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Interactive Brokers LLC is a U.S.-based brokerage firm. It operates the largest electronic trading platform in the U.S. by number of daily average revenue trades. The company brokers stocks, options, futures, EFPs, futures options, FOREX, bonds, and funds.

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Most Reported Problems

The following are the most recent problems reported by Interactive Brokers users through our website.

  • 44% Website (44%)
  • 33% Login (33%)
  • 22% Trading platform (22%)

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The most recent Interactive Brokers outage reports came from the following cities:

CityProblem TypeReport Time
Hackney Login 12 days ago
Amiens Website 14 days ago
Toronto Trading platform 21 days ago
Phoenix Login 29 days ago
Nelson Website 1 month ago
Hyderabad Login 2 months ago
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Interactive Brokers Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • TH0MA51U5
    Thomasius (@TH0MA51U5) reported

    @OverWeightStock @IBKR But the worst customer service!

  • GomesNayagam
    GomathiNayagam (@GomesNayagam) reported

    @IBKR i day trade a lot, used IBKR desktop initially damn ******, so slow and refresh issue, no help, screen freeze at times, and then went back to traderworkstation, another major issue is PDT waive off kind of new feature IBKR taking long to implement.

  • PhenixInvesting
    PhenixInvesting (@PhenixInvesting) reported

    @ross_w__ @IBKR I’m stuck on that **** show !! Currently down 500k and counting **** I wish I thought about using Kosdaq as an hedge to flatten out when they failed to take my orders yesterday night

  • AshknKW
    Yousif Ashknani (@AshknKW) reported

    @IBKR No communications about ur boomer app not working during market hours ???

  • KateWhitta17313
    Kate Whittaker (@KateWhitta17313) reported

    @Therichardralph @IBKR There awful can’t buy anything decent takes ages to sell if you want to sell

  • D3GSolutions
    Brandon (@D3GSolutions) reported

    @IBKR fix your ******* app!!!! My lord it's absolute dog ****. Sell lots out my shares LIFO and your system then does FIFO when it's clearly marked correct. Then on the backend in change tax lots it shows correctly. Yet today nor the next day will I get credit in my SMA or NL

  • ihottoddy
    todd morse (@ihottoddy) reported

    @IBKR Ur total garbage. I switched from schwab and swith back after one day. U dont tell people u have to have 100k to get best margin rate then at 1259. All margins go up to 50% and u sell some of my stocks. Customer service is trash also..u should be shut down

  • PhenixInvesting
    PhenixInvesting (@PhenixInvesting) reported

    @YYF171ttk @IBKR After couple hours we were able to get some orders filled then the system shutdown again for several hours This time it’s insane 30 hours in and no ETA time on fix

  • Hermes10wisdom
    Atman (@Hermes10wisdom) reported

    @IBKR @sumeet06 Waste of time, nobody over there get back to you customer service is dead.

  • D3GSolutions
    Brandon (@D3GSolutions) reported

    I want to know the qualifications one needs to work at @IBKR because boy when I tell you I feel like I'm talking to Wal mart customer service, these people don't have a clue.

  • nathan96911
    Nate (@nathan96911) reported

    @IBKR I would not recommend using this brokerage service as they seem to completely ignore any customer service. No human answers their telephone customer service line.

  • D3GSolutions
    Brandon (@D3GSolutions) reported

    On @IBKR buy an options contract nothing wild just a put on a 100 lot of ZS. Contract was trading at .01 for the bid and .27 for the ask. I put the midway .14 literally smack in the middle. Contract instantly fills. For .21 lol like wtf man.

  • booklilifee
    Lili Fee (@booklilifee) reported

    @MazFuryCabbage @IBKR You have to go to settings and get permission to trade US stocks and make fx transactions. I opened a USD account as well. You need to use the help function, it's a complex platform.

  • Mah49628433
    安然体验用VPN软件 (@Mah49628433) reported

    @IBKR MCP support could make account workflows smoother.

  • NotYoungBuck
    Count_Drewkoo (@NotYoungBuck) reported

    @WebullGlobal < @IBKR Trying to track real-time market structure or apply quantitative modeling is impossible when the platform holds the data hostage. Here is exactly what is happening under the hood. How Your Location Determines Routing: Your residential address dictates your backend routing. Because you aren't in New York, Webull actually routes your crypto execution and custody through Coinbase, not Bakkt.Bakkt (which holds a specific virtual currency license from the New York State Department of Financial Services) is used almost exclusively for residents of New York, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands. Your chart and watchlist discrepancies are being pulled directly from Coinbase's liquidity pool, not a New York firm. The 4-Hour Candle Bottleneck: You cannot properly scalp momentum if the chart refuses to paint the current price action.Webull's charting software is designed for retail bandwidth efficiency, not professional-grade tick data. On higher timeframes like the 4-hour, the platform often relies on server-side OHLC (Open, High, Low, Close) snapshots. Instead of pushing live, tick-by-tick data to build the active candle dynamically, the UI saves processing power by waiting until the 4-hour interval officially closes before rendering the final candle. It completely breaks any real-time structural analysis. Does IBKR Have This Issue? No. Interactive Brokers is built for direct market access, and their Trader Workstation (TWS) streams data differently.Dynamic Charting: TWS streams professional-grade tick data across all timeframes. Your 4-hour candle will build, wick, and fluctuate dynamically in real-time. Different Routing: IBKR does not use Coinbase or Bakkt. They route crypto execution through Paxos Trust Company and Zero Hash. Transparent Pricing: Instead of baking a wide spread into the price, IBKR charges a flat 0.12% to 0.18% commission with no hidden markups. Transitioning your active trading operations to a direct-access broker with an integrated data streaming hub will immediately solve these retail-level UI bottlenecks

