Interactive Brokers stock gets October activity boost as accounts grow
Published on 11/10/2026 at 13:34 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWSOctober metrics point to mixed momentum
- Daily Average Revenue Trades recovered from September but remained below the prior-year level.
- Client accounts and margin loans continued to expand, supporting Interactive Brokers' scale and interest-sensitive business.
- Client equity and credit balances declined from September despite annual growth.
Interactive Brokers Group reported its October brokerage metrics on Monday, November 2, showing a recovery in trading activity alongside continued client growth. The company release, carried by Morningstar, said Daily Average Revenue Trades increased 5% from September to 4.306 million. The measure was still 4% below October 2025.
Client accounts reached 5.678 million at the end of October, up 34% from a year earlier and 2% from September. That expansion gives the broker a larger base from which to convert stronger market participation into commission and related revenue, although the year-over-year decline in DARTs shows that account growth has not yet translated into matching trading activity.
Balances show different growth patterns
Client balance trends were mixed. Client equity stood at 928.6 billion US dollars, 19% above the year-earlier level but 4% below September. Client margin loan balances reached 106.8 billion US dollars, increasing 31% year over year and 2% month over month.
Client credit balances, including 6.2 billion US dollars in insured bank deposit sweeps, totaled 180.5 billion US dollars. That was 15% higher than a year earlier but 3% below the previous month. The combination points to continued balance-sheet scale, while the monthly declines in equity and credit balances underline the sensitivity of client assets to market levels and cash allocation.
Execution costs remain a platform metric
Interactive Brokers also reported 163 annualized average cleared DARTs per client account and average commission of 2.46 US dollars per cleared commissionable order, including exchange, clearing and regulatory fees. For IBKR PRO clients trading US Reg.-NMS stocks, the company said the October all-in execution and clearing cost was about 1.1 basis points against a daily VWAP benchmark. The rolling twelve-month net cost was 2.4 basis points.
Interactive Brokers stock traded at 69.67 euros on Lang & Schwarz at 1:32 p.m. CET on Tuesday, November 10, 2026.
Interactive Brokers Group
- ISIN: US45841N1072
- Ticker: IBKR
- Primary listing: Nasdaq
- Lang & Schwarz quote: 69.67 euros, Tuesday, November 10, 2026, 1:32 p.m. CET
- October DARTs: 4.306 million
- Client accounts: 5.678 million at October-end
- Client margin loans: 106.8 billion US dollars at October-end
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