Interactive Brokers UK Limited - IBKR
Interactive Brokers
Successful traders and investors understand that superior technology and lower trading costs can result in greater returns. For 31 years IBKR have been building direct access trading technology that deliversadvantages to professionals worldwide. With consolidated equity capital that exceeds US $3.5 billion, IB and its affiliates exceed 700,000 trades per day and handle 14.1% of the world's equity options volume. IBKR claim that their prudent and conservative risk policies make Interactive Brokers a safe haven for your money. Discover some of the reasons why IB is the professional traders' and investors' choice. Check their website at link below.
Globality
Direct access to options, futures, forex, stocks, bonds and funds on over 70 market centers in 17 countries from a single screen.
Trade assets denominated in multiple currencies from a single account.
Convert currencies at market determined rates as low as 1/2 PIP wide, or create a position collateralized by a non-native currency.
Options, futures, stocks, forex, bonds, and funds around the world are held and reported in a single IB Universal AccountSM.
Best Trade Execution & Trade Cost
IB has automated every aspect of the trade process in-house, enabling IBKR to offer ultra low commissions.
IB SmartRoutingSM is designed to search for the best price available at the time of your order and unlike other routers, dynamically route and re-route all or parts of your order to achieve optimal execution. According to The Transaction Auditing Group (TAG), a third-party provider of audit services, Interactive Brokers' customer equity options orders were improved 14.85% of the time vs. an industry improvement rate of 0.57%*.
IB independently routes US stock, option and futures spread order legs to the best possible venue or natively routes your combination seeking price improvement, with IB undertaking the risk of partially executed orders.
IB SmartRouting AutorecoverySM re-routes your options orders in the case of an exchange malfunction, with IB undertaking the risk of double executions.
Risk Management & Control
IBKR real-time margin system continuously enforces limits for each account and automatically liquidating positions if any individual account violates its limits at any time.
IB Risk NavigatorSM, a real-time market risk management platform that unifies exposure across multiple asset classes around the globe.
Trading Technology
Market-maker designed Trader Workstation (TWS) optimizes your trading speed with a single multi-product spreadsheet interface offering real-time streaming quotes and quick click order entry.
Simple, direct connection to IBKR trading system, through the TWS APIs or using IB CTCI FIX interface.
Customized order entry modules designed to meet specific trading needs such as options, forex, spread and basket trading.
Financing
Portfolio Margin Accounts, which allow increased leverage with greater safety.
Interest paid on Commodities Margin Collateral.
Single Stock Futures EFPs available as a financing alternative with market determined interest rates.
Competitive interest rates paid on credit and short sale proceed balances.
Competitive interest rates charged on debit balances.
Reporting
Flexible download files available in text or XML format.
Customizable Activity Statements in PDF or HTML format.
Daily Margin Reports detail requirements by underlying.
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