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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
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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:
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Website | 5 days ago |
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Login | 18 days ago |
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Website | 22 days ago |
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Trading platform | 25 days ago |
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Website | 2 months ago |
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Login | 3 months ago |
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Interactive Brokers Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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Limpidish (@Imz_isNoGood) reported@IBKR the worst investment platform I’ve ever dealt with! Random rules that forcibly convert currencies, AI shoved down my throat even when I clearly said it was not helping and I needed someone to look into my issue! So yeah, taking my business somewhere else.
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covertsah (@coversah) reportedI have never had a such a bad experience setting up a new brokage account @IBKR I fund it I choose the light plan but they give them the Pro plan that include commissions. So all my test trades pulled commissions today. I tried to enable trading for leveraged etfs they denied me won't say why, so i get to wait another 30 days to try again. Man if i had any other choice i would just withdraw the money move on but i don't.
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Long & Right (@Ramblin_Rebel13) reportedI have an open position but @IBKR has kindly told me to f off at least twice now with no ETA on a fix. Their traders can't even close my position. Why is this ok? @CFTC
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Biswayan Bhandari (@BiswayanBhanda1) reported@IBKR Please help me retrieve my account. Share the step-by-step process? If not, should I close my IBKR account?
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morphie (@morphieCNFT) reported@IBKR It took them 3 weeks to send help good job
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Palmer (@BankTheTrade) reported$MRNA 174.38 down 20 @IBKR delayed the updated option chains until today for whatever reason....
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Said Suleimanov (@suleimanov50905) reported@monad @IBKR Monad has so much bullish news, and I don't care about the price. I don't understand why. Mon is falling in price again. What's the problem, dear Monad, why so! Can't you raise the price of Mon
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Adonis (@yao_yao520) reported@AshknKW @IBKR I'm having the same problem - suddenly can't log in.
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Brandon (@D3GSolutions) reportedDear @IBKR it's 2026 and you need to update and do some serious work to your IBKR mobile app for people who actively trade. When I call in people act as if nobody even uses it which isn't true. Get that thing like TWS and give TOS a run for its damn money.
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FactPulse (@FactPulse93508) reported@IBKR Worst broker for trading small caps on the planet. They will lock you from exiting your position whenever they feel like it and you will lose 5-10x more before the cap is lifted.
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abc2cb (@abc2cb1) reported@algoflows @IBKR i gave up on a registration process lol awful service
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Jesus (@CCrypto1001) reported@kyingda @IBKR 1(877)4422757 This number and the other one are a FARCE, there is no contact, it is IMPOSSIBLE, thousands of issues without answers, the INCOMPETENCE and NEGLIGENCE of ibxr diminished customer service.U25159972
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Joe Wyer (@joe365ppm) reported@IBKR Really need to work on the UI and also if the website is going to be so complicated you need to make accessing live support much less difficult
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MisterX2025 (@billYT2025) reported@IBKR In blue states. If you don't have wealth, then you can't fix medical problems with your health.
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Luna Trades (@totheluna21) reported@IBKR Technical issues around SanDisk earning times yesterday was a bit suspicious? I have friends lost money as they couldn't close positions you will have a log of this as they called in too to have you market close their positions
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ilia (@ilia_el_pro) reportedwhat a **** lag platform its even same accounts it even showed 0 trade only the first sell wtf @ibkr
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GingerNinja (@GingerNinjaZA) reported@cashflow_king94 @Trading212 @IBKR Man, ours charges us like 1.275% , like wtf 😭 Need to move to IBKR
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Count_Drewkoo (@NotYoungBuck) reported@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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todd morse (@ihottoddy) reported@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@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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Ekapob⚔️ (@ekapob) reported@IBKR is down during trading hours. This is the first time this has happened to me. Is anyone else experiencing the same issue and unable to log in to their account?
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Mendax Venatorem (@mendaxvenatorem) reported@IBKR Terrible
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Mini Trades (@theminitrades) reported@IBKR can you please fix your systems? Gosh it's market open and not being able to login to manage our trades is costing us.
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HappyHKL (@HappyHkL1) reported@IBKR It’s been half an hour and the system is STILL down! Everyone on X/social media is furious right now. Users are taking huge losses because of your outage—how are you going to compensate us for this? Fix this NOW! 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
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Ekapob⚔️ (@ekapob) reported@StateInterOffic @IBKR It's totally unacceptable. Hopefully the issue will be resolved soon.
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Jiri Vatka (@NSonic101) reported@IBKR where s your human support or at least support e-mail address in the app or web????????!!
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Yousif Ashknani (@AshknKW) reported@IBKR No communications about ur boomer app not working during market hours ???
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Jesus (@CCrypto1001) reported@Dilpree28887118 @IBKR A lot of distress and frustration. There's absolutely no reason for them to block my access to my accounts. It's unethical. The affected customers. They must be sued, and an ALERT must be issued to customers to avoid the BAD SERVICE and disrespect of this trap called ibkr.
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Lynda Holt (@travelynrose) reported@IBKR I expected better quality from you.
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niu.niu (@Double_Niu) reported@ekapob @IBKR same here! this is sooo bad and can cause massive loss for users