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Hedge Fund Outperformance

IBKR Hedge Fund Clients Outperformed the Market in 2025

A prime brokerage platform designed for performance-driven hedge funds.

IBKR Hedge Fund Clients

S&P 500 Index

Outperformed the S&P 500

IBKR Hedge Fund Clients

28.91%

2025 Average Return

S&P 500 Index

17.9%

2025 Return

preqin 2025 award

Preqin Ranked IBKR a Top Prime Broker

  • #1 Prime Broker for Hedge Funds with AUM < $50 million
  • #4 Prime Broker Overall

IBKR is Preqin's #1 prime broker for Hedge Funds with AUM up to $50 million and one of the fastest-growing prime brokers for the fourth consecutive year among all Hedge Funds.

Cost Efficiency That Compounds

Low commissions, transparent loan and borrow rates, and efficient securities lending reduce structural drag on performance.

Tiered, Institutional Pricing

Stock/ETF commissions from
USD 0.0005 - 0.0035 per share

Options commissions from
USD 0.15 - 0.65 per contract

Financing and Securities Lending

Margin rates as low as
USD 4.14%

Integrated securities lending and borrowing with transparent short availability and borrow rates, supporting short selling and portfolio financing

Execution and Trading Technology

Institutional Trading Platforms
Built for Active Funds

Professional trading platforms, advanced order types, APIs, and institutional tools designed to support complex strategies, execution control, and disciplined risk management across global markets.

Hedge Fund Platforms

Best Execution Through Smart Routing

IBKR SmartRoutingSM dynamically seeks the best available prices across multiple venues, helping minimize market impact and support best execution across asset classes and regions.

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Trading Platforms

Financial Strength

A Prime Broker You Can Trust

IBKR’s automated, real-time risk management, conservative capital structure, and long operating history matter to funds managing leverage and client capital. Strong controls reduce counterparty and operational risk while enabling scale.

IBKR at a Glance

Trusted by over

4 Million

clients worldwide

Executing more than

3.5 Million

trades daily

Nasdaq-listed

IBKR

Member of the

S&P500

Client assets over

$750 Billion

Total Equity

$19.5 Billion

Over

$5 Million

in account protection coverage for uninvested cash4

Nearly

50 Years

of Innovation

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Disclosures

  1. Supporting documentation for any claims and statistical information will be provided upon request.
  2. For complete information, see our margin rate comparison.
  3. US Spot Gold is only available to legal residents of the United States. US Spot Gold is not available to legal residents of Arizona, Montana, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island.
  4. Interactive Brokers Group and its affiliates. For additional information view our Investor Relations - Earnings Release section.
  5. Participation in the Insured Bank Deposit Sweep Program required; restrictions apply.
  • Past performance is not indicative of future results. Returns shown are based on aggregate data for Interactive Brokers accounts meeting minimum thresholds as of January 1, 2025 ($50,000 for individual accounts and $1,000,000 for hedge fund accounts). Results may vary significantly among clients. Comparisons to the S&P 500 are for informational purposes only. Investing involves risk, including the potential loss of principal.