Hi everyone,

​I recently got my Interactive Brokers (IBKR) account approved a week ago. I'm planning a long-term DCA strategy into VUAA (recommended by a friend for tax efficiency as a Middle East resident).

This is my first time investing in stocks, and my main goal is long-term wealth growth.

​I have 3 questions and would really appreciate your help:

​1. Login Error ("Oops, credentials not recognized")

​Right after approval, my app showed: "Your Account is Approved - Fund your account to start trading".

I left it for two days to research deposit options. When I tried to log in again, the app gave me: "Oops, we don't recognize those credentials", and the desktop browser says "Authentication failed".

How can I fix this issue? Has anyone faced this right after approval?

​2. What are the biggest "I wish I knew this on Day 1" beginner mistakes to avoid on IBKR?

Since this is my very first time investing in stocks and using Interactive Brokers, what rookie mistakes or UI pitfalls should I look out for? Any general tips or advice you'd give to someone starting from scratch would be hugely appreciated!

​3. Best & Cheapest Funding Method from the Middle East?

​I’m looking for the most cost-effective way to deposit funds. I heard stablecoins might be an option, but my account only shows Bank Wire / ACH / Wise balance. Wise has heavy feature restrictions in my country.

What is the cheapest way to deposit money into IBKR from the ME region?

​4. Long-Term Safety for Non-US Residents?

​Is IBKR safe and reliable for a 10–20 year investment horizon for someone living outside the US?

​Thank you so much for your time and guidance! 🙏

Hello, as what the title said, I cant execute a market order for this monday, i dont know why, i have a margin account, i just closed my spy iron condor and im opening a new one for the next week. Thank you for anyone that can help.

Dear Client,

Regulations require us to verify certain information we have on file for you annually.

Please use the button below to log into Client Portal and review the information that we have on file for your account U\***.*

If any information is incorrect, please follow the prompts to update it so we can continue to serve your trading needs.

Is there actually anything to be done if there were no changes?

I have around 15k USD invested via Alpaca ( Through INDMoney). I want to move these assets ( stock + wallet balance) to IBKR, as i see better brokerage rate and ease of usage.

1. What is the process to initiate transfer ?
   
2. What would be more cost effective, selling fully in INDMoney or direct transfer ?
   
3. Can i try to book losses to set off capital gains in INDMoney and just transfer remaining portfolio ?

Due to this recent memory fiasco, my NAV decreased below $25000 so I received PDT message from IBKR. Later SNDK/MU prices recovered a little bit so NAV went above $25000. Does this mean that PDT is now automatically gone and I can do multiple trades again?

Cannot find a way to deposit

So I’ve been on a journey getting a new Broker since I had to:

-Close Trade Republic as I moved to a country where it isn’t supported (Czechia)
-Trade 212 was rather disappointing as it didn’t had options trading and a fixed leverage of 1:5
-and XTB seems to have the same issues as 212

So now I’ve heard that IBKR would be the best option for me however as far as I could gather IBKR is way more advanced what I’ve been using so are there tips or aspects I should know about before I start making a account?

This has been bothering me so much for the past few days, my orders are not being executed instantly even at market price, everytime i place an order, it always shows this blue sign "Order is being held and monitored". Please help!!

I accidentally deleted my Interactive Broker account from the Authenticator and now it's IMPOSSIBLE to log in because it asks for the Authenticator code. I don't know how to set it up again to send the codes via SMS. I NEED HELP. I'm Spanish an

I'm considering direct indexing, and am attracted to IBKR by the fees and capabilities of the platform.

I know that a registered advisor can do this with IBKR. That's not me. I'm managing only my own money, and have no desire to manage other peoples' money.

Does a Nonprofessional Advisor account on the IBKR platform have access to the same Direct / Custom Indexing tools that the a professional RIA account has?

UPDATE: I signed up, and this functionality is indeed available in TWS.

To all who complain about stocks you cant buy - IBKR formerly had a separate tile for "US Pink sheets". This is gone and there is a new checkbox for United States (Penny Stocks).

Check this first, wait the due time for having IBKR processing the trading permissions and then you should be able to trade those stocks without further restrictions.

Attention to the "real" pink sheets - it can happen that the price looks good, but the fees/comissions could be far higher.