  • CCrypto1001
    Jesus (@CCrypto1001) reported

    @IBKR It's impossible to contact IBXR support: 1(877)442-2757, it doesn't work. I can only hope that the issue they fabricated to keep my $3464.85 cash will be returned to me someday. U25159972

  • jpemberthy
    jpemberthy (@jpemberthy) reported

    @NickSchmidt Don't know about shitcoins. But for securities, there’s no comparison between HOOD and @IBKR on execution quality. I moved everything to IBKR a few years ago and never looked back.

  • Olde_Pharte
    RobertoenMexico (@Olde_Pharte) reported

    @IBKR Thanks but this doesn't and won't work. I don't have my account info so when I call, it rejects me. Why is there no way to fix this I have money in my account but I can't access it

  • MehtabKarta
    Mehtab | Karta Ventures (@MehtabKarta) reported

    This morning, Interactive Brokers support emailed me saying I executed a huge FX trade... Obviously, I was freaked out! So I called institutional support and they said the support agent that emailed me was incorrect. Thanks for the heart attack @IBKR!

  • tamir_oded
    Oded Tamir (@tamir_oded) reported

    @IBKR It takes more than 10 days to open account in Israel and still waiting . This is level of service of the 80'.

  • HappyHkL1
    HappyHKL (@HappyHkL1) reported

    @IBKR Over 60 minutes of complete outage during extreme market volatility, and NOT A SINGLE WORD from you?! 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬Traders are trapped and losing money every second as prices flip! We demand an immediate public statement AND a clear loss compensation plan NOW! 💣🔥😤🤬😤🤬😤🤬😤🤬

  • saptarshi_tweet
    Saptarshi Das, CFA (@saptarshi_tweet) reported

    @IBKR @JoseTorresEcon @IBKR do you ever solve issues. Your customer service is -100 out of 10. You haven't been able to solve a critical problem for over 20 days now. Ticket #T877121. Are they sleeping on their beds. The issue has been escalated 4-5 times already. DO YOUR JOB!

  • Hermes10wisdom
    Atman (@Hermes10wisdom) reported

    @IBKR you customer service is useless, not once did they mention how failed transfer attempts cost £££ each time. your website ui is awful. Attempted transfer failed twice now and you have taken all most of my £100 is fees… you need to make it clear for new users.

  • jjeebhoy
    J.J. Jejeebhoy (@jjeebhoy) reported

    Obscene for @IBKR to go down in the middle of a trading day

  • FykePeony
    Fyke Peony (@FykePeony) reported

    @IBKR 2/2, bc that needs SMS too. So I can't login, write a help ticket, fund my account bc of wrong SMS ( that's strange, bc I have updated my profile regularly. Try phoning, they say. Get a live agent. After a really long hold time I did get an agent but he could not 3/3

  • ALBACapMgmt
    🅰️LB🅰️ (@ALBACapMgmt) reported

    @blahajcapital @IBKR Im guessing they dont have enough onshore margin posted to cover their clients positions...there are no exchange problems....its bullshit

  • ashrithgovind
    Ashrith Govind (@ashrithgovind) reported

    @defyneric i think its only because they issue cards to @IBKR clients. But not sure that if those volumes reflect here. but highly possible!

  • PeterCarli28957
    Peter Penny (@PeterCarli28957) reported

    @CoreyCicero @TT_stocks_ @IBKR No it isn’t- I tried that. It’s free IF you only trade market hours- anything PM OR AH is 1% fees. Not to mention when I went to pull my money out they made me send my ID AND a video of me holding up my passport saying who I was lmao. Again worst broker I’ve ever had and I’ve had every single one

  • _AcumenVentures
    Tim Williams (@_AcumenVentures) reported

    @jeremiahrogers @IBKR is horrible and their customer service absolutely sucks! Tried them and couldn’t wait to get my funds out - which they held for a stupid amount of time.

  • NataliiaKoval
    Natalka (@NataliiaKoval) reported

    @IBKR Phone support in 2026? I’m constantly traveling and changing phone numbers to the country I’m visiting. I don’t have a permanent phone number. That’s why I can’t login as you blocked the possibility to change phone numbers.

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