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The Appropriateness Assessment is a regulatory investor protection measure and applies to all our trading permissions, apart from the stock trading permission, that consists of non-complex products.

The Appropriateness Assessment is especially required for trading products with complex features that make it more difficult for a client to understand the product, for example Options, Futures and Leveraged products. …

The Appropriateness Assessment is required by Interactive Brokers to meet regulatory requirements and to help protect our clients.

It is in your interest to provide accurate, complete and up-to-date information for the purpose of Appropriateness Assessment…

Firms are not obliged to perform Appropriateness Assessments on clients categorized as Per se professional. However, generally, it is our policy to Assess Appropriateness for our professional clients too.

Additional Information…

Appropriateness and Suitability assessments are key regulatory investor protection measures. Where a firm will conduct a Suitability or an Appropriateness assessment depends on the services being offered.

Firms that do not provide investment advice, like IBKR, are required to conduct an Appropriateness Assessment on certain products. The Appropriateness Assessment is based on the client’s knowledge and experience relevant to the specific type of financial instrument, investment product or service requested by the client. …