Interactive Brokers

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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

The graph below depicts the number of Interactive Brokers reports received over the last 24 hours by time of day. When the number of reports exceeds the baseline, represented by the red line, an outage is determined.

Interactive Brokers Outage Chart 12/16/2025 18:30

December 16: Problems at Interactive Brokers

Interactive Brokers is having issues since 04:30 AM IST. Are you also affected? Leave a message in the comments section!

Most Reported Problems

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

  1. Website (48%)

    Website (48%)

  2. Login (30%)

    Login (30%)

  3. Trading platform (17%)

    Trading platform (17%)

  4. Withdrawals (4%)

    Withdrawals (4%)

Live Outage Map

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

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City Problem Type Report Time
SpainErandio Trading platform
United StatesChicago Login
United KingdomLondon Website
United StatesStockton Withdrawals
United StatesFort Wayne Login
SpainXirivella Login
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Community Discussion

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Interactive Brokers Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • Phillip40529490 Phillip (@Phillip40529490) reported

    @TuckSantoro @IBKR Are they targetting certain accounts and removing trading permissions? How is there not a bigger uproar. This happens way to often... I can barely find mention of this error anywhere.

  • NicolasVanhove Nicolas Vanhove (@NicolasVanhove) reported

    @IBKR please answer my support emails - URGENT

  • CafeNinga The Toilet Trader (@CafeNinga) reported

    @IBKR Do you have any idea that your customer service may be worse then TD Webbrokers. Ive been trying for 2 weeks to set up account no one picks up the ohone and when i select call backs i havent received 1 in 2 weeks so obviously that system doesnt work

  • MrConde11 MrConde (@MrConde11) reported

    $GME contract not available for short selling, WTF @IBKR

  • heatwave_trades heatwave_trades (@heatwave_trades) reported

    I called @IBKR this morning to speak with customer service regarding an issue with my account. I was waiting (listening to the crappy music) for more than an hour. I got tired and hang up. My question is why have a contact phone number if your customer can not get help via phone?

  • CafeNinga The Toilet Trader (@CafeNinga) reported

    @IBKR ya they have awful customer service been on hold 2 weeks now everyday over an hour. Im done with them any other companies anyone knows of

  • PizzaManOmar Omar (@PizzaManOmar) reported

    @me3notBe @IBKR $SPY option chain not working also

  • HuaiShi1 Huai Shi (@HuaiShi1) reported

    @IBKR @Tvitoje The system update says all good to go but I can’t even view my holdings or statistics on the app or the browser for almost 12 hrs. Customer service can’t even guarantee it’ll be back up during market hours. Are you kidding me

  • danushman dan (@danushman) reported

    @MuhInvestingAcc @IBKR How does their platform compare? Does it have a book trader window and most importantly does it freeze or crash on you ever?

  • Henny34125786 Asif iqbal (@Henny34125786) reported from Peterborough, England

    @IBKR Thank you for replying. It gives me great comfort after spending 3 hours on the phone without any response that someone is providing customer service. However im being told I don’t have permission to trade. Plz confirm I can trade stocks on the pink market. 🙏🏼🙏🏼

  • JuniorJordan3 Junior Jordan (@JuniorJordan3) reported

    @IBKR interactive brokers, please do something about your customer service!!!!!! It does not make sense for someone to be on the phone for over an hour waiting and hoping to open an account with you!!!

  • antyang11 Anthony Sydney (@antyang11) reported

    @IBKR bloody options chains are down

  • PizzaManOmar Omar (@PizzaManOmar) reported

    @hungry_cap @IBKR yup $SPY not working for me

  • asdf512tx Tamidge (@asdf512tx) reported

    @danushman @IBKR come to RH where its a feature not a bug

  • IbisOpes ibis opes (@IbisOpes) reported

    @ibkr please fix ur broken platform

  • PizzaManOmar Omar (@PizzaManOmar) reported

    $SPY option chain is not working on @IBKR FIX

  • danushman dan (@danushman) reported

    What's worse than draw downs like today? When you have to restart your brokers software in the middle of it. About done with @IBKR's TWS. What's the point of good execution if the damn thing is frozen when you are potentially going to have to execute something... sigh.

  • ronwichgers Ron Wichgers (@ronwichgers) reported

    @danushman @IBKR That sucks. I have no issues with IBKR...

  • mz_nett117 Jeanette S (@mz_nett117) reported

    @IBKR your customer service needs help. I've been on hold for over and hour and for some reason I'm locked out of my account. This isn't a good way to start our business relationship.

  • me3notBe John Galt? (@me3notBe) reported

    @IBKR All OPTIONS with symbols beginning with T are SHOWING NO PRICES. FIX IT

  • sumeetgjain Sumit Jain (@sumeetgjain) reported

    @IBKR Well, I was not able to execute orders yesterday when NSE was actually working .. And I tried to call ur support, for 54 min and not a single agent was free..

  • Phillip40529490 Phillip (@Phillip40529490) reported

    @IBKR You are currently logged in without Trading/Market Data permissions. Hi @IBKR I would like to unlock the feature to trade undeterred by this error. How much extra would it cost me? Willing to pay. Thanks.

  • MannCul Cul’man (@MannCul) reported

    @calvinfroedge @IBKR That means asks had dried down. HFT put such trades because they are required to stay in the market at all times. There's simply no market and the order would be canceled after some time.

  • carry_anti AntiCarry (@carry_anti) reported

    @IBKR really poor customer service experience.

  • antyang11 Anthony Sydney (@antyang11) reported

    @IBKR wtf cant even buy spy or tqqq to hedge anything! ur option chains arent available

  • JuniorJordan3 Junior Jordan (@JuniorJordan3) reported

    @IBKR @IBKR interactive brokers, please do something about your customer service!!!!!! It does not make sense for someone to be on the phone for over an hour waiting and hoping to open an account with you!!!

  • hemalitanna Hemali Tanna (@hemalitanna) reported

    @IBKR Hi, I have an account in India but I want to open an account in Singapore as I have moved here. I cant contact your customer care numbers.

  • sumeetgjain Sumit Jain (@sumeetgjain) reported

    @IBKR Well, I was not able to execute orders yesterday when NSE was actually working .. And I tried to call ur support, for 54 and not a single agent was free..

  • FunkyHedge FunkyHedge (@FunkyHedge) reported

    @grizzledtrader @IBKR Yeah, my worst experience with trading from old days a name: TWS.

  • cristian_sav Cristian Savulescu (@cristian_sav) reported

    @IBKR is the worst possible broker in the entire world. Their platform is straight out of the 90's, their support haven't replied to my two tickets that are 2 weeks old, their platform is lagging, it doesn't display live data despite buying it 3 times, nothing is str8forward.