Interactive Brokers status: trading issues and outage reports

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Interactive Brokers LLC is a U.S.-based brokerage firm. It operates the largest electronic trading platform in the U.S. by number of daily average revenue trades. The company brokers stocks, options, futures, EFPs, futures options, FOREX, bonds, and funds.

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.

Time of day (EST)	Number of reports	Baseline
Apr 18, 10:00 AM EDT	0	0
Apr 18, 10:20 AM EDT	0	0
Apr 18, 10:40 AM EDT	0	0
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Apr 18, 10:40 PM EDT	0	0
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Apr 19, 12:00 AM EDT	0	0
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Most Reported Problems

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

Login (56%)
Trading platform (33%)
Website (11%)

Live Outage Map

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

City	Problem Type	Report Time
East Orange	Login	6 days ago
Williamsburg	Login	20 days ago
Noida	Trading platform	20 days ago
Brest	Login	1 month ago
Melbourne	Trading platform	2 months ago
Lille	Login	2 months ago

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Interactive Brokers Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

super (@super509219312) reported 9 seconds ago
@one_foothurdle @IBKR Happened to me too. Multiple orders got canceled. They said it was a technical issue on their end. But it it rather alarming, given that their support is hardly reachable. When situations like this happen, you need support more easily available to deal with it.
Ethics (@ethics3606) reported 3 minutes ago
I have 500 bucks left in my @IBKR account that I can't be arsed to remove, and yet I can't even buy anything with it due to their rediculus minimum buy constraints. Worst ******* tradfi platform on the planet. The UX needs a complete rewrite.
Jinuuku (@Jinuuku121844) reported 3 minutes ago
@IBKR My application U24947179 has been stuck since March 25. Promised same-day resolution, got nothing. Now I'm 403'd from Live Chat so I can't even reach support. No ETA, no update. What's going on?
StockSpeaking (@StockSpeaking) reported 4 minutes ago
@nimesh3t @IBKR I have the same issue
JT Gert (@the1Gert) reported 4 minutes ago
@senzu_capital @JosephW31117119 @IBKR Same issue, fixed it by going into settings->trading permissions ->edit and then switch permission on for something that wasn't previously selected. Solved it for me right away.
RemGat (@RicardoMGarcia5) reported 16 minutes ago
Beware that if you run into a problem at @IBKR you may find yourself completely abandoned. I have a claim open for 5 months now for a dividend they did not process, now I have posted a claim for the lack of response, nobody is responding to any of those. Horrible service!
Diamond Hands (@HandsDiamo96856) reported 20 minutes ago
@IBKR there is no way you are the #1 rated trading platform. When a client with $1 mm in liquid cash & 20+ years trading experience, and a credit rating of 800+ does not have approval to buy $IBIT you have a problem.
David Wayne (@WDoft) reported 20 minutes ago
@IBKR Sorry for bringing the average down.
Adi (@adi_baradwaj) reported 22 minutes ago
@joemccann @IBKR IBKR has surprisingly good API support for a boomer product
super (@super509219312) reported 22 minutes ago
@Alex_Steger_ @IBKR I am on Tasty Schwab Fidelity Hood and IBKR. I mostly trade on Ibkr or tasty or at times Hood. Everyone has their set of problems. But this issue is rather tough one to swallow.
irby (@irby0955) reported 27 minutes ago
@IBKR Combine service wtf bro someone call Gordon freeman
Rod J Davis 🇺🇸 (@rjd_mkts) reported 27 minutes ago
@IBKR @thomaspeterffy For the life of me I dont know whats going on over at @IBKR but for a trader to not have the ability to do any spreads, iron condors or anything resembling a spread for over 3 months due to technical issues is a MAJOR MAJOR ISSUE!!!!
JT Gert (@the1Gert) reported 31 minutes ago
@MichaelENewton1 @nottatowl @IBKR Same issue, fixed it by going into settings->trading permissions ->edit and then switch permission on for something that wasn't previously selected. Solved it for me right away.
