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Interactive Brokers offers traders many advantages in its products, services, technology and trading tools. This page provides access to a series of brief highlights of all of our offerings. Learn more by selecting a category below, then opening specific pages of interest.

Trading Platform & APIs Application Program Interface (API) The IB API allows traders to develop sophisticated algorithmic trading solutions using Java, C++, VB or ActiveX, which connects to the IB ... FIX CTCI We support an industry-standard FIX CTCI solution for customers who can support a FIX Computer-to-Computer Interface (CTCI) infrastructure ... Mobile Solutions Enter and manage orders, view executions, monitor your account balance - all from your mobile phone! Using state-of-the-art ... IB Order Management System (OMS) IB's OMS featuring the TWS Blotter can help your Sales and Trading desks easily receive, process and fill client orders, and integrates... WebTrader WebTrader’s simplified HTML-based interface is easy to navigate, and lets you manage your IB account from any Internet-ready PC ... TWS Advanced Trading Tools Advisor Client Pre-Trade Advisor Allocation Advisors can specify account allocations that are automatically vetted and calculated by TWS ... ArbTrader Take advantage of arbitrage opportunities (when companies are subject to takeovers or mergers) using IB’s ArbTrader window ... BasketTrader BasketTrader gives you the ability to trade a basket of individual underlying components as a package, and save it for trading at any time ... BookTrader This deep book window allows you to transmit orders with a single click. Designed for speed... ChartTrader Activate the ChartTrader panel from within a real-time chart, and create, modify and transmit orders without leaving the chart window ... ComboTrader The TWS ComboTrader allows you to create inter-market spreads with legs of stock/stock, stock/option, option/option or future/future ... DepthTrader View market depth and transmit large volume trades using cumulative quantities and average execution price... FXTrader The FXTrader provides an optimized trading interface with all the tools you need to trade FOREX markets ... Integrated Stock Window (ISW) The ISW is a customizable stock-management interface that combines Level I and Level II market data, real-time charting, rapid order ... Option Portfolio Use the TWS OptionPortfolio algorithm to help you adjust the risk profile of your portfolio by any of the Greek risk dimensions ... OptionTrader See how this integrated suite of option tools allows you to view data and manage options orders from a single customizable screen ... PortfolioTrader Simplify periodic portfolio rebalancing using the TWS PortfolioTrader ... SpreadTrader Easily create and manage calendar and EFP futures spreads on multiple underlyings on a single screen ... Yield Optimizer Compare borrow rates on hard-to-borrow stocks, borrow shares to support a short sale, view borrow rates on currently held short positions ...   Trading Products Bonds Interactive Brokers offers US corporate, government and municipal bonds available for trading on multiple electronic exchanges... Contracts For Difference (CFDs) Interactive Brokers offers electronic access to Contracts for Difference (CFDs) on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) ... Global Futures & FOPs Low commissions and electronic market access to global commodity futures and futures options in multiple currencies, all from a ... EFPs An Exchange for Physical (EFP) allows the swap of a long or short stock position for a Single Stock Future, which has an interest rate built into ... ETFs & Funds Interactive Brokers’ Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) and no-load Mutual Funds are low-cost and efficient ways to diversify your investments in ... Forex Multiple large forex dealers. In addition, IB’s FXTrader is specifically designed for Forex traders and completely customizable ... Mutual Funds As a service to our Individual and Advisor customers, Interactive Brokers provides a selection of Mutual Funds ... Options Interactive Brokers provides specialized options trading tools, high-powered option and portfolio analytics, ultra low commissions and ... Spreads & Combos IB independently routes US stock, option and futures spread order legs to the best possible venue seeking price improvement, with ... Stocks & ETFs Trade stocks and ETFs worldwide with market-maker designed Trader Workstation (TWS). Choose from over 40 order types to ... VWAPs To assist customers in reducing price execution risk for large block trades, we provide support for guaranteed Volume Weighted Average Price ...   