IBKR

Yul_B_Alwright

IBKR, Fidelity, and TV all show volume correctly for me....

PaperHandsTheDip

I'm in Canada so we don't have a ton of options for trading. Questrade made the most sense. I was looking at IBKR -- but the fees are worse. Technically speaking - I do pay a fee. It's 99c / contract - but they refund me 100% at the end of the month. Maybe that's a loophole they're using?

Rami_crikos0

My broker (Firstrade) also advertises $0 commissions, but I understand there are legally mandated fees, and from what I've seen in the reports, I know it costs that much (0.02 per buy; selling is completely free). Their interface is crap, and the app is too, but it was the only broker that allowed me to gamble my savings on options, unlike those wimps at IBKR or Schwab (plus, they charge 0.65 per contract).

BetZealousideal7761

IBKR Calls. Because that's what the birds told me.

Fit_Nobody904

Also guys don’t forget about IBKR it’s gonna go higher for a week at least

sthlmtrdr

IBKR allow you to trade CBOE SPX options 23h

ImperfectPerson79

Update: Fintel and IBKR are showing zero shares available to borrow. The hedging parasites have no ammo. If we want AMC to hit a gamma squeeze condition, we can make it happen… I’m not telling anyone what to do, we’re all grown ups, but the conditions are here right now it now if we want to do anything and the whales will likely back us in the afternoon.

Max_Bvr

So your IBKR falls under Ireland like mine from France?

Ok_Ground9015

If IBKR opens at the bell at 5+, it will go.

Max_Bvr

Alright! I'm trading on IBKR EU and it seems I need the same cash for both options. It should require less cash when doing a credit spread no?

Joemirag78

I would prefer sticking to moomoo. I've tried with multiple brokers, including IBKR. Moomoo is usually the one giving the best allocation.

No-Consequence-8768

You can Short MOST equities Free, yes. You have to Pay the Divs tho,if Any, if stay in.. Unless with like IBKR/Hood or other 3rd rate Brokers, they charge for everything. The real good ones have HTB fees .25%- XX%.

Kevbot1000

25 shares at $4.30 for fun IBKR.

Most_Insane_F2P

That screenshot is from IBKR. Which is trustworthy, reliable, market-accurate. Even similar market cap. Why oh why no yolo in ibkr. 

Game3k

$IBKR stock only goes up 🚀

m0nk_3y_gw

I'm on IBKR and the price only moves 6 1/2 hours a day (stock market hours), using the mobile app and the python API. I must not be signed up for the right data feed. Maybe I shouldn't fix that.

somanyvegetables

Etrade margin rates suck balls, but IBKR is a fucking nightmare to use. I need margin that doesn't cost like 14%, wtf is this shit.

MitchCurry

ASML and IBKR with ATHs.

-medicalthrowaway-

While my IBKR port only goes down.

Game3k

$IBKR stock only goes up, seriously

Logos1789

Why not IBKR?

Pleasant-Monk7

Good question on the cash interest angle - that's actually a smart detail a lot of newer options traders miss. From what I know, IBKR does offer interest on uninvested cash including collateral, though the rates vary by account type and balance tier. Schwab's a bit more limited on that front compared to Fidelity. You'd want to check their current cash management offerings directly since rates change. That said, this is more of a broker feature question than something I can speak to with total certainty, so definitely verify with their support teams. The bigger picture though is that if you're writing options regularly and tracking every basis point of return, you're probably already thinking deeply about your strategy. FunRobin won't help with the cash interest piece, but if you ever find yourself spending too much time analyzing which strikes or expirations are worth writing in the first place, that's where we try to help - we simplify the contract discovery part so you can focus on the execution and the money stuff. Anyway, hope the broker comparison helps.

sunfrost

I see you have IV as a column and filter. Can you look at adding IV Rank, and IV/HV ratio also? I have an IBKR scanner I use, which uses IV Rank and IV/HV thatI quite like, but IBKR doesnt have some of the other elements your scanner offers. BTW, looks good. Subscribed to Pro just now.

Pete26l96

Wanted to buy shares of a different currency yesterday but cash didn't settle on IBKR so had to wait until today to buy, always nice to enjoy a 2% discount due to random luck and timing.

AZOOZJOKER

I used to follow via Yahoo finance. Now I have Cnbc Pro. I also follow through my broker IBKR it's underrated.

Visual-Try-8081

Why do you need to call to excercise? I excercised some HITI calls yesterday from the web. I have not tried other brokers, but I am using IBKR since July and I have 0 complaints. Can buy everything I want, at any time (after market, premarket) and they have fine prices. 

