Is Interactive Brokers safe?
Review the regulatory licences, legal entities, official warnings, company history, website records and user-reported issues connected with Interactive Brokers.
Also known as IBKR
Editorial review updated 26 August 2026 · Broker data checked 26 August 2026
- Editorial score
- 8.0/10How we scored Interactive Brokers
- User rating
- No user ratings yet
- Regulatory status
- SFC (Hong Kong)
- Country
- United States
- Established
- Established 1978
- Website
- interactivebrokers.com
Interactive Brokers may have a commercial relationship with 88 Forex Brokers. Paid placement is labelled separately and does not allow payment alone to determine the editorial score.
Review the regulatory licences, legal entities, official warnings, company history, website records and user-reported issues connected with Interactive Brokers.
Safety summary
Client money is held separately from the firm's own money, at Multiple qualifying banks/custodians. That separation is what makes your balance recoverable if the company fails, rather than part of the pool its creditors divide up.
Covered by SIPC up to $500,000 including $250,000 cash limit for eligible US securities accounts; jurisdiction-specific schemes elsewhere, which pays eligible clients up to its limit if the firm fails owing client money.
Regulatory coverage
Interactive Brokers is connected with 1 recorded licence: SFC (Hong Kong) (tier one).
Client protections
Protections may include segregated client money and a compensation scheme (SIPC up to $500,000 including $250,000 cash limit for eligible US securities accounts; jurisdiction-specific schemes elsewhere). They apply only where the account and client are eligible under the relevant entity and jurisdiction.
Official warnings
Regulator warnings, investor alerts and clone notices appear here as they are recorded, with the source.
Licence concerns
A concern is recorded when a licence cannot be confirmed to cover the entity or website shown on this profile.
Website verification
The recorded broker website is interactivebrokers.com. Verify the domain through an official regulator register where possible and do not rely on links received through unsolicited messages.
Company history
Interactive Brokers was established in 1978. No material change has yet been recorded on this profile.
Complaints and responses
This does not establish that no complaints exist elsewhere.
The available evidence supports a favourable risk assessment for Interactive Brokers. This assessment can change if licences, entities, warnings or broker operations change.
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