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| '''Interactive Brokers LLC''' is an online brokerage firm offering direct access trading worldwide to the professional trader. Interactive Brokers provides the ability to trade ], ], ], ], ] and ] on 60 markets worldwide from a single account. | |||
| == History == | |||
| Interactive Brokers Group's founding member has completed its 29th year as a Broker Dealer. The mission remains unchanged: "Create technology to provide liquidity on better terms. Compete on price, speed, size, diversity of global products and advanced trading tools." | |||
| In 1983 Timber Hill (part of IBG) created the first handheld computers used for trading. Their ability to track positions and continually re-price options on one stock quickly gives Timber Hill traders an advantage over their counterparts at the exchange, who continued to use fair value pricing sheets that were updated only once or twice a day. | |||
| Today IBG executes 19% of the world’s options (where IBG actively trades) and 22% of the US options. | |||
| == New Business == | |||
| IB provides direct access ("online") trade execution and clearing services to institutional and professional traders for a wide variety of electronically traded products including options, futures, stocks, ETFs, forex, and bonds worldwide. | |||
| Interactive Brokers' headquarters are in Greenwich, Connecticut, and it has about 500 employees in its offices there and in Chicago, Switzerland, Canada, Hong Kong, London and Sydney. IB is regulated by the SEC, NASD, NYSE, SFA and other regulatory agencies around the world. | |||
| * Strengths | |||
| * Low Trading Costs | |||
| * Smart Routing | |||
| * Cutting Edge Technology | |||
| == Awards == | |||
| Five Star Rating for Cost from Barron’s 2006 Review of Online Brokers | |||
| Four and a half Star Overall Rating from Barron’s 2006 Review of Online Brokers | |||
| IB Group Ranked 16th largest securities firm by Institutional Investor, 2005 | |||
| == Current Events == | |||
| Penny Priced Options Now Available in the U.S. Interactive Brokers Group ("IBG") has developed a system to allow customers and liquidity providers to display penny prices in the IB system and to try to trade against other participants' penny prices displayed in the IB system. IB will attempt to match penny-priced bids and offers and send them to an option exchange for execution. | |||
| Interactive Brokers has added new tools for options traders. An Options Intelligence Report is now available for all customers as well as volatility trading functionality. | |||
| == External Links == | |||
| * Interactive Brokers Home Page | |||
| * Interactive Brokers Trader Workstation Demo | |||
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