Pete26l96

Was going to buy some shares yesterday but cash didn't settle on IBKR, always nice to enjoy a 2% discount due to random luck and timing.

endwithel

Available on IBKR also.

Material-Ad-3695

Also as a European I bought it on IBKR

ImpossibleAssistant5

Hi, can anyone help me with IBKR. I just signed up for an account there but they don't let me trade options.

EzBreez93

How can we jump on this one? IBKR won’t allow it.

Visual-Try-8081

Why dont you use IBKR?

PleasantAnomaly

Where are you getting your numbers? I see Forward PE of 10.06 from Refinitiv in IBKR

Boston-Bets

IBKR gives me 5% margin rates

FinancialTitle2717

One of the best things we can do is to acknowledge our weaknesses. Not everyone can choose stocks or even sectors to invest in, not everyone can hold on to the investments through bad times. If you know you are the guy thar sells under pressure then just buy low volutility stuff or make sure to hold your investments somewhere where it's hard to trade. I invest through the bank and the biggest reason why is that I can't just easily sell and buy stocks there like in IBKR. Every sell goes through taxes (means I lose some money) and it takes 2 -3 days untill you see the money in the account. So I know I can't trade, only invest and it works well for me :)

HolaMolaBola

Thanks, I called IBKR today (their phone # is sure well hidden on their website) and was told that, like Schwab, the collateral is cash only, but that as a convenience feature they'll move cash back and forth between equity and commodity accounts as needed.

OurNewestMember

I have asked IBKR, and they said cash collateral only. Please post any docs if they offer anything else because many people would like to learn more

michiesu

I’ve bounced around a bunch of alert tools over the years and most of them either spam too many notifications or completely miss the timing. IBKR’s alert system isn’t great for anything nuanced, I feel you on that. I used to manually track prices through Google Sheets + email alerts which worked until it became a total mess once I started following like 30 tickers. What actually helped me organize things better was using a platform that tied event alerts directly to filings and earnings stuff instead of just raw price. AskEdgar stood out for that since it flags filings that might move the stock and gives context behind it, not just the “stock crossed X price” pings. It felt less noisy to manage overall, especially when tracking mergers and lawsuit chatter. Imo if you’re looking for alerts that matter instead of random price blips, anything that tracks key events in real time is more use⁤ful long term.

Better-Specialist479

IBKR, Schwab, E*Trade, basically all of them. If you’re trading through a Brazilian company on the US exchanges then it is a foreign exchange transaction and you will pay those commissions plus exchange fees. If you open an account directly with one of the US brokerages (assuming as a foreign national you can) then it should be the same as an American trading locally and you pay exchange fees only. I normally pay between $0.50 and $0.81 for exchange and regulatory fees per contract.

kaapooj

IBKR comissions for the dutch exchange are horrendous, 0.05% of the trade value

Nanas_700k

Get IBKR, you can trade SPX all night :)

Pleasant-Monk7

Hey, I'm from FunRobin. Good question on the cash interest angle - that's actually a smart detail a lot of newer options traders miss. From what I know, IBKR does offer interest on uninvested cash including collateral, though the rates vary by account type and balance tier. Schwab's a bit more limited on that front compared to Fidelity. You'd want to check their current cash management offerings directly since rates change. That said, this is more of a broker feature question than something I can speak to with total certainty, so definitely verify with their support teams. The bigger picture though is that if you're writing options regularly and tracking every basis point of return, you're probably already thinking deeply about your strategy. FunRobin won't help with the cash interest piece, but if you ever find yourself spending too much time analyzing which strikes or expirations are worth writing in the first place, that's where we try to help - we simplify the contract discovery part so you can focus on the execution and the money stuff. Anyway, hope the broker comparison helps.

jackalcane

You’re not telling IBKR the answers they want to hear

sivan-sherwan

Yeah, E*TRADE’s app has gone downhill. If you’re on Android, Webull and IBKR are much smoother. Also worth checking JustMarkets if you want a clean, reliable mobile trading app.

AnyManufacturer6465

I don’t like the way IBKR time weights this return. But yeah , this is still “special”

CatsalsoCookies

Fellow (Dutch?) Europoor here on DEGIRO, don't try IBKR when you're browing here too much.. Lost a good 5k eur on the most stupid options, while I promised myself over and over again to not touch options.. DEGIRO is safer if you have gambling tendencies like many of us do here

Jacobpapi

Anyone using IBKR suscription to see option prices OPRA Top of Book (L1)? Is it worth it?

