Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. is a prominent American brokerage firm known for its advanced trading platform and global reach. Headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut, the company was founded in 1978 by Thomas Peterffy, a pioneer in electronic trading. Interactive Brokers serves a wide range of clients—including individual investors, institutional traders, hedge funds, and proprietary trading firms—offering access to stocks, options, futures, forex, bonds, and funds across more than 150 markets worldwide.
The firm differentiates itself with a strong focus on technology, automation, and low-cost execution. Its proprietary trading platform is designed for active and professional traders, featuring advanced tools, real-time data, and customizable algorithms. Interactive Brokers is widely recognized for offering some of the lowest commission structures in the industry, as well as high-speed order execution and tight bid-ask spreads.
Interactive Brokers operates under a holding company structure, with subsidiaries registered as broker-dealers in multiple countries, allowing it to comply with a wide range of international regulations. The company emphasizes transparency, risk management, and capital efficiency—key factors that have attracted sophisticated clients and institutions globally. Its Universal Account model allows clients to trade multiple asset classes from a single account, in multiple currencies and across global markets.
Publicly traded on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol IBKR, Interactive Brokers has consistently maintained a strong balance sheet and high capital reserves. It has grown steadily by focusing on scalability, automation, and expanding its product offerings, while continuing to appeal to a tech-savvy clientele that values precision, control, and efficiency in trading.