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Problems in the last 24 hours

Interactive Brokers signals over the past 24 hours. The dashed line is the service-wide baseline used to detect unusual activity.

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Most Reported Problems

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

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

Live Outage Map

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

City	Problem Type	Report 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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Community Discussion

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Interactive Brokers Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

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  Thomasius (@TH0MA51U5) reported 5 minutes ago

  @OverWeightStock @IBKR But the worst customer service!

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  GomathiNayagam (@GomesNayagam) reported 6 minutes ago

  @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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  PhenixInvesting (@PhenixInvesting) reported 7 minutes ago

  @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

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  Yousif Ashknani (@AshknKW) reported 7 minutes ago

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

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  Kate Whittaker (@KateWhitta17313) reported 8 minutes ago

  @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 15 minutes ago

  @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

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  todd morse (@ihottoddy) reported 16 minutes ago

  @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

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  PhenixInvesting (@PhenixInvesting) reported 20 minutes ago

  @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

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  Atman (@Hermes10wisdom) reported 21 minutes ago

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

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  Brandon (@D3GSolutions) reported 24 minutes ago

  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.

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  Nate (@nathan96911) reported 27 minutes ago

  @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.

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  Brandon (@D3GSolutions) reported 28 minutes ago

  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.

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  Lili Fee (@booklilifee) reported 30 minutes ago

  @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.

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  安然体验用VPN软件 (@Mah49628433) reported 31 minutes ago

  @IBKR MCP support could make account workflows smoother.

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  Count_Drewkoo (@NotYoungBuck) reported 31 minutes ago

  @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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  Jesus (@CCrypto1001) reported 32 minutes ago

  @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

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  jpemberthy (@jpemberthy) reported 33 minutes ago

  @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.

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  RobertoenMexico (@Olde_Pharte) reported 35 minutes ago

  @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

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  Mehtab | Karta Ventures (@MehtabKarta) reported 35 minutes ago

  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!

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  Oded Tamir (@tamir_oded) reported 39 minutes ago

  @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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  HappyHKL (@HappyHkL1) reported 41 minutes ago

  @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! 💣🔥😤🤬😤🤬😤🤬😤🤬

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  Saptarshi Das, CFA (@saptarshi_tweet) reported 42 minutes ago

  @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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  Atman (@Hermes10wisdom) reported 44 minutes ago

  @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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  J.J. Jejeebhoy (@jjeebhoy) reported 45 minutes ago

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

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  Fyke Peony (@FykePeony) reported 48 minutes ago

  @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

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  🅰️LB🅰️ (@ALBACapMgmt) reported 50 minutes ago

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

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  Ashrith Govind (@ashrithgovind) reported 50 minutes ago

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

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  Peter Penny (@PeterCarli28957) reported 53 minutes ago

  @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

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  Tim Williams (@_AcumenVentures) reported 55 minutes ago

  @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.

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  Natalka (@NataliiaKoval) reported 58 minutes ago

  @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.