Can I trade fractional shares in a paper trading account?

Trading fractional shares allows you to invest in companies which you may not be able to afford the full share price. It also makes it easier for you to diversify your portfolio by allowing you to trade fractional amounts in multiple companies when you otherwise may have only been able to trade whole shares in one or two companies…

Fractional trading is enabled by default when you open an IBKR GlobalTrader account. Fractional trading is also supported in the paper trading version of the app.

Please Note…

If your account has been approved for trading fractions and a US, Canadian or European corporate action issues fractional shares, the fractional shares will remain in your account. However, if your account does not have permissions to trade in fractions or the corporate action is issuing non-eligible shares, the fractional shares will be liquidated…

The Base Currency for the paper trading account is taken from the live account and cannot differ. To change the Base Currency in the live account. See: How do I change the Base Currency for my account?…