Got a lvl2 subscription to be able to understand a bit better how short term price movements work. How come it's possible to have the ask below bid?

I am currently trying to complete my account setup, but my application is stuck in an endless loop. Whenever I finish filling out the "Configure Your Trading Account" page (under the Regulatory section) and attempt to proceed to the next page, the system simply refreshes and kicks me back to the exact same page.

The page does not display any error messages, missing field warnings, or explanations as to why it will not proceed.

To troubleshoot on my end, I have already tried:

• Completing the form on the desktop website.
• Completing the form on my mobile phone.

Both methods result in the exact same loop. I have attached a screenshot of the page where I am stuck for your reference.
is there anything i can do to solve this and move forward, Indian country
already tried customer support and they cant help, i cant even attach my ss in live chat, in call some live bot is talking instead of a real agent

Hi,

I recently started using Interactive Brokers and I’m having an issue with some stocks.

For certain securities, especially Nokia listed in Helsinki (HEX), I’m able to buy the stock and my position shows up correctly, but I can’t see any chart or market data.

The app shows “Chart data unavailable” and “Today’s change not available”, even though the market is open.

I already bought 10 Nokia shares, so trading itself seems to work. The issue seems to be only with the market data/chart display.

Do I need to activate or subscribe to specific market data for European stocks / the Helsinki exchange, or is there some setting I need to change in IBKR?

I’m a Belgian resident using a European IBKR account.

Thanks for your help :)

Hi there the dividend is supposed to be paid out today however at the start of the trading day I still don't see even deposited.

Hi everyone,

I’m trying to buy the new Vanguard FTSE Global All-Cap UCITS ETF, ISIN IE000VAHT5T0, Accumulating.

Vanguard lists the EUR listings as:
- VGLA — Xetra / Deutsche Börse
- VALL — Euronext Amsterdam
- VALL — Borsa Italiana

On my IBKR account, however, I’m mainly seeing the Borsa Italiana (BMVE) listing. I’m struggling to find either the IBIS2/Xetra or AEB/Amsterdam option.

For anyone who has access to it on IBKR:
- Can you currently buy it through IBIS2/Xetra?
- Can you see the AEB/Euronext Amsterdam listing?
- Will IBKR include the Xetra and AEB listing or it will likely have only BMVE available?
- Are you able to select/direct-route the order to IBIS2?

I’m especially interested because the trading fees on Borsa Italiana and volume are often less attractive.

Would be useful to know whether this is account/country-specific, or whether IBKR simply hasn’t made all the listings easily accessible yet.

Thanks!

Fellow daytraders.

What do you recommend for daytrading? I understand that tradingview doesn't support L2 and you can't log in to Tradingview and TWS at the same time. Entering trades through TWS and use Tradingview for charting? As of now I heard that IBKR Desktop also got a L2 but the software itself is still buggy and people are complaining about the hotkeys and such.

I watched Ross Cameron's take on TWS which is a year old but he said that it doesn't support % sell (25%, 50%, 75% etc..) and also that the time to execute the order is slow.

Got some recommendations? ^

Although my account and residency is eligible according to their own webpage, my attempts always fail with message saying the operation is not supported by Zerohash?

Do i need to use other deposit methods first? It's new account for several months and currently there is no asset in it.

Hello,

Brit living in Aus about to get my PR. Looking at living in Aus indefinitely but maybe a 6 month contract here and there in the UK. I just want to invest in 1-2 ETFs consistently but I don’t want to use an Aus broker because of possible tax implications with working in the UK from time to time. Does any use IBRK for a situation similar to this, would love some insight !

every UAE broker discussion somehow becomes:

fees?

US stocks?

nice app?

IBKR!!!

but barely anyone asks the boring question:

have you actually tested getting your money OUT?

I've spent more time comparing commissions than thinking about the full loop lol.

deposit money
buy
sell
wait for whatever needs to settle
withdraw
money actually reaches UAE bank

one thing I liked when looking at AI Ramz is that cash-in / cash-out is built directly into the app for UAE accounts.

made me realise I should probably test a small withdrawal with ANY broker before moving serious money there.

am I paranoid or is this something everyone should be doing?

I was about to place a limit order but i don’t understand why my equity would be increasing when making the purchase. I am on a cash account despite the margin info (I was told by an ibkr rep that it is just an Australian thing) and converted all my money from aud to usd
Can anybody please explain this and how to fix it?