Account Services Account Management IB’s Account Management system lets you configure and manage your IB account from a single window, and gives you convenient ... Broker Assisted Trading Desk Voice brokered options quotes and executions are now available. For order sizes of 100 contracts or greater, our option trading desk can provide ... Corporate Actions The Corporate Actions page notifies you of upcoming voluntary and mandatory corporate actions that could affect your portfolio, as ... Execution Services Some of the benefits of our Trade Execution Services include electronic global access, best trade execution, lower trading cost and ... IB Order Management System (OMS) The IB OMS is an integrated system that allows traders to manage their complete order deck from a single view. In addition to ... PaperTrader Practice your trading skills in a simulated environment with IB’s PaperTrader. If you currently have an IB account, you can ... Post Trade Allocations Quickly allocate U.S. stock and option orders post-trade using IB's intuitive web-based Post Trade Allocation tool. The PTA window lists all the ... Prime Broker Services Our fully electronic global custody and clearing solution offers sophisticated risk management and control, financing, securities lending and ... Short Stock Availability The Short Stock Availability Tool, part of Interactive Brokers’ Stock Lending and Borrowing (SLB) system, is a fully electronic, self ... Soft Dollars Offset the purchase costs of many research-related products and services through IB’s Soft Dollar Commission Program ... User Access Rights Our robust User Access Rights system lets you match your IB account access to the controls that you’ve set up in your own organization ... Stock Borrow/Loan IB now offers electronic market access to AQS®, the first automated, centrally-cleared electronic marketplace for transactions. ... Reporting CAM The CAM communicates directly with the IB order routing system, and allows multi-client account managers to monitor all account activity ... Portfolio Analyst A dynamic analytical reporting solution that helps you efficiently administer and examine financial data. PortfolioAnalyst's customization options let you adjust the report to fit your needs. ... Statements & Reports Generate and customize reports directly from Account Management to view important information when you need it ... Order Types & Algos Accumulate/Distribute Minimize market impact for large orders by slicing the order into increments and buying or selling over time, at pre-defined, randomized time ... IB Algos IB’s growing family of stock and option algorithmic trading strategies help you balance market impact with risk to achieve optimal orders ... Order Types Trader Workstation supports over 40 order types that can help limit risk, speed execution, provide price improvement, use discretion, time ... ScaleTrader TWS ScaleTrader, part of our suite of specialized order management tools, facilitates the execution of large volume orders while minimizing ...     Order Routing Dark Pools To help provide price improvement on large volume and block orders, IB now includes some of the more utilized dark pools in its ... SmartRouting Smart Best-Execution Routing searches for the best firm stock, option, and combination prices available, and seeks to immediately ...   Risk Management Credit Manager Real-time Credit Manager is an advanced risk management technology that works behind the scenes to manage risk and enforce ... Portfolio Margin Customers who maintain a balanced portfolio of hedged positions may benefit from lower margin requirements and greater leverage ... Realtime Activity Monitoring Real-time activity monitoring includes both current market information on your portfolio positions and real-time margin reporting ... Risk Navigator The IB Risk Navigator is a real-time market risk management platform unifying exposure across multiple asset classes around the global ...     Analytics & News MarketWatch Fundamentals MarketWatch offers company fundamentals that are intuitively organized with drill-down links... Company Fundamentals TWS Company Fundamentals provides comprehensive, high-quality financial information on thousands of companies... Price Risk Analytics Presents a brief outline of our price/risk analytics which includes the IB Risk Navigator, Option analytics ... Streaming News Feeds Get the latest stories and headlines delivered to your trading window via Reuters, Google, Yahoo! and other RSS financial news feeds ... Technical Analytics Our technical analysis tools include real-time charts with technical indicators, and market scanners that return the top 20 contracts that best satisfy your ... TWS Market Scanners Scan global markets for the top-performing contracts, including stocks, options, futures, indexes, US Corporate Bonds and more, based ... Wall Street Horizon Events Calendars Wall Street Horizon's subscription-based calendars enhance the value of the basic TWS Company Fundamentals tool by providing ...     Account Structures Account Structure Comparison Grid Multiple account structures ensure that we can meet the specific needs of your institution. All of our account structures provide pre-trade ... EmployeeTrack IBEmployeeTrackSM is a simple, cost-free compliance solution that transmits daily activity reports on all employee-held accounts at ... Hedge & Mutual Funds Account Interactive Brokers offer Hedge and Mutual Fund Advisors three different fund account structures: a single cleared account, multiple cleared ... IB Universal Account Our IB Universal Account allows you to trade stocks, options, futures, forex, bonds and funds on over 80 global market destinations... Professional Advisor Account Our Professional Advisor accounts let Professional Registered Investment Advisors (RIAs) and Commodity Trading Advisors (CTAs) ... Proprietary Trading Group Account Our Proprietary Trading Group accounts let institutions authorize multiple traders to enter orders in a single account, or set up ... Registered Broker & FCM Account Registered Broker and FCM accounts at IB give global, regulated brokerage companies the means to...