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IB Communiqués 2008
- A Message From Interactive Brokers Chairman
- Thomson Reuters Worldwide Fundamentals
- Trading Olympiad
- Commissions Changes
- The Traders' Edge
- TWS BasketTrader
- Pegged to Stock Orders
- New Product Introductions
- The IB Risk NavigatorSM
- TWS Enhancements
- IB Block Desk Launches
- The Traders' Edge
- Relative Orders
- ScaleTrader
- IB Risk NavigatorSM
- 2007 Taxes
- Statement Developments
- OCC Rule Change
- New Software Partners
- API Enhancements
- TWS Enhancements
- Short Sale Database
- Margin Policy Reminder
News at IB
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| Important Margin Notice
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Margin Requirements | October 6, 2008 |
| Interactive Brokers Group Announces Preliminary Financial Estimates for the Quarter to end on September 30, 2008 and Approval of Share Repurchase Program |
Press Release | September 26, 2008 |
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| New Short Sale Rules in Effect The SEC has released new short sale stock rules. See our Shortable Stocks page for more details. |
Shortable Stocks | September 19, 2008 |
| IB Announces Its Fourth Annual Collegiate
Trading Olympiad Interactive Brokers Group, a worldwide leader in market making and broker-dealer services, is pleased to announce our fourth annual IB Collegiate Trading Olympiad, where students create and implement a real-time program trading application and attempt to generate the largest profit. This unique forum allows the future leaders in technology to compete for potential jobs and up to $100,000 in prize money. |
Interactive Brokers Collegiate Trading Olympiad | September 9, 2008 |
| IB Price Execution for US Stocks
and Options Tops Industry... Based on independent measurements, the Transaction Auditing Group, Inc., (TAG), a third-party provider of transaction analysis, has determined that Interactive Brokers US stock and options price executions were significantly better than the industry during the second half of 2007. |
SmartRouting | July 31, 2008 |
| Holiday Hours The Exchanges' Labor Day Holiday Schedule. |
IB Events Calendar | August 26, 2008 |
| SEC
Short Sale Order Information |
Shortable Stocks | July 21, 2008 |
| Interactive
Brokers' Price and Speed of Execution for Stocks Tops Industry Based on independent measurements, the Transaction Auditing Group, Inc., (TAG), a third-party provider of transaction analysis, has determined that Interactive Brokers US stock executions were 0.35 of a cent per share better than the industry as a whole during the second half of 2007. |
IB's Price and Speed of Execution for Stocks Tops Industry | June 6, 2008 |
| Fidelity no-load mutual funds now available in TWS... | Mutual Funds - Fidelity | May 19, 2008 |
| Reuters
Worldwide Fundamentals are Now Available IB is pleased to announce the integration of Thomson Reuters Worldwide Fundamentals into the Trader Workstation. This comprehensive real-time financial information, comprising over 1,000 variables for data such as price earnings ratios, financial statements and analyst predictions, can be viewed report-style through an integrated TWS window, and can also be accessed through our socket APIs. |
IB
Communiqué and Market Data, Fundamental Analysis and News Subscriptions |
May 1, 2008 |
| Fourth of July Holiday Schedule The Exchanges' Fourth of July Holiday Schedule. |
IB Events Calendar | July 1, 2008 |
| New Products We now offer the following new products and asset classes: - Mexican stocks, futures, and options - Spanish stocks - US Treasury Bonds and Notes (Bills will be introduced shortly) - Vanguard No-load Mutual Funds (we will continue to add additional no-load fund families over time) |
Mexican Derivatives Exchange, Mexican Stock Exchange, Bolsa de Madrid , T-Bonds, T-Notes and Mutual Funds | March 11, 2008 |
| IB Releases FAQs on How We Protect
Our Customers’ and Our Own Assets Click to read our FAQs on how we safeguard and protect your assets and our own assets. |
Security FAQs | March 26, 2008 |
| ....Learn
Why You Should Consider Moving Your Account(s) to Interactive Brokers. During the last few weeks we have been running an advertisement in the Wall Street Journal regarding the safety of moving money to Interactive Brokers. We want all of our customers to know that every word of this advertisement remains true and accurate. We are proud of our prudent and conservative policies that protect our clients' assets. |
Click here to see our advertisement. | March 17, 2008 |
| Holiday Hours The Exchanges' Good Friday Holiday Schedule. |
IB Events Calendar | March 19, 2008 |
| 2007 Tax Year Information Important information, forms and reporting dates. |
Tax Information and Reporting | January 10, 2008 |
| Introducing
the TWS IB Risk Navigator for real-time, global, market risk management The IB Risk Navigator is a real-time market risk management platform unifying exposure across multiple asset classes around the globe. Its easy-to-read spreadsheet interface lets you easily identify overexposure to risk by starting at the portfolio level and providing drill down access into successively deeper levels of detail within multiple report views. |
IB Risk NavigatorSM | February 11, 2008 |
| Holiday Hours The Exchanges' Washington's Birthday Holiday Schedule. |
IB Events Calendar | February 11, 2008 |
| Holiday Hours The Exchanges' Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Schedule |
IB Events Calendar | January 16, 2008 |
IB Communiqués 2007
- New Options Pricing
- TAG Options Price Improvement Statistics
- Introduction of Australian Options
- Forex Commission Changes
- Options and Futures Intelligence Report
- New TWS Features
- Real-time Reuters News
- Student Trading Olympiad
- New Third-party Commercial Tool Providers
- Credit Management System
- New Trading Products
- New Unbundled Commissions for Canadian Stocks
- New Statements & Margin Reports
- Get the Competitive Edge on Forex Trading at Interactive Brokers
- Liquidnet Added as a Destination
- New API Features
- New Commercial Tools Partners
- New Trader Workstation Enhancements
- Revised Options Disclosure Document
- What Are Single-Stock Futures?
