In accordance with regulatory requirements, IBKR no longer offers delayed quotation information on U.S. equities to Interactive Brokers LLC clients including equity securities for major stock exchanges such as NYSE and NASDAQ. Clients previously receiving delayed quotes will no longer see a price in either of the Bid, Ask, or Midpoint fields of a quote line unless they elect to subscribe to one of the various fee-based services from Client Portal.
The most common service for Non-Professionals is the U.S. Securities Snapshot and Futures Value Bundle with many also electing the U.S. Equity and Options Add-On Streaming Bundle for continuous stock and option quotes.
The most common service for Professionals is the Professional U.S. Securities Snapshot Bundle with many also electing the U.S. Equity and Options Add-On Streaming Bundle for continuous stock and option quotes.
Other important points:
- While submitting orders without a data source is not recommended, you are not obligated to subscribe to data through IBKR and may elect to obtain data elsewhere;
- The execution of your orders will not be impacted should you elect not to subscribe to data as orders are routed based on a real-time feed.
- The Net Liquidating Value of your account within the Account Window and the unrealized gain/loss on your positions will continue to be calculated using real time quotes.
- Paper and free trial accounts will continue receiving free delayed quotes on US stocks.
More information on market data subscriptions can be found on our website.
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