Riskismyapellido

u have to lie, overstate and it should be no problem. Someone else said it, IBKR just wants to cover THEIR LEGAL ASSES

No_Feeling920

A "social trading platform", where you can subscribe and auto-copy other people's "investing" decisions. Or you can invest on your own, but then you can just use IBKR or anything else.

Poulbleu

Tbh I have heard that IBKR is better if you're from europe but degiro kinda just works so I never really bothered making the switch

swanvalkyrie

How does it work just shows all your options trades via api token from IBKR to platform?

Keizman55

IBKR has a calculator. I would be making less on my cash if I move my options portfolio from Fidelity to IBKR. The 7 day yield on Fidelity’s SPAXX is currently 3.38%. In IBKR I would be making 2.932%. About $3800 less.

violetgerald

Robinhood will not let you set up an account for a child. They require you to be 18 to use their platform. IBKR, Fidelity, and a few others will let you set up a custodial account that is in their name but managed by you.

Darkness297

IIRC IBKR does this only above $10k. If you have $11k liquidation value and all are assigned (maintenance margin as IBKR calls it) on CSPs, then they pay you interest on all value above $10k, meaning you get interest on $1k out of the $11k.

Minimum_Ice_4370

Yes I'm happy so far. Main reason I chose ibkr was I was looking for a broker to not only buy and hold mag 7 stocks but to have as many opportunities as possible like buying / selling options or invest in pennystocks. IBKR gives you all these opportunities. That being said there are brokers with better UI's. But in comparison to etoro every other broker is a blast

DJ_Mimosa

For IBKR, yes. I’m not sure the current rate, but it was very close to short-term T bills.

hv876

Yes for IBKR. Caveat is, only on cash for above $10,000.

Minimum_Ice_4370

IBKR

Avenger_of_Justice

A trading platform, like Robinhood or IBKR but trading at a way better P/E, so I assumed it was a no-brainer.

progmakerlt

Simply fill in the questionnaires and you would get approved for this. IBKR is definitely not a bust, you just need to get approved, most likely you are not answering questions correctly. Also, at least for European IBKR, fees for US options trading could be lower…

progmakerlt

I am also curious about this. As far as I am aware, IBKR does not open trading account for companies that easily.

RaSl1975

I got margin account with 4k EUR. You can switch the account between margin and cash account yourself in the web portal. An European IBKR account gives you PA (Portfolio Margin) if you select margin account.

minisrikumar

yeah but sadly Fidelity doesn't have futures and their margin or buying power requirements suck relative to TastyTrade/IBKR

Apetarded4980

Australian IBKR allows options with cash account with any amount. I have level 3 trading with 6k in my account. Margin requires 25k I think.

Thoughtful_Tortoise

I use IBKR but I'm in Europe

zero0n3

This isn’t true from what I understand. If you have an option that is over a year, it’s considered LT when you sell the option. In IBKR I see LT and ST info for my options. The clock is reset when you exercise the option (as in buy the underlying stock the option gives you the right to buy at said price). So if you exercise, and then immediately sell the stocks, the profit on those stocks is ST / LT based on when you exercise.

Fair-Bookkeeper-1833

Here's the thing, I've had 20k usd parked in cash at IBKR since may because I was thinking about going for a masters in Europe (need like 15k euros to be accepted in the embassy). I just don't know if I'll even be accepted (I got rejected in the research track, reapplied in the applied track but I have to wait till late march for results). the opportunity cost of those 20k is huge, I was going to buy gold with them and liquidate after I get accepted, but I think I'm a bit old for the profile they are looking for (they're mainly looking for literal 20 year olds and I'm 30). I also lost like 70% of my EGP savings in 2021 due to currency fluctuation due to the same exact thing (was applying for masters in Canada). I'm a bit salty (seeing kids with no experience and no research being accepted over me) and worried, the stocks seem diversified enough to get those 15k euros.

