IBKR News & Events

Interactive Brokers Group reported its Electronic Brokerage monthly performance metrics for February. Brokerage highlights for the month included: 4.366 million Daily Average Revenue Trades, 21% higher than prior year and 1% lower than prior month. Ending client equity of $820B, 40% higher than prior year and 1% higher than prior month. Ending client margin loan balances of $90B, 42% higher than prior year and 1% lower than prior month. Ending client credit balances of $162.0B, including $6.2B in insured bank deposit sweeps, 31% higher than prior year and about even with prior month. 4.646 million client accounts, 31% higher than prior year and 2% higher than prior month. 204 annualized average cleared DARTs per client account. Average commission per cleared Commissionable Order of $2.61 including exchange, clearing and regulatory fees.

Interactive Brokers announced the launch of Coinbase Derivatives, nano Bitcoin and nano Ether futures contracts for trading on the IBKR platform. These new products are available with monthly expirations or as perpetual-style contracts, offering eligible clients a cost-effective way to gain exposure to cryptocurrency and manage risk within a regulated framework, with trading available 24/7. Clients of Interactive Brokers can access more than 170 markets worldwide and trade both traditional instruments and digital assets from a single platform. The new Coinbase Derivatives contracts offer an easier way to manage cryptocurrency exposure, with lower capital requirements and transparent trading on a regulated exchange.

Interactive Brokers reported its Electronic Brokerage monthly performance metrics for January, including: 4.411M Daily Average Revenue Trades, or DARTs, 27% higher than prior year and 30% higher than prior month; Ending client equity of $814.3B, 38% higher than prior year and 4% higher than prior month; Ending client margin loan balances of $91.2B, 41% higher than prior year and 1% higher than prior month; Ending client credit balances of $162.6B, including $6.2B in insured bank deposit sweeps, 35% higher than prior year and 2% higher than prior month; 4.539M client accounts, 32% higher than prior year and 3% higher than prior month; 211 annualized average cleared DARTs per client account; Average commission per cleared Commissionable Order of $2.62 including exchange, clearing and regulatory fees.