DARTs Lower at Interactive Brokers in February 2019
- During February, the number of DARTs were reported at 824,000, a fall of three percent month-over-month from 851,000 in January.
Interactive Brokers LLC (NASDAQ:IBKR) has just disclosed its consolidated trading volumes for February, which saw a mixed performance compared to levels from a year ago but was mostly rangebound to lower across the monthly interval. The data shows that the trend of rising accounts number is still in play, though volumes were slightly interrupted as some regulatory measures dampened investors’ activities.
During February 2019, the number of DARTs were reported at 824,000, a fall of three percent month-over-month from 851,000 in January 2019. On a year-on-year basis, Interactive Brokers saw an even bleaker performance in its DARTs with February’s figure dropping approximately 19 percent relative to over a million transactions reported in February 2018.
In terms of equity balance in customers’ accounts during February 2019, the figure totaled $143.7 billion, an increase of 10 percent year-on-year from $134 billion. In addition, Interactive Brokers managed to best its January 2019 equivalent, having notched a gain of three percent from $139.2 billion in the prior month.
Interactive Brokers’ ending client margin loan balances came in at $25.7 billion in February 2019, up eight percent from $23.8 billion in January 2019. Across a yearly interval, the figure moved lower by eight percent when weighed against $30.1 billion in February 2018.
IB Charges $3.63 per Cleared Order
Business highlights, according to the company’s press release, also showed that a total of 614,200 customer accounts were active at IB during February 2019. The figure was higher by one percent month-on-month when compared to January 2019 (606,800 accounts), and 21.0 percent higher from 507,000 accounts a year ago.
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The Greenwich, Connecticut-based company reported last month that its net revenues for Q4 2018 amounted to amounted to $492 million, lower by five percent compared with $515 million in the same period last year. Income before tax totaled $309 million, down 15 percent year-over-year from $364 million in Q4 2017.
Interactive Brokers LLC (NASDAQ:IBKR) has just disclosed its consolidated trading volumes for February, which saw a mixed performance compared to levels from a year ago but was mostly rangebound to lower across the monthly interval. The data shows that the trend of rising accounts number is still in play, though volumes were slightly interrupted as some regulatory measures dampened investors’ activities.
During February 2019, the number of DARTs were reported at 824,000, a fall of three percent month-over-month from 851,000 in January 2019. On a year-on-year basis, Interactive Brokers saw an even bleaker performance in its DARTs with February’s figure dropping approximately 19 percent relative to over a million transactions reported in February 2018.
In terms of equity balance in customers’ accounts during February 2019, the figure totaled $143.7 billion, an increase of 10 percent year-on-year from $134 billion. In addition, Interactive Brokers managed to best its January 2019 equivalent, having notched a gain of three percent from $139.2 billion in the prior month.
Interactive Brokers’ ending client margin loan balances came in at $25.7 billion in February 2019, up eight percent from $23.8 billion in January 2019. Across a yearly interval, the figure moved lower by eight percent when weighed against $30.1 billion in February 2018.
IB Charges $3.63 per Cleared Order
Business highlights, according to the company’s press release, also showed that a total of 614,200 customer accounts were active at IB during February 2019. The figure was higher by one percent month-on-month when compared to January 2019 (606,800 accounts), and 21.0 percent higher from 507,000 accounts a year ago.
On average, in February 2019 Interactive Brokers charged clients commission fees of $3.63 per order, including Exchange Exchange An exchange is known as a marketplace that supports the trading of derivatives, commodities, securities, and other financial instruments.Generally, an exchange is accessible through a digital platform or sometimes at a tangible address where investors organize to perform trading. Among the chief responsibilities of an exchange would be to uphold honest and fair-trading practices. These are instrumental in making sure that the distribution of supported security rates on that exchange are effectiv An exchange is known as a marketplace that supports the trading of derivatives, commodities, securities, and other financial instruments.Generally, an exchange is accessible through a digital platform or sometimes at a tangible address where investors organize to perform trading. Among the chief responsibilities of an exchange would be to uphold honest and fair-trading practices. These are instrumental in making sure that the distribution of supported security rates on that exchange are effectiv Read this Term, Clearing Clearing Clearing is a general term that simply means many different things depending on the subject and related industry. Most commonly, this refers to the reciprocal exchange between banks of checks and drafts, and the settlement of the differences, or the total of claims settled at a clearinghouse. In finance and banking, the word clearing has different meanings depending on the more specific business model. Moving checks from the bank where they were deposited to the bank on which they were drawn. Th Clearing is a general term that simply means many different things depending on the subject and related industry. Most commonly, this refers to the reciprocal exchange between banks of checks and drafts, and the settlement of the differences, or the total of claims settled at a clearinghouse. In finance and banking, the word clearing has different meanings depending on the more specific business model. Moving checks from the bank where they were deposited to the bank on which they were drawn. Th Read this Term and regulatory fees, with the key products metrics coming out at $2.34 for stocks, $4.93 for equity options and $6.16 for futures orders.
The Greenwich, Connecticut-based company reported last month that its net revenues for Q4 2018 amounted to amounted to $492 million, lower by five percent compared with $515 million in the same period last year. Income before tax totaled $309 million, down 15 percent year-over-year from $364 million in Q4 2017.