Interactive Brokers status: trading issues and outage reports

Problems in the last 24 hours

The graph below depicts the number of Interactive Brokers reports received over the last 24 hours by time of day. When the number of reports exceeds the baseline, represented by the red line, an outage is determined.

Most Reported Problems

The following are the most recent problems reported by Interactive Brokers users through our website.

• Login (64%)
• Website (27%)
• Trading platform (9%)

Live Outage Map

The most recent Interactive Brokers outage reports came from the following cities:

City	Problem Type	Report Time
Málaga	Website	3 days ago
Saint-Ouen	Login	26 days ago
Le Grand-Quevilly	Login	30 days ago
Sydney	Trading platform	30 days ago
Jewar	Website	1 month ago
Noida	Login	2 months ago

Full Outage Map

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Interactive Brokers Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

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  Bobby Plewniak (@BoBbyPleWniaK) reported 4 minutes ago

  @jzrdan @IBKR It’s being used as a marketing tool. Fidelity dropping down to 2,000 minimum was done on purpose

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  S Sanzhi Kobzhanov (@Sanji_vals) reported 4 minutes ago

  @IBKR amazing trade terminal and fundamentals explorer! loving IB TWS, but if you lose you phone, the only way to restore your access to your account is to call them via phone and verify. no other options. customer support chat is only available for someone who logged in but you can't do that if your phone is stolen. they could have verified clients via google meet or Skype, but no, you have to call directly.

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  Jim Baranello (@BaranelloJim) reported 6 minutes ago

  @IBKR Hate to say it as an IBKR user but the platform is the absolute worst of any of the major retail brokers for active trading. Clunky and not intuitive. IBKR has great access to virtually all financial products and international markets but wish they would invest more time or energy on the platform itself. Looks like im not the only one who feels this way.

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  Davide Morcelli EU (@Davide_Morcelli) reported 13 minutes ago

  @IBKR run one of the best trading platforms in the world and one of the more embarrassing support desks attached to it. Almost 10 days of silence on a routine ISA request, after a cheerful "we'll revert soon." The bar is on the floor.

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  Come Heavy (@cdnsos) reported 13 minutes ago

  @IBKR @JoseTorresEcon What is going on with your Client Portal?? It has gotten so completely unusable you actually look like a scam site now. I know you're not but if I was considering onboarding right now I wouldn't dare put real money on. Like, it's truly terrible.

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  EliteTrading (@EliteGainzTrade) reported 14 minutes ago

  @IBKR Terrible broker with so many new restrictions and glitches.

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  Vj (@VJ_303) reported 14 minutes ago

  @IBKR Not able to find any customer care contact number for Qatar, number of on website not working, Chat support is **** show with autobots...there is no way for communication with #ibkr how we should trust you if we can't communicate with you?

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  realbd (@real_BD_2025) reported 17 minutes ago

  1/ Samsung Securities just became the first korean broker to launch an online omnibus account service if you have an @IBKR account, you can now buy korean stocks without opening a korean account

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  Violet (@belfort0609) reported 19 minutes ago

  @buyerofponzi @IBKR I told them to go **** themselves in the email closing my account. Never going back. Their building janitor can run their ops desk better than every keyboard monkey on there combined.

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  Dun (@mikegor52933) reported 22 minutes ago

  @IBKR Genuinely shittiest trading app I’ve ever experienced Says my application was cancelled, but I tried to register a new account and it says my email is already registered. Can’t see **** after login sometimes, only left with user settings which I can’t even change ****

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  Max the VC 👨‍🚀 (@mreiffy) reported 24 minutes ago

  @IBKR You guys legitimately have the worst ui/ux in the business. Not quite sure how it’s even possible given the opportunity before you

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  Atenov int. (@Atenov_D) reported 26 minutes ago

  @buyerofponzi @IBKR can't even get a simple issue resolved

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  Ethan Hartwell (@EthanTrades13) reported 27 minutes ago

  @IBKR I have been waiting for a reply from support for 10 days on an issue i’m experiencing with my new account….

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  Niall B🅰️rry 🇺🇦 (@BarryNiall) reported 33 minutes ago

  $ASTS shorts are not going away! Shares available on @IBKR was 2m an hour or so ago, now down to 1.28m! News of next launch needed to restore credibility and to 🔥 the Shorts!

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  Zhu Su (Positive Doom Baller) (@ivrespecter) reported 33 minutes ago

  On the @IBKR institutional Client Services line, an India call center handles my security issues. It takes >2 hours to work through my 2FA issues. On the @IBKR retail Client Services line, I speak to a US person and it takes less than 15 minutes to work through the SAME ISSUES.