- What Is an EFP?
- Why Would You Use Them?
- Caveats
- Portfolio Margin
- Hong Kong Stocks and Warrants Now Available
- Reg NMS Implemented
- IBAlgos Available for Institutions
- IB Announces Olympiad Winners
- TWS Enhancements
- New Third-party Solutions
- Year-End Annual Statement and Tax Information
- Trading to Be Available for Hong Kong Stocks and Warrants
- Lower Commissions for VWAP and Forex Trades
- Friends and Family Accounts
- Trader Workstation Enhancements
- TWS API (Application Program Interface)
- New Market Data Fees
IB Communiqués 2006
- Lower Exchange for Physicals (EFPs) Commissions
- Penny Priced Option Enhancements
- New Excel API Beginners Guide
- New Lower Commissions for US Equity and Index Options
- New Product Introductions and Lower Commissions
- FXTrader
- The IB Options and Futures Intelligence Report
- Trader Workstation Enhancements
- Options Symbol Poll
- IB Third-Party Partners
- New 2007 Traders' Calendar
- Olympiad
- Happy Holidays from Interactive Brokers
- Penny-Priced Options Now Available in the U.S.
- ISE Stock Exchange Midpoint Match
- New Products
- TWS Enhancements
- TWS API (Application Program Interface)
- New Third-Party Educator Program
- New OCC and CDCC Threshold for Automatic Exercise
- Options Intelligence Report and EFP Reminder
- 2nd Annual IB Collegiate Trading Olympiad
- Introduction of Exchange for Physicals, an Industry First
- New Statements
- Nominate and Vote on Your Favorite New TWS Features
- Lower Commissions for Japanese Futures
- New CBOT E-Agriculture Futures Contracts
- Trader Workstation Enhancements
- PaperTrader Enhancements
- New WebTrader Interface
- New Commercial Tool Partners
- Options Volatility Trading
- New & Enhanced Order Types
- Combination Order Price Improvement
- SpreadTrader for Futures
- TWS Enhancements
- Inquiry/Trouble Ticket for Faster Resolution of Issues
- New Products
- Daily Options Commentary
- Real Time Reuters Streaming News
- Account Management
- Canadian EFT for USD
- Real Time Reuters Streaming News
- Paper Trading Now Available for All Customers
- TWS Enhancements
- Unbundled Stock Commissions Available for Advisors, Institutions, and Brokers
- Tax Reporting
- Webinars
- New Nymex Energy Futures Contracts
- New OCC Options Risk Disclosure
- New Commercial Tools Partner
- Daily Options Commentary
- Lower Commissions
- University of IB Webinars
- Eurex US Forex Futures
- TWS Enhancements
- New Commercial Tool Partners
IB Communiqués and Notifications Archive
News at IB - 2007
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| Holiday Hours The Exchanges' New Year's Holiday Schedule. |
IB Events Calendar | December 26, 2007 |
| Holiday Hours The Exchanges' Christmas Holiday Schedule. |
IB Events Calendar | December 19, 2007 |
| Interactive Brokers UK Limited Voted Best International
Lowest Stockbroker Interactive Brokers won the 2007 readers poll award for best international stockbroker for lowest cost. |
Interactive Brokers Awards | November 26, 2007 |
| Holiday Hours The Exchanges' Thanksgiving Day Holiday Schedule. |
IB Events Calendar | November 20, 2007 |
| Interactive Brokers First-to-Market With Competitive
Dutch Options Price Structure Interactive Brokers (IBKR), the online broker of global futures, options and foreign exchange, is announcing an enhanced flat fee structure of EUR 2.25 per contract on Liffe - NYSE Euronext-linked Dutch options. The flat fee carries no minimum to trade, and applies to all Dutch options offered via its multi-product desktop trading platform, Trader Workstation (TWS). |
Press Release | October 24, 2007 |
| Holiday Hours The Exchanges' Labor Day Holiday Schedule. |
IB Events Calendar | August 29, 2007 |
| Options Trading Desk IB's Options Trading Desk now offers voice brokerage for large size orders. |
Options Trading Desk | August 27 , 2007 |
| IB delivers 14.85% price improvement for US equity options
vs. an industry average of 0.57% for Jan-June 2007 The Interactive Brokers Group (IBKR) is pleased to announce that during the first half of 2007 it received price improvement on 14.85% of its customers’ marketable US options orders vs. the industry average of 0.57% according to statistics provided by The Transaction Auditing Group (TAG) of New York, NY, a third-party provider of transaction audit services |
Press Release | August 22 , 2007 |
| IB Announces MiFID Plans IB Announces Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) Plans |
MiFID | July 25, 2007 |
