Refer a friend and you earn $200 while your friend can receive up to $1,000 in free IBKR stock. This page provides an overview of the Refer a Friend Program. See the links at the bottom of the page for additional details…
IBKR’s Refer a Friend Program lets you share a link with a friend to open an account, and in return you receive a $200 bonus for each eligible referral. Referrers can receive up to 15 flat fee bonuses a year and 30 for life. …
Participation in the Refer a Friend program is limited to IBKR clients with an individual or joint account that has a net liquidation value (NLV) of at least $2,000 and has placed at least one securities trade in their account.
Residents of mainland China, Denmark, Israel, Japan, Poland, Portugal, and Spain are not eligible to participate in the program. Residents of Australia, Canada and India are eligible to participate as referrers and receive the $200 referral bonus, but are ineligible to earn IBKR Welcome Shares. Tax-deferred (ISA, TFSA, and IRA) accounts are ineligible for both the referral bonus and awarding of Interactive Brokers stock. In addition, Financial Advisors, Hedge Funds, and Institutional accounts, including introducing broker and proprietary trading accounts are ineligible for the program. More geographic restrictions may apply…
In order to qualify as a referral, the client must use the unique application link in the referral invitation to open the account. Unfortunately, you cannot join the program as a referred client after opening an account.
If you have not yet funded your account, you can try again by closing the existing account and opening a new account with the referral link. Please note, it is not a guarantee that your new account will be eligible for the referral program as our systems may detect previous account applications. The referral program is for new clients only…