Interactive Brokers review & overview
Trading platforms, account options and markets.
Interactive Brokers' UK directory offers desktop, browser and mobile workflows for currency and multi-asset accounts. Trader Workstation, Client Portal and the API range serve different levels of trading complexity. Its spot-currency schedule uses trade-value commissions with per-order minima rather than a single retail spread-plus-fixed-lot tariff.
Spreads & commissions
| Account / edition | Commissionoriginal charging basis |
|---|---|
| UK spot currencies · first volume tier | 0.20 basis point × trade value per order; USD 2 minimum per order |
The first published monthly-volume tier applies through USD 1 billion. The minimum is per order, not per round trip, and the actual charge varies with notional, exchange rates and volume tier. No minimum spread is inferred.
Variable account pricing · not live quotes.TWS, IBKR Desktop, mobile and browser access, APIs, research tools and detailed reporting.
Trading platforms
Market coverage
Account options
Spot-currency commission is tiered by monthly USD trade value and subject to a minimum per order. Other assets have separate commission and market-data schedules, and borrowing or currency-conversion costs depend on the transaction and account.
At a glance
- Licence reference
- FCA · 208159 · Verification pending
- Market focus
- Multi-asset
- Platform options
- 6
- FactFX assessment
- 85.2 / 100
Profile notes
- Product permissions and available currencies depend on the account, affiliate and customer eligibility.
- A per-order minimum means currency commissions do not reduce to one fixed charge for every trade size.
Interactive Brokers: assessment
Our assessment of this broker, across five categories.
Five categories. One total.
Regulation
16.5/ 20Regulatory supervision, licence scope and company identity.
Risk management
17.0/ 20Risk policies, margin rules and account protections.
Customer support
17.1/ 20Support channels, service hours and language coverage.
Trading costs
17.7/ 20Account spreads, commissions and other trading charges.
Reputation
16.9/ 20Operating history, company information and material public records.
Broker documents
- Assessment status
- 85.2 / 100
Interactive Brokers: regulation & licensing
Company, regulator and licence details.
- Documented company
- Interactive Brokers (U.K.) Limited
- Authority / edition
- FCA · United Kingdom
- Reference
- 208159 · provider-published
- Record review
- Current status pending
Regulatory details
The company and reference below are provider-published. Current official-register status was not independently retrieved.
Interactive Brokers: trading accounts
Account options, charging models and the terms that shape your trading costs.
Spot-currency commission is tiered by monthly USD trade value and subject to a minimum per order. Other assets have separate commission and market-data schedules, and borrowing or currency-conversion costs depend on the transaction and account.
Individual
Joint
Trust
Institutional account options
Paper trading
Trading charges
The account schedule defines these trading charges.
Account scope
UK provider website. Account approval, product permissions and affiliate-specific terms determine actual access; a platform catalogue is not a universal account entitlement.
Interactive Brokers: platforms & tools
Trading platforms, devices and tools.
TWS, IBKR Desktop, mobile and browser access, APIs, research tools and detailed reporting.
Trader Workstation
Listed platform optionIBKR Desktop
Listed platform optionIBKR Mobile
Listed platform optionClient Portal
Listed platform optionIBKR GlobalTrader
Listed platform optionIBKR APIs
Listed platform optionMarkets in the documented offering
Availability depends on the account, product and regional edition.
Explore platform featuresInteractive Brokers: published terms
Explore the available account-specific terms and their scope.
Spreads & commissions
| Account / edition | Commissionoriginal charging basis |
|---|---|
| UK spot currencies · first volume tier | 0.20 basis point × trade value per order; USD 2 minimum per order |
The first published monthly-volume tier applies through USD 1 billion. The minimum is per order, not per round trip, and the actual charge varies with notional, exchange rates and volume tier. No minimum spread is inferred.
Variable account pricing · not live quotes.Interactive Brokers: frequently asked questions
What does the Interactive Brokers review cover?
Interactive Brokers' UK directory offers desktop, browser and mobile workflows for currency and multi-asset accounts. Trader Workstation, Client Portal and the API range serve different levels of trading complexity. Its spot-currency schedule uses trade-value commissions with per-order minima rather than a single retail spread-plus-fixed-lot tariff.
Which trading platforms does Interactive Brokers list?
The documented offering lists Trader Workstation, IBKR Desktop, IBKR Mobile, Client Portal, IBKR GlobalTrader, IBKR APIs. Platform availability depends on the selected account, product and regional edition.
How are Interactive Brokers trading costs structured?
Spot-currency commission is tiered by monthly USD trade value and subject to a minimum per order. Other assets have separate commission and market-data schedules, and borrowing or currency-conversion costs depend on the transaction and account. UK provider website. Account approval, product permissions and affiliate-specific terms determine actual access; a platform catalogue is not a universal account entitlement.
What regulatory information is available for Interactive Brokers?
Documented company: Interactive Brokers (U.K.) Limited. Authority / edition: FCA · United Kingdom. Reference: 208159 · provider-published. The company and reference below are provider-published. Current official-register status was not independently retrieved.