IBKR International Trading | Interactive Brokers LLC (2024)

Easily trade products worldwide using a multi-currency IBKR Integrated Investment Account.

Your Gateway to the World's Markets

Seamless electronic market access to stocks, options, futures, currencies, commodities, fixed income, funds and ETFs from an Integrated Investment Account.

24/6 market data access.

Fund an Integrated Investment Account with one or multiple currencies – there is no need to open a separate account for each currency. Designate a single base currency from among 23 currencies and you are ready to trade stocks, options, futures, currencies, metals, fixed income, ETFs and funds from around the world.¹

Make deposits or withdrawals in any currency offered by IBKR. An Integrated Investment Account offers currency conversions without the need for margin. All statements, reports and margin requirements are denominated in your base currency.

Looking for a specific product or exchange?

Trade Assets in Another
Country's Currency

Attach currency orders to your trades using our Traders Workstation (TWS) platform. Users can take advantage of IB SmartRouting technology to route their orders to the most advantageous market center(s) and also trade in the local currency.

Additionally, our FX trading offers narrow spreads from 17 interbank liquidity providers helping you minimize costs to maximize returns.² Simply select "FX ORDER" in the order entry panel and TWS will populate the rest for you based upon order size and destination currency.

Currency Trading

Our tight spreads and substantial liquidity are a result of combining quotation streams from 17 of the world's largest foreign exchange dealers, which constitute more than 60%³ of the market share in the global interbank market.

• Direct access to interbank currency trading quotes without hidden price spreads or markups.
• An ECN-like market structure where our order book allows you to trade with other IBKR clients or with liquidity-providing banks.
• Displayed quotes as small as 1/10 of a PIP.
• Low commissions of 0.08 to 0.20 basis points * Trade size⁴
• Convert currencies and trade currencies with leverage.⁵
• Trade currencies side by side with currency futures, currency options, stocks, fixed income, futures and more.
• Trade currency markets in our optimized FXTrader with over 100 currency pairs for trading.

Learn about Global Trading at
Traders' Academy

Visit IBKR’s Traders’ Academy to take a free course on Trading Around the World. Gain insights in available markets, trading permissions and market data available from IBKR. Learn about managing exchange rate risk, currency trading, IBKR’s FXTrader software and the related suite of IBKR trading tools.

Rated #1
Best Online Broker 2020⁶

Rated Best Online Broker
for International Trading 2020

Rated #1 for
International Trading 2020

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Disclosures

1. Products and services may not be available in your jurisdiction. For details please visit ibkr.com/products.
2. Lower investment costs will increase your overall return on investment, but lower costs do not guarantee that your investment will be profitable.
3. Source: Euromoney FX survey FX Poll 2018: The Euromoney FX survey is the largest global poll of foreign exchange service providers.
4. Please see ibkr.com/commissions.
5. Subject to approval
6. Interactive Brokers earned top ratings from Barron's for the past thirteen years. A 5.0 star rating, June 9, 2023, March 23, 2022, February 26, 2021, February 21, 2020. A 4.5 star rating February 22, 2019, March 26, 2018, March 20, 2017, March 23, 2016, March 21, 2015, March 17, 2014, March 11, 2013, March 14, 2012 and March 14, 2011 Barron's Best Online Brokers. Criteria included Trading Experience and Technology, Usability, Mobile, Range of Offerings, Research Amenities, Portfolio Analysis & Reports, Customer Service, Education and Security, and Costs. Supporting documentation for claims and statistical information will be provided upon request. Barron's is a registered trademark of Dow Jones & Company, Inc.