockBrokers.com Interactive Brokers Review: Read the full article Online Broker Reviews, January 29, 2025. "Interactive Brokers continues to lead with unbeatable margin rates, a significant advantage for active and professional traders." View our margin rates for more information.
Low trading fees according to BrokerChooser Online Broker Survey 2025: Read the full article Online Broker Reviews, February 2025. "Interactive Brokers has low trading fees and the best margin rates in the industry. IB currently pays interest (up to 3.83% for USD) on cash balances if you have a $100k account (net asset value)."
Restrictions apply. See additional information on interest rates. Credit interest rate as of April 2, 2025.
For complete information, see our margin rate comparison
Available currencies vary by Interactive Brokers affiliate.
Any discussion or mention of an ETF is not to be construed as a recommendation, promotion or solicitation. All investors should review and consider associated investment risks, charges and expenses of the investment company or fund prior to investing. Before acting on this material, you should consider whether it is suitable for your particular circumstances and, as necessary, seek professional advice.

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