Interactive Brokers Group Reports Brokerage Metrics for August 2016
Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. (NASDAQ GS: IBKR) an automated global electronic broker and market maker, reported its Electronic Brokerage monthly performance metrics for August.
Highlights for the month included:
- 576 thousand Daily Average Revenue Trades (DARTs), 22% lower than prior year and 4% lower than prior month.
- Ending client equity of $80.4 billion, 28% higher than prior year and 5% higher than prior month.
- Ending client margin loan balances of $16.3 billion, even with prior year and 3% higher than prior month.
- Ending client credit balances of $41.6 billion, 17% higher than prior year and 1% higher than prior month.
- 365 thousand client accounts, 15% higher than prior year and 1% higher than prior month.
- 370 annualized average cleared DARTs per client account.
- Average commission per cleared client order of $3.77 including exchange, clearing and regulatory fees. Key products:
Futures include options on futures. The company estimate exchange, clearing and regulatory fees to be 57% of the futures commissions.
Source: Interactive Brokers Brokerage Data Release