BROKER CUSIP: INTERACTIVE.BROKERS
Interactive Brokers
Multi-asset global broker with deepest API stack and lowest tiered commissions for active traders
QUICK FACTS · TERMINAL DATA LIVE
- Asset coverage
- US Equities · Global Equities · Options · Futures · Forex · Bonds · Mutual Funds · ETFs · Cryptocurrencies
- Regulation
- SEC · FINRA · FCA (UK) · ASIC (Australia) · CIRO (Canada) · MAS (Singapore) · CBI (Ireland)
- Commission
- $0.0035/share tiered (min $0.35) or $0.005/share fixed (min $1.00); $0 IBKR Lite
- Min deposit
- $0 (no minimum)
- Platforms
- TWS (desktop) · IBKR Mobile · IBKR GlobalTrader · Client Portal (web) · IBKR Lite app
- Account types
- Individual · Joint · IRA · Trust · UGMA/UTMA · Corporate · Institutional
- API access
- REST · WebSocket · FIX · Proprietary
- Affiliate
- ✓ YES
- Last updated
- 2026-05-24
FIT PROFILE PROFILED
- Community
- large
▲ Best For
- Active multi-asset traders
- Algo developers
- International traders
- Margin/futures traders
▼ Not Ideal For
- Casual investors (TWS learning curve)
- Pure US-stock-only retail (cheaper niche brokers exist)
Account Plans
IBKR Tiered
$0.0035/share
Min $0.35/order; volume-tiered down to $0.0005/share; exchange fees passed through
IBKR Fixed
$0.005/share
Min $1.00/order; flat per-share commission, all exchange fees included
IBKR Lite
$0/trade
Commission-free US stocks/ETFs (PFOF-routed)
▲ Free Tier · Live data subscriptions sold separately; demo (paper) account is free
Head-to-Head Matchups
Run Interactive Brokers against every other provider — 22 matchups indexed.
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