| Australian Stocks now Available Interactive Brokers is pleased to announce the trading of Australian Stocks at the low price of 0.08% of trade value, minimum AUD 6. |
ASX | July 20, 2007 |
| New Lower Cost-plus Pricing for Canadian Stocks As of Monday July 23 we will be offering a new unbundled or "cost plus" pricing structure for Canadian stocks. Costs are as low as CAD $.003 plus external exchange, clearing, and regulatory fees. |
Stock, ETFs, and Warrants Commissions | July 20, 2007 |
| Margin Detail Reports and Customizable Statements now
Available See our enhanced monthly and daily statements, which are designed to help you better monitor the performance of your portfolio, by logging into Account Management and using the Report Management/New Statements (Beta) menu items. View our new Margin Reports, which detail your margin requirements by underlying and combination strategy each day as of 16:15 ET, by logging into Account Management and using the Report Management/Margin Report (Beta) menu items. |
Statements Margin Reports |
July 20, 2007 |
| Fourth of July Holiday Schedule The Exchanges' Fourth of July Holiday Schedule. |
IB Events Calendar | July 2, 2007 |
| Holiday Hours The Exchanges' Memorial Day Holiday Schedule. |
IB Events Calendar | May 25, 2007 |
| New Products NYBOT Futures Now Available at Interactive Brokers. |
NYBOT | May 17, 2007 |
| IBIPO IB has launched a new electronic Initial Public Offering Auction System, IBIPO. |
IBIPO Auction System | April 11, 2007 |
| Holiday Hours The Exchanges' Good Friday Holiday Schedule. |
IB Events Calendar | April 4, 2007 |
| Portfolio Margin Now Available We are pleased to announce that effective April 2, 2007, Interactive Brokers will be one of the first brokers to release modernized rules for the calculation of securities margin requirements. |
Portfolio Margin Highlights | March 30, 2007 |
| Hong Kong Stocks and Warrants Now Available Interactive Brokers has recently added the trading of stocks and warrants in Hong Kong to its worldwide direct access platform. Commissions for stocks and warrants are 0.088% of the trade value, with an HKD 18.00 minimum, plus any stamp duty and SFC transaction fees. |
Stock, ETFs, and Warrants Commissions | March 5, 2007 |
| Revamped WebTrader v2.0 IB offers the HTML-based WebTrader application as an alternative to the Trader Workstation for those customers who are behind a firewall or require a simpler trading interface. |
WebTrader v2.0 | March 5, 2007 |
| Holiday Hours The Exchanges' Washington's Birthday Holiday Schedule. |
IB Events Calendar | February 14, 2007 |
| 2006 Year-end Tax Information 2006 annual statements will be available January 31, 2007 to all customers under Account Management/Report Management. They have been re-designed to include profit and loss calculated under both First In, First Out (FIFO) and Mark-to-Market (MTM) accounting methods. |
Important Year-End Information | January 10, 2007 |
| Holiday Hours The Exchanges' Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Schedule |
IB Events Calendar | January 10, 2007 |
News at IB - 2006
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FX Commissions FX Commissions as low as $10 per Million for High Volume Currency Traders. |
Forex Commissions | December 29, 2006 |
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Exchanges' Closings in Honor of President Ford Exchanges closed in observance of the national day of mourning for President Gerald R. Ford. |
2007 Traders' Holiday and Expiration Date Calendar | December 29, 2006 |
| New Excel API Beginners Guide Now Available The first book in the series, TWS Excel® API for Beginners, explores the most user-friendly of the API-supported platforms. |
The TWS API Beginners Series | December 15, 2006 |
| Penny-Priced Options Now Available In yet another first for the trading industry, Interactive Brokers introduces the opportunity to trade options in pennies. |
Penny-Priced Options | October 24, 2006 |
| ISE Stock Exchange IB customers can trade stocks on the ISE Stock Exchange. |
ISE Exchange | September 11, 2006 |
| IB Announces Its Second Annual Collegiate Trading
Olympiad Students will have the opportunity to create and implement a real-time program trading application and attempt to generate the largest profit. This unique forum allows the future leaders in technology to compete for potential jobs and up to $100,000 in prize money. |
IB Trading Olympiad | September 1, 2006 |