Online Trading - Why Interactive Brokers?
Why Invest Online with IBKR?
Lower Costs and Higher Revenue
Our transparent, low commissions and financing rates, support for best price execution, and higher interest paid minimize your costs to help you maximize your returns.
Higher Interest Paid
Earn revenue on your idle cash balances automatically. We pay market rate interest on your idle balances. Earn extra income by lending your fully paid shares.
Learn MoreLower Costs
We offer low commissions on stocks, options futures, forex and fixed income worldwide. Margin interest charged is as low as 50bps above market determined overnight rates.
Learn MoreSupport for Best Price Execution
Many brokers trade against your orders or sell them to others to execute who will trade against them. IB SmartRoutingSM continuously searches and reroutes to the best available prices for stocks, options and combinations.
Learn MoreIntegrated Investment Management
Earn, Borrow, Spend and Invest Worldwide from One Account
Open a single IBKR Integrated Investment Account and get the best financial deal without the hassle of having to transfer between accounts. Directly deposit your paycheck and instantly earn high interest, invest in stocks, options, futures, forex and fixed income around the world at low cost and spend when needed with Bill Pay or our Debit Mastercard®. If you have the need to borrow, you can do so at the lowest rates.3
Earn
Earn market rate interest on your idle balances and earn extra income by lending your fully paid shares. Directly deposit your paycheck and instantly earn high interest1.
Learn MoreBorrow
Borrow against your account whenever needed at extremely low, market determined rates.
Learn MoreSpend
Use our Bill Pay to pay any expense. Our Debit Mastercard allows you to make purchases anywhere or automatically pay off your existing credit card each month and maximize your card rewards.
Learn MoreInvest
Invest in stocks, options, futures, forex and fixed income on over 120 global exchanges at low cost2.
Learn MoreYour Gateway to the World's Markets
Direct market access to stocks, options, futures, forex, fixed income, ETFs and CFDs from a single IB Universal Account™.
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31Countries
23Currencies
Access market data 24 hours a day and six days a week to stay connected to all global markets.
Convert currencies at market determined rates as low as 1/10 of a basis point, or create a position collateralized by a non-native currency.
Fund your account in multiple currencies. Trade assets denominated in multiple currencies from a single account.
Trading Technology
Investors' Marketplace
Investors and clients can meet and interact with third-party service providers to connect and conduct business.
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- Individual traders and investors, financial advisors, fund managers and third-party service providers can meet and do business together.
- Search the marketplace and connect to a variety of service providers, including advisors, hedge funds, research analysts, business developers and administrators.
- Advertise your own third-party services to individual and institutional users worldwide.
- Free to advertise and search, the Investors' Marketplace is open to everyone.
Financial Strength and Stability
Our strong capital position, conservative balance sheet and automated risk controls protect IB and our clients from large trading losses.
Interactive Brokers Group (IBG LLC) equity capital exceeds $6 billion1. 18.1% of IBG LLC is owned by the publicly traded company, Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. and the remaining 81.9% is owned by our employees and affiliates.
Unlike other firms, where management owns a small share, we participate substantially in the downside just as much as in the upside which makes us run our business conservatively. We hold no material positions in OTC securities or derivatives. We hold no CDOs, MBS or CDS. The gross amount of our portfolio of debt securities, with the exception of US governments debt securities, is less than 10% of our equity capital.
- Includes Interactive Brokers Group and its affiliates.
Rated #1 - Best Online Broker 2018 and a Top Online Broker3 for Eighth Consecutive Year by Barron's
For 40 years the IB Group4 has been building electronic access trading technology that delivers real advantages to traders, investors and institutions worldwide. Interactive Brokers Group and its affiliates' equity capital exceeds $ 6 billion.5 We are the largest US electronic broker based on daily average revenue trades executing 939,000 trades per day.6 Discover some of the reasons why professional traders and investors choose IBKR.
Margin borrowing is only for sophisticated investors with high risk tolerance.
You may lose more than your initial investment.
- Credit interest rate as of 01/15/2019. USD credit interest is paid on balances over USD 10,000 in securities accounts with Net Asset Value exceeding USD 100,000. For more information, see ibkr.com/interest.
- Barron's estimated a customer's monthly costs at each of the 16 brokers in the 2018 "Best Online Broker" ranking. Interactive Brokers was the lowest cost for the Frequent and Occasional trader. For complete information, click here.
Margin loan rates and credit interest rates are subject to change without prior notice.
BY USING THE INTERACTIVE BROKERS DEBIT MASTERCARD YOU AGREE WITH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE CARDHOLDER AGREEMENT AND FEE SCHEDULE, IF ANY. This card is issued by Metropolitan Commercial Bank (Member FDIC) pursuant to a license from Mastercard International. "Metropolitan Commercial Bank" and "Metropolitan" are registered trademarks of Metropolitan Commercial Bank© 2014.
All interest and borrowing activity is through Interactive Brokers LLC. Please see your customer agreement with Interactive Brokers LLC for further details.
Card program marketed and administered by Interactive Brokers LLC, the Program Manager of the Interactive Brokers Debit Mastercard.
- Interactive Brokers earned top ratings from Barron's for the past eight years with a 4.5 star rating. March 26, 2018, March 20, 2017, March 23, 2016, March 21, 2015, March 17, 2014, March 11, 2013, March 14, 2012 and March 14, 2011 Barron's Best Online Brokers. Criteria included Trading Experience and Technology, Usability, Mobile, Range of Offerings, Research Amenities, Portfolio Analysis & Reports, Customer Service, Education and Security, and Costs. Supporting documentation for claims and statistical information will be provided upon request. Barron's is a registered trademark of Dow Jones & Company, Inc.
- Includes Interactive Brokers Group and predecessor companies.
- Includes Interactive Brokers Group and its affiliates.
- First Quarter 2018 Results