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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.
Problems in the last 24 hours
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Most Reported Problems
The following are the most recent problems reported by Interactive Brokers users through our website.
- Login (44%)
- Website (33%)
- Trading platform (22%)
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The most recent Interactive Brokers outage reports came from the following cities:
| City | Problem Type | Report Time |
|---|---|---|
 Phoenix
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Login | 5 days ago |
 Nelson
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Website | 12 days ago |
 Hyderabad
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Login | 25 days ago |
 Mesquita
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Website | 29 days ago |
 Calgary
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Trading platform | 1 month ago |
 Málaga
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Website | 2 months ago |
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Interactive Brokers Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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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.
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Ekapob⚔️ (@ekapob) reported@IBKR is down during trading hours. This is the first time this has happened to me. Is anyone else experiencing the same issue and unable to log in to their account?
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Nate (@nathan96911) reported@IBKR I have spent the week trying to get thru to a person to talk to about my account. Your automated phone service hangs up when you select speak to agent. It tells you to log in but it does not log in. And tells you contact customer service for login assistance.
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The Miladorlorian (@DiChiarissimo) reported@IBKR Do not ever use this ******* dogshit platform, not only will you not be able to trade anything, they lock your funds no matter the amount because obviously they got in trouble in thr past for money laudering because they are fat fuxking italian peices of ****, **** these people
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Atman (@Hermes10wisdom) reported@IBKR @sumeet06 Waste of time, nobody over there get back to you customer service is dead.
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Susan-Betty Love (@QuackSlayerHK) reported@IBKR Fix your fxxking app/platform. This is unacceptable during market hours
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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!
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Brandon (@D3GSolutions) reportedIBKR has made me lose so much money it's gross. Can't sell covered calls on positions I own? Why? I'm in a margin account with positive SMA etc?!? @IBKR no help from the trade desk and as of yesterday a senior trade desk rep didn't even know your own margin rules.
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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'.
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ann👾 (@21timestwo) reported@LidoFinance @IBKR hot damn lfg!
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Wanda Case (@WandaCase9l) reported@IBKR A platform upgrade is only meaningful if order routing, outage history, and total trading costs improve alongside the interface.
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Saptarshi Das, CFA (@saptarshi_tweet) reported@IBKR do you ever solve problems. When faced with a question your customer service reps just leave the chat room. Your tech does not work (docusign process, image upload on chat etc.) And your reps have no intention to solve anything.
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yd (@kyingda) reported@IBKR what are you going to do about my account that still has money inside but able to sign in or reset, stupid thing is, I need to sign in to submit a ticket. Phone support not useful, they say unable to find my account. I have screenshots of me transferring money in the account
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Richard • Investing & FI (@Therichardralph) reported@RoninInvestors @IBKR Yes they support full extended hours trading.
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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.
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Shraey (@iamshraey_) reported@IBKR trying to open an account, but the only ID option shown is an Australian driver’s licence, and submission always fails with invalid ID type. Support keeps telling me to upload a passport which isn’t even an available option or try again as it might be tech glitch. Is this a serious platform with tech or support team or just GPT-4 era vibe coded?
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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
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Yousif Ashknani (@AshknKW) reported@IBKR No communications about ur boomer app not working during market hours ???
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Baron Von Garray (@BaronVonGarray) reported@IBKR placing surveys within the trading application that interfere, even for 5 seconds, with my ability to conduct business, is a sure fire way to royally piss off a customer. These surveys are out of control.
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Roman Lightman (@b_contrary) reported@IBKR Idiot deserves a good beating for being so stupid. Anyone foolish enough to leave a country that everyone else is risking their lives to get into that country gets what they deserve.
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Mini Trades (@theminitrades) reported@IBKR can you please fix your systems? Gosh it's market open and not being able to login to manage our trades is costing us.
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Saptarshi Das, CFA (@saptarshi_tweet) reported@IBKR @Paysafe @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!
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The normal investor (@tradestotrades) reported@Therichardralph @IBKR Trades not executing , I’ve used the platform for 3 years no problems ?
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Kate Whittaker (@KateWhitta17313) reported@Therichardralph @IBKR There awful can’t buy anything decent takes ages to sell if you want to sell
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Brandon (@D3GSolutions) reported@Reetard_ @IBKR Their mobile app. It's just clunky and slow and lags.
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Alex 🅱📢 (@bitchutesupport) reported@IBKR When are you going to fix your downtime? Any compensation for us users?
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Shraey (@iamshraey_) reported@IBKR trying to open an account, but the only ID option shown for an Australian resident is driver’s licence, and submission always fails with invalid ID type. Support keeps telling me to upload a passport which isn’t even an available option or try again as it might be tech glitch. Is this a serious platform with tech or support team or just GPT-4 era vibe coded?
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Y. Daniel Cheng (@danielhitome) reported@IBKR you expect people to respond to account messages in message center while banning people from accessing the message center, amazing. How many system issues you receive and ignore every day?
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Palmer (@BankTheTrade) reported$MRNA 174.38 down 20 @IBKR delayed the updated option chains until today for whatever reason....
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Javi Cg (@CJ02023589) reported@IBKR "‘Not urgency" must be your customer service mantra. It takes months just to handle a simple complaint.