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  BestVoyages (@best_voyages) reported 33 minutes ago

  @ChizaramNelo @IBKR Most day traders lose money. I don't want to be in that group. So I'm more of a swing trader - taking my time and watching for trends and opportunities. They should really teach this stuff in school, but teachers themselves are typically very bad with money anyway.

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  Andrea (@Andrea79983493) reported 38 minutes ago

  @IBKR October 2025 to 17th June 2026..... is within your service timeframe of 1-3 business days. How long is a business day in the galaxy you are writing from?!

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  The EV Hunter (@LastGambler_777) reported 38 minutes ago

  @IBKR I do not recommend IB, terrible costumer service. Just look how they answer people on the comment section here. I have a position for several years due to a short on a company that did a merger that they never close and refuse to allow a cashout.

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  TJ Brush (@xicbassix) reported 42 minutes ago

  @IBKR Your ticket response was awful. It was just a bot message that provided no assistance. I have now been subject to PDT blackout rules for seven business days. This is ridiculous.

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  Michael Blau (@blauyourmind) reported 42 minutes ago

  Everybody is talking about the @RobinhoodApp MCP, but almost nobody is talking about @IBKR launching something similar. Interesting choice, though: @IBKR went with a ChatGPT app instead of an MCP server, so I can't actually use it in codex. Only in ChatGPT.

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  cryptoworldrich.eth (@spectrelb) reported 43 minutes ago

  @IBKR Could you change the requirement for proof of overseas address to proof of address? Countless Chinese people are blocked from registering because of this address issue.

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  Strategic Degen (@StrategicDegen) reported 47 minutes ago

  I lost about $5k yesterday due to liquidation. I tried moving $5k to @IBKR, but it failed despite having cash in my checking account. I don’t blame anyone; this is part of the game. Losing $5k after locking in $65k gains last month is insignificant. I always ensure I have enough buying power and SMA. My mistake was opening a large $HIVE.NE short put that eroded most of my buying power as collateral. Even though it will only use half of that collateral for margin maintenance, it used full cost as requirement until assignment. Was it risky? Maybe I was set to lock in $5k from that play yesterday if the price didn’t drop. The lesson is to avoid selling short puts that erode buying power. Buying shares is better on margin. Next week, I’ll have more buying power to buy back $EOSE, average down on $HIVE, and buy $KEEL (hopefully below $5 when Asia gets crushed Sunday and overnight due to leverage). I optimized my tax lot for $EOSE to ensure as part of that liquidation, it took out shares that had gains instead of FiFO or LILO. This way I work around wash sale if I buy back shares within the next 30 days. DONT FRET, sill on track to $1M this year. I’m buying next week 😈

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  Bastiat Knew (@surveyforyou) reported 50 minutes ago

  Hey @IBKR how can you be so good at executions and soooooo bad at pretty much everything else?

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  BullDriven (@BullDriven) reported 52 minutes ago

  @IBKR Followed up with web ticket several times. Slow response and unable to to say when ibkr will announce info pertaining to pdt rule change. Disappointing as all other major brokers have announced and majority are ready day 1 on June 4th. Will be looking at others options if no news

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  musictalklistenerohio✂️ (@ilisteninnwohio) reported 52 minutes ago

  @renatodelarento @Trading212 @IBKR IBKR: interesting info. But 4me, I can't digest all the incoming on the investment front for myself. That's why I'm willing to pay someone (they get a cut of my investment) who is more trained than myself. My training: fight fires, b a paramedic, fix auto body's, & not worry.

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  EliteTrading (@EliteGainzTrade) reported 53 minutes ago

  @Terranatura4 @IBKR @IBKR used to have the best service, but they've been on a terrible decline over the last 2 years. I called because I was having an issue, and they told me there is no one to speak to by phone that I must file a ticket on the app. I did so, and it says it could take weeks for a response to the matter. Weeks?!

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  G 💙🧡 (@iamgstv) reported 55 minutes ago

  @solana @calilyliu Tokenized. Cool. @IBKR has it too - regulated, insured, no seed phrase (to loose). Liquidity on Nasdaq ≈ no problem

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  Olivier (@flukigero) reported 56 minutes ago

  @ALBACapMgmt @IBKR Hi I don’t know anything about IBKR…But I have found this comment from Gemini pro 3.1. It might help, who knows: “If all else fails, many traders create a dedicated "Custom View" in the Option Chain (gear icon -> *Settings* -> *Column Management* -> *Custom Views*)

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  Vj (@VJ_303) reported 57 minutes ago

  @IBKR No communication channel work...you can try your self as outsider...you will not able to reach your own customer care..... check and call Qatar contact number on ur website, try chat you will receive nothing???

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  chris24.eth 🟦 (@chris24eth) reported 58 minutes ago

  @IBKR The last broker to remove PDT restrictions. This number will go down