Hedge Fund Outperformance
IBKR Hedge Fund Clients Outperformed the Market in 2025
A prime brokerage platform designed for performance-driven hedge funds.
IBKR Hedge Fund Clients
S&P 500 Index
IBKR returns are net of commissions and charges.
Recognized by Preqin 20251
- #1 Prime Broker for Hedge Funds with AUM under $50 million
- #4 Prime Broker Servicing Hedge Funds for 2025
Cost Efficiency That Compounds
Low commissions, transparent loan and borrow rates, and efficient securities lending reduce structural drag on performance.
Tiered, Institutional Pricing
Stock/ETF commissions from
USD 0.0005 - 0.0035 per share
Options commissions from
USD 0.15 - 0.65 per contract
Financing and Securities Lending
Margin rates as low as
USD 4.13%
Integrated securities lending and borrowing with transparent short availability and borrow rates, supporting short selling and portfolio financing
Execution and Trading Technology
Institutional Trading Platforms
Built for Active Funds
Professional trading platforms, advanced order types, APIs, and institutional tools designed to support complex strategies, execution control, and disciplined risk management across global markets.
Best Execution Through Smart Routing
IBKR SmartRoutingSM dynamically seeks the best available prices across multiple venues, helping minimize market impact and support best execution across asset classes and regions.
Integrated Risk Analytics
Understand risk and return with real-time monitoring that measures portfolio-wide exposure across global asset classes.
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Products
Access 170+ Markets in One Platform
Financial Strength
A Prime Broker You Can Trust
IBKR’s automated, real-time risk management, conservative capital structure, and long operating history matter to funds managing leverage and client capital. Strong controls reduce counterparty and operational risk while enabling scale.
Trusted by over
5 Million
clients worldwide
Executing more than
3.5 Million
trades daily
Nasdaq-listed
IBKR
Member of the
S&P500
Client assets over
$750 Billion
Total Equity
$19.5 Billion
Nearly
50 Years
of Innovation
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Disclosures
- Investing involves risk, including the potential loss of principal. Past performance is not indicative of future results. Returns shown are based on aggregate data for Interactive Brokers accounts meeting minimum thresholds as of January 1, 2025 ($1,000,000 for Hedge Fund Accounts). Such Hedge Fund Accounts accounted for 44.7% of total Hedge Fund Accounts. Returns include all account segments and product types, net of all commissions and charges. Results may vary significantly among clients. Comparisons to the S&P 500 are for informational purposes only.
- Preqin Service Providers in Private Markets 2025 report PREQIN® and BLACKROCK® are trademarks of BlackRock, Inc. or its affiliates, used under license.
- Supporting documentation for any claims and statistical information will be provided upon request.
- For complete information, see our margin rate comparison. .
- Interactive Brokers Group and its affiliates. For additional information view our Investor Relations - Earnings Release section. The number of client accounts displayed includes all account types across all IBG affiliates as of June 2, 2026.