Zealousideal_Key_390

Plenty of interesting points in there, thanks. Let me try to respond to some of them: 1. "Not wanting to break the dam" - indeed, if word gets around that they're willing to do +0.5%, that'll ding their profits. 2. Companies and municipalities - I'm a professor, and indeed there's almost no way to get a raise besides getting an offer elsewhere, in which case they can often match the competing offer. This means that the people who are comfortable gaming the system get offers elsewhere from time to time and thus raises, while straight shooters like me only start applying elsewhere when they truly want to leave. And by then trust has been broken. 3. Entirely agree about newcomers improving the system. 4. Realistically speaking, I probably want 6 figures of margin debt. At this time, IBKR charges 4.64% within the $100k-$1m band, [public.com](http://public.com) 4.50%, and a box would likely get me around 4%. In your opinion, should I (a) call a few places and try to negotiate (maybe telling them that I can run the box), (b) go with IBKR or [public.com](http://public.com), (c) spend the time and learn the box strategy, (d) other? While in theory the gap is around 0.5%, various "fat finger" risks exist. I don't know how to quantify those. I've made one incorrect trade in the last decade. It wasn't painful that time, but one never knows.

TF_Sally

lmao days like this are when i tell myself i should switch to IBKR so i can trade spx pre-market

randomseller

Looks interesting, never heard of them.. are they more expensive than IBKR? Is there any catch?

Prudent-Corgi3793

- Fidelity: primary account (relatively new) - Robinhood: juicy promos, best margin rates - Merrill: for Platinum Honors benefits - US Bancorp: for Smartly benefits - TIAA: retirement account (required) - IBKR: in case I need to leave the country for a while

ETFBro4DaWinz

No. I dont think IBKR. Technically you could just have options on something like a CDO, which i think is what Big Short was about iirc

Cabrim

looks like low-float traders are in the commons now, and MMs selling naked for liquidity. already 70m volume. borrow shares are gone on IBKR & high likelihood borrow rate spikes. similar to SMX, ASPC, ANGH, etc.

HourManagement8448

I don’t understand how you can use margin on option. I’m Canadian with IBKR, maybe the laws are different, but I now for a fact that I can’t borrow money to buy call or put. Are you referring to the fact that if you get assigned and dont’t have all the money to cover the cost of the shares the broker use your margin?

baconography

IBKR has a nice spread of outside hours to trade Section 1256 contracts like SPX. Fidelity, too, though only from 7 AM - 9:15 AM.

SocietyRelative5101

cool, I will follow you. YES, go inside the tracker and to the Mentor Hub page, there you can find many traders some with Public Profiles, CHITrader publishes some good trades, even though his returns don't look as good. As the community grows you can subscribe to more! I will follow you as well. Thanks for sharing your profile. Looks like a solid performance! Congrats In Import Trades, there should be an option called:**"Broker Assisted**" then click on IBKR :) Yeah, add enough capital so that it matches your current account size, you can adapt later the cash balance through deposits and withdrawals. Weird, that it shows 0% perhaps when adding the capital it fixes it self. You can open a ticket at support maybe!

corndog_messiah

I found the companies through various channels: regular google search, asking AI, looking for similar companies to X through IBKR

corndog_messiah

First of all get IBKR. I live in Europe and due to current events wanted to keep a large portion of my investments in Euros, so that was what initially got me looking. P/E alone wouldn’t be enough for me to go on. If the company has a nice track record, is profitable, and down for some reason that doesn’t seem like bankruptcy I’d put in a small portion of my funds. It can always go south and some have. But I wouldn’t say this is specific to Europe, I just didn’t want to be tied to the dollar

Lola7384

My long-term retirement investments stay with IBKR/Fidelity, while I use moomoo mainly for monitoring positions, doing research, and managing some shorter-term trades.

kxey

not 24/5 just GTH outside regular 930-415pm * **Global Trading Hours (GTH):** Monday through Friday from **8:15 p.m. to 9:25 a.m.** the following morning. GTH depends on broker IBKR is one that I know support it. not sure about think of swim you would have to check with your broker to be sure

CatOrTiger-2022

Can we trade SPX options 24/5 on think or swim? Google and AI say yes but I don’t see that option anywhere. I know you can do that on IBKR

Margin-of-Safety

Interactive Broker. IBKR

Theupsanddownsofit

It was in my news feed on IBKR, yesterday.

Willing_Turnover5568

I couldn’t find any NGN on IBKR.

