Interactive Brokers LinkedIn

1️⃣ They summarised their business strategy as “Automating as much of the … business as possible, continuously improving and expanding what we offer while minimizing what we charge.”

2️⃣ People want to invest at home, but also get exposure to the US stock market that has been leading the way for decades by now.

3️⃣ The hashtag

#MagnificentSeven have contributed nearly all of the S&P500 gain in the past quarter with Apple and Nvidia delivering three quarters of it.

4️⃣ Asian and Europeans are driving account open growth with 178,000 new accounts this quarter.

5️⃣ Investors are preferring larger, high-quality names rather than lower-priced stocks.

6️⃣ Sone people want to share their activity, information or privileges with family and friend. This echoes the real-time cloud based updates we’ve seen other businesses offer but only in the confines of secure cyber environments.

7️⃣ They talk about “Auto FX” and how they charge people (or not for FX transactions). The lesson in this is root out your hidden costs and do something about them.

8️⃣ Their options volume rose 35% over the prior-year quarter, well above industry growth, and reached a new record high for IBKR and specifically the zero day to expiration options. This highlights that as options grow in popularity, investors are seeking to gain exposure to price change and volatility rather than time value.

9️⃣ They have a USP in offering high interest rates on cash balances, but read the small print on this if you’re investing from Europe.

🔟 They’ve developed a new product called “ForecastEx”. This is a Forecast Contract enabling investors to identify opportunities, hedge and speculate on outcomes of published economic data along with global climate values.
This is a new concept bringing together ESG and derivatives. It’s one to watch…

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