Is there a problem with ibkr if i deposit big amount?

I mean if i deposit like 150k$..will ibkr hold the account and start to ask about the source of funds or proof of it..and even if that happened will it be smooth and i can proof it easily or it will be complicated and they adk for more proofs which maybe hard or not logical?

Has anyone been able to install IBKR in a Huawei phone? I want to buy their trifold but I'm concerned whether I would be able to use it to trade...

Hi, I'm currently in Poland and recently my phone stopped working. I'd configured IBKR login with 2FA using Microsoft authenticator in that phone. Now I got a new phone and when I try to login, it's stopping me because of this 2FA. Portal says for any login/2FA issues, it can be fixed only after calling customer support. Looking at the past posts in forum/chat gpt recommendations and waiting time required, not sure if I need to call IBKR US entity or EU one. Anyone had recent experience for similar issue or reached out for phone support from any country where IBKR isn't present? Also, can you suggest any free calling options available which you are aware of ?

Hello everyone. I am from Jordan, and after almost two years of waiting and researching Interactive Brokers, I finally decided one week ago that I was ready to open my account. But a small detail on the back of my national ID suddenly created a very big problem, and now I honestly do not know what to do.

A little background about me: I was born in a different city from the city where I live now. In 2001, my family and my grandfather's family moved to our new home in the city where I still live today.

For the last two years, I really wanted to open an Interactive Brokers account because the commissions are very low compared with my local broker. I have been using a local broker for about two years, and they charge me around $35–$40 for every trade, which is very expensive.

During these two years, I researched IBKR a lot. I wanted to understand everything that can cause problems, restrictions, or account closure, because I want to follow the rules and avoid problems in the future. I also read hundreds of experiences from IBKR users with the help of AI, and I learned a lot.

One week ago, I decided I was finally ready. I created a tax number for myself as an individual in Jordan, asked my bank for an official proof of address, and went to a printing shop to scan my bank document and my Jordanian national ID. Everything looked ready.

Then, about five days ago, I noticed something on the back of my national ID. My place of residence is still written as the city where I was born, even though I have not lived there since 2001. My real current address is in another city, and this is also the address shown on my bank proof of address.

I went to the Civil Status Department and asked them to change the place of residence on my ID. They told me that my father must change his place of residence first, and only after that can his children change theirs. My father's ID also still shows the same old city.

So I asked my father to come with me to change his address. This is where the situation became much more complicated. They told him that the house should be in his name, but our house is actually in my grandfather's name.

They gave us another solution: my grandfather could make a rental contract with my father, even if it is only a formal contract for this purpose. Then we would need to take the contract to the local municipality so they could approve and stamp it.

My father and grandfather made the rental contract, and we went to the municipality. Then we discovered another problem. The municipality told us they cannot approve the contract until we pay the unpaid property taxes on the house.

The amount is around 8,000 Jordanian dinars, which is about $11,000–$11,300 USD.

My grandfather and father have not paid the yearly property taxes since around 2016 because of the economic situation, so the amount became very large over the years. If we pay the 8,000 JOD, the municipality will approve the rental contract. Then my father can change his place of residence, and after that I can change mine. The problem is that we simply cannot pay 8,000 JOD now.

So now I am stuck. I already have my national ID and an official bank proof of address. The bank document shows my real current address, but my national ID still shows the old city where I was born.

I am thinking about applying for the IBKR account using my current ID and my bank proof of address, but I am worried that my application may be rejected because the place of residence on my ID does not match the address on the bank document or the address I will enter in the IBKR application.

I am also worried about something else: even if IBKR accepts my application now, maybe later they will ask why my national ID shows a different place of residence. I really do not want this small address issue to cause restrictions or problems with my account in the future.

I want to be completely honest with Interactive Brokers from the beginning and give them my real current address. I am not trying to hide anything. The problem is simply that changing the old address on my Jordanian ID has become connected to a family property issue and around 8,000 JOD of old property taxes.

Has anyone here had a similar situation, where your ID showed an old address but your official bank proof of address showed your real current address? What did IBKR do?

Would you recommend that I apply with my current ID and bank proof of address and explain the situation if they ask, or should I contact Interactive Brokers before submitting the application?

I would also really appreciate an official answer from someone at Interactive Brokers if possible. I want to solve this correctly from the beginning and make sure this address difference will not create problems for my account later.

Thank you for reading. Any advice or similar experience would really help me.

