Platform Overview brokerage account
You have a range of powerful trading platforms at your disposal to optimize the speed and efficiency of your trading activities. On this page you will get information about the different platforms and discover which one is right for you.
With your brokerage account you have access to all platforms listed here.
Trader Workstation (TWS) for Desktop
The main platform has been tailored exactly to the needs of active traders and investors who trade different products and require flexibility and power. The TWS includes all advanced algorithms as well as trading tools and provides a variety of asset and tool based trading interfaces. You can configure these according to your own conditions.
Preferred used by:
Traders and investors who want to benefit from the extensive offering of Trader Workstation. Especially international traders who execute high volume transactions and those who consider comprehensive news and technical research and risk analysis tools for their trading.
Client Portal
You can place trades, check quotes, view P&L, key performance indicators, account balances, credit management, reporting and more directly from your web browser. With the button "Ask IBot" you can place orders, receive quotes and search for specific information. Both text and voice input is supported by IBot.
Preferred used by:
New clients; advisors who want a clear and understandable overview of their trading accounts in real time; investors and traders who want easy to use, comprehensive and convenient access at all times.
IBKR Mobile App for Mobile Devices
Keep track of your IBKR account while on the way and trade anytime and anywhere with your iOS or Android device (tablet or smartphone).
Preferred used by:
Traders who regularly trade mobil and investors who want to keep a constant eye on their account.
IBot
Get exactly the information you are looking for. Place your orders via voice input with your own words and phrases. IBot understands text and voice commands in simple language and gives you immediate results. Searching is easy without the use of special syntax or financial jargon. The IBot's features are available for TWS for desktop devices, IBRK Mobile, Client Portal, our website search and the IBot-supported FAQ search.
Preferred used by:
New customers & traders who want hands-free operation on the road and desktop traders who prefer a text or voice-based interface.
APIs
There is both a user-friendly Excel API and an industry-standard FIX API. The TWS API comes with a variety of examples that make it easy for you to use.
Preferred use by:
Traders and investors who want to program their own trading software or create an automated trading program and external software users.
Tradable Products
Invest worldwide in stocks, options, futures, foreign exchange, bonds and funds from one integrated account.
The trading platforms offer a wide range of tools specialized in the different products, such as the OptionTrader or Probability Lab for simplified options trading with single and complex multi-components. Use FXTrader for forex trading or the mutual fund/ETF replicator to find cheaper ETF alternatives for popular mutual funds.
Trading Functions
FXFlat is continuously expanding its offer so that you have a comprehensive trading experience. This of course also applies to the trading tools.
Use the Portfolio Builder, for example, which helps you to find a customized and individual investment strategy. It will guide you through the process of creating investment strategies based on fundamental data and research of the highest quality, where you can perform back-tests, adjust them and invest in them. Traders who trade large orders have access to over 30 Algos, whose logic they can customize to assist you in executing large volume orders, and which can be adapted to market conditions and changed at any time according to your criteria.
Before you make a decision to buy or sell, you can use the "what if" portfolio scenarios to get an idea of the overall situation. The professional IB Risk NavigatorSM displays risk potential in all asset classes and worldwide and helps you to monitor and adjust your positions according to your needs.
Advanced Analysis
The functions in the trading platforms meet the needs of both occasional investors and dedicated and active traders.
No matter how simple or complex, the platforms offer you all the functionality you need to achieve your trading and investment objectives. Whether you simply want to monitor your account or perform in-depth analysis to create a highly customized trading strategy using the proprietary algorithms and APIs.
FXFlat customers can benefit from both the power and the simplicity of our full-featured platforms.