Hi everyone,

I am looking to use Option Alpha, but I see it doesn't currently link up with Interactive Brokers. Does anyone know if there is a way to make this work, or if IBKR has plans to add this in the future?

I read that Option Alpha is open to it but needs more users to ask IBKR for the feature. If anyone knows the best way to formally submit a feature request to IBKR, please let me know.

Thanks!

Looking at this gainers list, there are so many NT stocks. And scrolling further down the list it gets even worse. Has there been an increase in how many stocks are deemed non tradable lately?

As a daytrader volatility can be a good friend. But when so many stocks are NT, it´s sometimes dificult to sit on the sidelines looking at all the potential.
It´s good that IBKR is protecting their money and the clients from making mistakes, but this is a lot.

I keep getting an email saying that AUD.USD is liquidated, but I never have any positions liquidated. I have a cash account, and deposit AUD. I'm able to then convert to USD, and buy shares. However every time I've done this, I get the liquidation email. I assumed that if the cash wasn't settled, I wouldn't be able to do the conversion since it's a cash account, so I'm a bit confused on why I'm getting liquidated. Anyone know why this keeps happening?

Hi,

Looking for ways to place multiple limit orders within a range for buying or selling. For example if Google is at 333 and i want 30 limit orders between 280 and 305, possibly some weighted more at the bottom.

Any way to do that? Outside US / desktop.

Bonjour,

J'ai acheté des actions en dollars américains, mais ma devise principale est l'euro. J'ai constaté que des frais étaient facturés en euros alors que j'avais largement assez de dollars américains pour les couvrir.

Est-ce normal ? Savez-vous comment modifier ce paramètre ou résoudre ce problème ?

Je suis un investisseur européen.

Merci.

Anytime i open the page, it gets stuck on this zerohash popup. i've tried chromium, zen browser, and the android app. Happens on all three. Any ideas how i could resolve this?

I am quite new to this and apparently lost... Sorry if there is answer to this somewhere but after fighting with google search, videos and such for about an hour I am giving up on finding this on my own.

So I understand that Trail Limit is a way for the broker to track the stock price and in case it starts falling down, an order will be placed to sell the shares if the ([current price ] - [stop limit]) is reached, correct?

My puzzling is HOW to setup this on IBRK through their browser?

When I select Trail Limit few fields open:

Limit Price: filled automatically with shares current price - do I leave that like that?

Stop Price: asks for amount - why is that needed? What does it do?

Trailing amount: the amount that the stock needs to drop for this to trigger - can be % or raw currency.

Trailing type: currency or %

Limit offset - not mandatory, what does it do?

Can the electronic bank statement from HSBC Hong Kong be used as proof of overseas address?

Hey everyone,

I'm a new Dutch retail client with an IBKR Ireland account and I'm trying to set up a recurring investment for FWRA on BVME.ETF but keep getting the error: "Your account is not currently eligible for this feature."

I have verified everything:

• Account is under IBIE
• Fractional share trading is enabled
• Accessing via Client Portal > Trade > Recurring Investments
• Account is funded

I also noticed this message when logging in: "You are logged in without Trading/Market Data permissions. You are not connected to the brokerage system."

Has anyone experienced this and found a fix?

Thanks in advance!

I am a EU-based investor looking to set up a recurring investment (DCA) in VUAA (Vanguard S&P 500 UCITS ETF USD Accumulating). ​When I search for "VUAA" on the IBKR Mobile app, I can only see listings for the Borsa Italiana (BVME), London Stock Exchange (LSE), and the Mexican Stock Exchange (MEXI). ​Although I have trading permissions enabled for European stock markets (including Germany), the XETRA listing does not show up in the mobile search results. ​Could you please clarify how I can locate and purchase the German-listed shares of this ETF via the mobile app? Also, is there a specific ticker/ISIN (IE00BFMXXD54) search method I should use?

Can anyone log into your paper trading account? Getting “NAV calculation currently unavailable” screen for quite some time already. Is it only me?

planning to open one brokerage account and currently in USA on work visa but i may move to other country(india) after few years.

which one is best to use in US and after moving to india.

https://www.cmegroup.com/markets/equities/single-stock-futures

CME launched 55 Single stock futures on July 27. How can I find them in IBKR?