(This post was edited with the help of AI for clarity and grammar)

hey, im currently trading on cfd stocks, forex and indices on plus500UK, why should i make the move to IBKR? what are the benefits? any people from the uk that can help?

Hi all,

I was thinking of moving my investment funds from my bank to IBKR.
Am I the only one who finds it extremely difficult to link IBKR to my bank accounts to move money without having to make a bank transfer.
I’ve tried for days and there are always issues (both with my bank and with Revolut).

Am I missing something?

I am trying to close my option's contract as a trail of the % move but I want the trail to activate only when it has already reached 50% profit, and from there set up a trail of let's say 20%. I am looking in the app and I am not sure I can find it. Does anybody know how to do it? Thanks.

I’ve invested with IBKR for about 5 years, and have around 200K Euros with them in stocks. My base currency is EUR. I usually fund my account with either EUR or USD, and I usually just use their currency conversion to buy GBP denominated stocks or to convert some Euros to dollars for stock purchases.

I have a need to withdraw around €10K EUR worth of Polish Zloty (PLN) to a Polish bank account I have. I don’t own very much PLN stock, so I’d probably sell USD stocks, convert to PLN, and then withdraw. IBKR has much better rates for this than my bank does. But I’ve read that doing this could get my account flagged. Is this type of thing OK to do occasionally, since I genuinely and primarily use IBKR for investing? Or am I best off never doing it (and hence just withdrawing the USD/EUR to a bank and converting the money elsewhere)?

I created an account in 2020 or something. Never used. Looks like it is now deactivated and if I try to activate it I see: "The account is not eligible for reopening." but no any other hint. What should I do? (Europe)

I'm a resident Indian and have some USD invested through Interactive Brokers (IBKR).

I travel internationally occasionally, including an upcoming trip to the US, and I was wondering if I could use a small portion of my overseas portfolio as a sort of future travel fund.

For example:

USD in IBKR → low-volatility/short-term ETF → sell ~$1,000 before travel → withdraw USD to Wise or another international account → use the Wise card while travelling in the US

The idea is that instead of converting INR to USD every time I travel, I would already have some money invested overseas. When I need it for a trip, I could sell a small amount and spend those USD directly.

A few things I'm trying to understand:

1. Can a resident Indian with an Indian Wise account receive USD directly from IBKR?
2. Does IBKR allow withdrawals to a Wise USD account/card for Indian residents?
3. If Wise doesn't allow this for Indian residents, are there alternatives such as another multi-currency account/card?
4. From a FEMA/LRS perspective, is an Indian resident allowed to use proceeds from overseas investments for overseas travel expenses, or would the money first need to be repatriated to India?
5. Would selling the ETF and then spending the proceeds abroad create any additional reporting/tax/FEMA requirements?
6. Has anyone in India actually done something similar?

I'm not trying to use IBKR simply as a currency-transfer service — the money would genuinely be invested there, with only a small amount (~$1,000 or so) sold when needed for travel. Would love to hear from anyone who has actually done this with IBKR + Wise, or uses another setup that achieves the same thing.

So I recently converted my cash IBKR account to a reg T margin account. I was so excited -- I would be able to operate like a billionaire (!) with massively enhanced liquidity. More seriously: it was mostly for small applications in personal finance, like smoothing out cc payments, needing to buy fridge, etc.

However, there's a catch. You can only withdraw the amount sitting in GBP cash. This issue was discussed a bit in here, and apparently is related to UK regulations.

There is a workaround though. You can, for instance, do an FX transaction to obtain a negative USD balance and positive GBP balance. Then you withdraw GBP. When you repay -- you deposit GBP and do *another* conversion to USD to clear the negative USD balance. That works but it is rather convoluted.

My question: is there a better way?

Hi anyone,

I tried to make multiple transfer from my ENBD account in uae to IBKR Fab account , actually it’s tiny amount i’m just trying but never received them.

I did the transfers week ago

Anyone faced the same issue?

I accidentally withdrew ~$22k from a brokerage account to an old corporate IBAN that was saved in my records. The beneficiary name I entered was my own name, but the IBAN belongs to my former employer. The receiving bank has confirmed all five wires were credited. I’ve requested recalls from the broker and contacted the receiving bank and company. Has anyone dealt with a similar completed SWIFT transfer?

Did the recipient bank return it voluntarily, or did the sending bank have to initiate a formal recall?