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Interactive Brokers platforms and how they score
The platform score rewards choice and capability. Here is what Interactive Brokers provides and where it earns or loses points.
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Platforms and tools
- Platforms
- Trader Workstation, IBKR Desktop, IBKR GlobalTrader, IBKR Mobile, Client Portal
- Own platform
- Yes
- Mobile app
- Proprietary
- Browser trading
- Yes
- Automated trading
- Yes, via APIs/algorithmic infrastructure rather than MT4/MT5 EAs
- Copy trading
- No conventional retail copy trading
- Indicators
- Extensive
- Third-party tools
- TradingView integration and extensive third-party ecosystem
- API access
- Yes: Web API, TWS API, FIX and institutional connectivity
What this means
Interactive Brokers offers Trader Workstation, IBKR Desktop, IBKR GlobalTrader, IBKR Mobile, Client Portal. A proprietary platform can be excellent, but it means your setup does not transfer if you later change broker.
Questions about Interactive Brokers platforms
What platforms does Interactive Brokers offer?
Interactive Brokers offers Trader Workstation, IBKR Desktop, IBKR GlobalTrader, IBKR Mobile, Client Portal.
Can you run Expert Advisors or algorithms at Interactive Brokers?
Yes. Interactive Brokers supports automated trading, which in practice means Expert Advisors on MetaTrader or the equivalent on its other platforms.
Does Interactive Brokers offer copy trading?
No. Interactive Brokers does not offer copy trading on our record.
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