Wolf B. Boehme (@WolfBBoehme) reported 33 minutes ago
@IBKR I don't need your advice. Just fix your technology.
TrendTrader (@TrendTrader_US) reported 33 minutes ago
@IBKR I’ve called & ask for the permission, & there is no follow through. These are things I can trade in my other brokerage accounts. If you don’t fix this problem, so your customers CAN’T trade oil via $USO or $BNO, particularly in light of Iran war, you are going to lose customers.
AngryPhysicist, PhD. (@Drcamole) reported 35 minutes ago
@IBKR Hello @ibkr ... I have a new phone and a new phone number. It has been impossible to speak to anyone due to the lack of IB key and I have tried live chat, email, phonecall, and feedback report, but nothing works. How do I get in touch with someone regarding this. Please help!!!!
Light Yagami (@lightyagami3107) reported 36 minutes ago
@Akshat_World @IBKR please confirm whether there as an error from your side.
joe (@Yogithebearish) reported 39 minutes ago
@IBKR My bid & ask spreads disappeared. I had to restart TWS to get them back. Then i was getting messages that I was under pdt and i wasn't alliwoded to trade. I am not uber pdt. Not even close to it. I shut down TWS & restarted. That resolved the issue.
Alex 👹 (@Alex_Steger_) reported 40 minutes ago
@super509219312 @IBKR This is obviously a different level of concern and seems to show that they're not being careful about their updates. In the 7yrs of using them, most issues have been the annoying types, not mini heart attack types For me, if there's another major type of issue, then I'm moving
DC (@HalifaxDC) reported 43 minutes ago
@speculator20221 @chessdunk @IBKR They apparently cancelled my order, and now it's saying I'm still short 150,000 Euros, but the problem is my base currency is USD and it won't let me switch it back. On hold with them on their "emergency number" lol. I'm going to assume that they have to fix it, in the end.
Néstor Chávez (@nestdot_) reported 43 minutes ago
@IBKR @IBKRespanol I’ve been trying to open an account for months but keep getting stuck at phone verification. Sometimes the system even says “Your application has been cancelled.” Emails go unanswered and support tickets are unavailable. Please assist urgently.
🅰️LB🅰️ (@ALBACapMgmt) reported 46 minutes ago
@AnyonCurve @IBKR Ah its pretty good actually apart from it customer service which is fkg abysmal, they juat swem to have had a few exchamge / price provider issues of late.
Dr.Ötker 99%FI 💸 (@dr_otker) reported 47 minutes ago
Last night @IBKR systems glitched AGAIN and cancelled all my outstanding orders, 17 in total. I just spent more than half an hour resubmitting them thanks to a poor user interface and slow servers. This has happened before a few times and I believe will happen again. So could @IBKR at least offer a way to easily restore the cancelled orders?
Nerd_abroad (@Nerd_Abroad) reported 48 minutes ago
@senzu_capital @IBKR Same problem here
H💣 (@harryrhart) reported 48 minutes ago
@IBKR how ******** to do I know login into my account? I used to get a text message... now everything is ******! I want to place a sell order and I CAN'T ACCESS MY ACCOUNT! WHAT SORT OF TRADING BUSINESS ARE YOU RUNNING! #FFS
JKL (@ljzmdg) reported 50 minutes ago
@JoachimMo1985 @IBKR @IBKR_Europe I did not get order canceled but I was not able to submit entry orders last night. Got no trading permission error.
xp Ehsaan (@XP_Ehsaan) reported 53 minutes ago
@joemccann @IBKR Does it support 1 min candles ?
Krystal Lynn (@LynnModine47127) reported 53 minutes ago
@IBKR and if war stops it slams back down buy gold when its a boring market you don't want to be anyone, but the first one buying it during a tempary crisis.
@levelsio (@levelsio) reported 55 minutes ago
@scotttmorton @IBKR @louistheroux Oh got it Typical bad editing work by MSM journos
Acmesafeco (@acmesafeco) reported 60 minutes ago
@IBKR Warning to anyone considering switching to IBKR will allow you to deposit funds but be aware new accounts will not get approved for trading with no explanation. Here's the best part...you cant even send the funds back to your existing broker so just watch the market while they hold your money. No explanation, no customer support, just tough ****.