The Employee Plan Administrator account lets self-employed individual and companies of less than 100 employees offer employees a Savings Investment Match Plan for Employees Individual Retirement Account (SIMPLE IRA).
IBKR offers the lowest1 commissions and access to stocks, options, futures, currencies, bonds and funds from a single unified platform . If an exchange provides a rebate, we pass some or all of the savings directly back to you.*
Learn More About CommissionsMargin rates up to 49% lower than the industry. 2
Learn More and Compare Margin RatesEarn high interest rates of up to USD 4.83% on instantly available cash.3
Learn More and Compare Interest RatesIBKR BestXTM is a powerful suite of advanced trading technologies designed to help clients achieve best execution and maximize price improvement while minimizing market impact.
Learn More About Best ExecutionEarn extra income on your lendable shares.
Learn More About Stock Yield Enhancement* For more information, see our disclaimers.
Lower investment costs will increase your overall return on investment, but lower costs do not guarantee that your investment will be profitable.
Invest globally in stocks, options, futures, currencies, bonds and funds from a single unified platform. Fund your account in multiple currencies and trade assets denominated in multiple currencies. Access market data 24 hours a day and six days a week.
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*Available currencies vary by Interactive Brokers affiliate.
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Interactive Brokers strives to provide the best deal on bonds by passing through to our clients the highest of all bids and lowest of all offers we receive from the electronic venues we access. We do not widen spreads, apply hidden fees or markup quotes.
The Mutual Fund Marketplace offers an extensive availability of mutual funds from around the world. Use our Mutual Fund Search Tool to search funds from more than 550 fund families and filter funds by country, fund family, transaction fee or fund type.
The Shortable Instruments (SLB) Search tool is a fully electronic, self-service utility that lets clients search for availability of shortable securities from within Client Portal.
IBKR GlobalAnalyst is designed for investors who are interested in international portfolio diversification. It helps you find new opportunities to diversify your portfolio and discover undervalued companies that may have greater growth potential.
Trade select US stocks and ETFs around the clock, five days per week. Access US stocks and ETFs when market-moving news happens and trade during Asian market hours or whenever it is convenient for you.1
Powerful enough for the professional trader but designed for everyone. Available on desktop, mobile and web.
Real-time trade confirmations, margin details, transaction cost analysis, sophisticated portfolio analysis and more.
Buy or sell any eligible US or European stocks/ETFs using fractional shares, which are stock units that amount to less than one full share, or by placing an order for a specific purchase price rather than quantity of shares.
Spot market opportunities, analyze results, manage your account and make better decisions with our free trading tools.
Manage taxes and corporate actions, learn about T+1 settlement and trade allocations, and read about additional tools and services available to clients.
When placing your money with a broker, you need to make sure your broker is secure and can endure through good and bad times. Our strong capital position, conservative balance sheet and automated risk controls are designed to protect IBKR and our clients from large trading losses.
IBKR
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$13.3B
Equity Capital*
74.6%
Privately Held*
$9.4B
Excess Regulatory Capital*
2.43M
Client Accounts*
1.91M
Daily Avg Revenue Trades*
*Interactive Brokers Group and its affiliates. For additional information view our Investors Relations - Earnings Release section.
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The Investors' Marketplace lets individual traders and investors, institutions and third-party service providers meet and do business together.
Search for and do business with multiple advisors, brokers, and wealth managers. Access dozens of advisor portfolios, including Smart Beta portfolios, offered by Interactive Advisors. Accredited investors and qualified purchasers can search for, research and invest with hedge funds.
Even the most experienced traders or investors need to keep learning to stay ahead. Interactive Brokers provides several resources to help you better understand IBKR products and services, markets and technology.
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Employee Plan Administrator | SIMPLE IRA Account Structure
The Employee Plan Administrator account is an administrator account linked to up to 100 SIMPLE IRA Accounts.
Account Information – Employee Plan Administrator
Manage up to 100 SIMPLE IRA accounts under a single login.
The Employee Plan Administrator account allows you to invite employees to open SIMPLE IRA accounts and manage the deposits/contributions to SIMPLE IRA Accounts. Trading and broker transfers are not permitted.
Employee Plan Administrators must be located in the United States.
SIMPLE IRA accounts are available for individual US citizens living anywhere and US resident aliens.
Account Information – SIMPLE IRA
Contributions are made through your employer’s Simple IRA plan. SIMPLE IRA account holders are not permitted to make deposits to their SIMPLE IRA account, but can rollover, direct rollover or perform a trustee-to-trustee transfer of funds from another trustee/custodian.
Interactive Brokers offers cash or margin Savings Investment Match Plan for Employees (SIMPLE) Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs).
IRA margin accounts allow trading so the account can be fully invested as well as the ability to trade multiple currencies and multiple currency products, but are subject to the following limitations:
IBKR does not allow trading or holdings of securities such as Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs) in retirement accounts that have the potential to generate UBTI (Unrelated Business Taxable Income) as this type of income has the potential to trigger taxes and tax reporting in an otherwise tax-deferred account type. Clients are advised to consult a tax specialist for further details on IRA rules and regulations. We do not support reduced (treaty) tax rates for distributions from US IRAs to foreign beneficiaries.