FlyProof1116

So IBKR offers both fixed and tiered pricing, with a minimum of USD 0.35 or USD 1 for each USD denominated transactions. The total tiered commission (including SEC fees, regulatory fees etc.) usually is around USD 0.33 - 0.37 per transaction depending on the execution, but it depends on monthly volume of shares transacted (https://www.interactivebrokers.ca/en/pricing/commissions-stocks.php) Assuming you deposit CAD. You pay Fx fees when buying and when withdrawing USD funds to a CAD account. When selling a USD denominated asset, it doesn’t get converted and is stored as USD (at least in my account, not sure if you can set your account to only USD or only CAD). The fx commission is 0.03% of the trade (https://www.interactivebrokers.ca/en/trading/globaltrader/pricing.php) Their Fx is probably the lowest in Canada, and USD commission is very low, but not zero commission fees. Wealthsimple, Questrade etc. makes a bulk of their money off of higher Fx fees, and when doing the math for USD investments you may see IBKR comes out cheaper. What I personally do is hold my USD investments with IBKR and CAD investments with Wealthsimple. If it’s inconvenient you can just hold it all in IBKR - their CAD commission is $1 per transaction.

Rosella2562

What do you mean by restrictions? I have the day trade restrictions (max 3 per week) as my account is below 25k, but the same rule applies in Robinhood and other brokers too. So overall, I’m very happy with IBKR and would recommend.

RockBottomRiches

I use Questrade but I'm not sure how available that is in the US, IBKR would probably work

reddittomtom

IBKR charges per contract fee

YouTube_WohltatTV

BTW if you think the stock peaked, you can always short sell. Just sell stocks in IBKR (that you do not own) and the system automatically lends them for you (and gives them back once you buy the dip).

Wild-Corner

IBKR

emotionally_rational

Yeah pretty sweet. Days to Expiry. Especially if using IBKR

Freedom-Chaser

IBKR, Fidelity, Tasty

YouTube_WohltatTV

BTW Price Targets for Micron (MU) have also been raised today by USB and Piper Sandler (Source: Reuters News in IBKR TWS News Feed - Cannot post pictures here... :()

hv876

Yes. IBKR enabled this over the holidays. I think CBOE had the pricing info available earlier.

Freedom-Chaser

Yeah it could be a good strategy, if you find the right option to sell. CSP + CC work best if you see long-term potential and would buy more, and want to run a wheel. I do this too - find the options on QuantWheel, and run it on IBKR as my broker.

YouTube_WohltatTV

# BofA Securities has raised the target for the SanDisk stock (SNDK) as of January 7, 2026 from $300 to $390. **Sources:** * [https://www.streetinsider.com/Analyst+Comments/SanDisk+%28SNDK%29+PT+Raised+to+%24390+at+BofA+Securities/25816043.html](https://www.streetinsider.com/Analyst+Comments/SanDisk+%28SNDK%29+PT+Raised+to+%24390+at+BofA+Securities/25816043.html) * [https://www.investing.com/news/analyst-ratings/sandisk-stock-price-target-raised-to-390-from-300-at-bofa-on-ai-potential-93CH-4434478](https://www.investing.com/news/analyst-ratings/sandisk-stock-price-target-raised-to-390-from-300-at-bofa-on-ai-potential-93CH-4434478) Also IBKR shows the increased target as well. Yesterday, on January 6, 2026 SanDisk **surged nearly 30% from \~$288 to \~$350** due to Fox Advisors increasing the target to $350 after having a chat with SanDisk's Vice President at CES. **Sources:** * [https://foxadvisorsllc.com/](https://foxadvisorsllc.com/) * [https://www.streetinsider.com/Analyst+PT+Change/SanDisk+%28SNDK%29+PT+Raised+to+%24350+at+Fox+Advisors/25811103.html](https://www.streetinsider.com/Analyst+PT+Change/SanDisk+%28SNDK%29+PT+Raised+to+%24350+at+Fox+Advisors/25811103.html))

delicious_oppai

IBKR says my annual performance review is available. Ya that's a NO from me dawg. I don't need depression tonight 🤣🙃

matecitogalactico

The mobile app doesn't seem to have that option. However, just had a session with ChatGPT and, if it is to be trusted, it told me that my killer was IBKR's minimum on each contract / lot, which is $0.65 no matter whether they split the order into many markets or not. Short of changing the broker, the only solution would be to stick to more expensive options.

deustrader

Btw, also depends which broker you use. Schwab is very generous with margin. I have another spouse-joint account at IBKR for investments where I also put occasional options trades, but the margin availability there is horrible, so I couldn’t pull off the same profit there. What’s worse is that sometimes when we have profit at IBKR, the margin gets worse because IBKR requires that a %percent of your account has available margin cushion, so as your account grows you need larger cushion. This makes IBKR even less usable for trading with high margin use, even at a low/reasonable risk.

Game3k

Growth at IBKR is crazy. Long IBKR