IBKR Lite offers free streaming market data for U.S. listed NMS stocks and ETFs from Cboe One. Cboe One includes BATS, BYX, EDGEA and DRCTEDGE which are within 1% of the National Best Bid and Offer (NBBO) 96.8% of the time, on average.

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IBKR pays credit interest on positive settled cash balances and charges debit or margin interest on negative settled cash balances in securities accounts for each currency held. The interest rates and calculations depend on several factors:

Account Type and Net Asset Value (NAV):…

Interest can be charged to accounts for a few reasons, but it is most commonly charged when you are borrowing funds from IBKR. This is typically associated with carrying a debit settled cash balance. However, customers should also note that carrying a large credit balance in certain currencies may also be subject to paying credit interest fees due to the negative benchmark rates currently imposed by several central banking systems. Our current rates, including the applicable benchmarks, are available on the…

CHANGE PRICING STRUCTURE

Use the button above or follow the below procedure to review and/or change your commission election:…

Clients may select between Fixed Rate Pricing and Tiered Pricing for a number of asset classes.

• The Fixed Rate schedule offers a fixed rate low commission per share or as a percent of trade value. With some exceptions, such as US stock transaction fees, the Fixed Rate pricing schedule will include all external costs…

Background

In determining the interest that account holders are paid on cash credit balances and charged on debit balances, each currency is assigned to our Reference Benchmark rate. Our Reference Benchmark rate is determined from short-term market rates but capped above/below widely used external reference rates or, where appropriate, bank deposit rates. This page explains how our Reference Benchmark rates are determined…

IBKR offers competitive commissions on spot currency trades and conversions, starting at 0.20 basis point * trade value, with a minimum of 2.00 USD (or USD currency equivalent) per order.

Commissions for spot currency trades are calculated off the trade value in terms of the second currency of the pair and then converted and charged to the base currency of the account…

Margin interest at Interactive Brokers (IBKR) is calculated and charged as follows:

Calculation Method…

CONFIGURE IBKR PRICING PLAN…

We currently offer a Tiered pricing commission structure for select European and Asian exchanges. Clients may take advantage of reduced commissions based on the volume traded on a monthly basis across eligible exchanges.

European Tiered Commission…

IBKR Lite is generally offered to direct US clients and any US client of an independent Advisor, including both Cash and Margin type accounts.  Direct accounts must be natural persons (i.e. cannot be Legal Entity, Org, etc.).  For standalone trust accounts, all trustees/beneficiaries on the account must be natural persons.  For trust accounts that are under an advisor, the trustees/beneficiaries may be legal entities…

IBKR calculates and pays interest on cash balances in accounts as follows:

Interest Eligibility and Rates:…

Negative Month-to-Date (MTD) interest can appear in your account for several reasons, primarily related to borrowing money or having negative cash balances. Here is a detailed explanation of why this occurs and how to understand it:

Causes of Negative MTD Interest…

Clients may select from a Fixed or Tiered commissions pricing structure. In most regions, the Tiered commission structure will allow a client to take advantage of lower commission rates as their monthly trade volume increases.

Eligible clients can choose the IBKR Lite offering, which features unlimited free-commission trading on US exchange-listed stocks and ETFs. See:…