Interactive Brokers 2013 Annual Review
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Interactive Brokers 2013 Annual Review 3/12/14 8:41 AM Interactive Brokers is a global electronic broker recognized for delivering automated trading and risk management solutions, worldwide access and superior execution to traders, investors and institutions at exceptionally low costs. 40358.indd 2 Our Business Today Direct market access to stocks, options, futures, forex, bonds, ETFs and CFDs from a single IB Universal Account™ In 2013 we executed an equity capital average of over trades per day Customer Accounts3 Largest Hedge and Proprietary U.S. electronic mutual funds trading broker with 1 7% groups DARTs 15% Financial in 2013 Introducing advisors brokers 27% 7% Individual traders and investors 44% Access to market customer centers in equity countries years average quarterly tenure of executive dividend management team Barron’s S&P Credit Rating2 in 2013 [1] Daily Average Revenue Trades (DARTs) are based on customer orders. [2] Interactive Brokers LLC [3] Graph represents customer equity at December 31, 2013. 3/12/14 8:41 AM Innovation in Options Trading Our roots in options trading go back 37 years. In 2013, we focused on expanding our industry-leading options position through introduction of three innovative “Trading Labs”, tools that make it easier than ever for clients to understand, price, and build profitable simple and multi-leg option strategies. Interactive Brokers Group transacts 11.8% of U.S. exchange-traded option volume1. As we expand this position, we are able to provide clients with even better pricing and execution quality. Probability Lab The Probability Lab provides clients with an intuitive, visual method to analyze market participants’ future stock price forecasts based on current option prices. This patent-pending tool compares a client’s stock price forecast versus that of the market, and scans the entire options universe for the highest Sharpe ratio multi-leg option strategies that take advantage of the client’s forecast. Step 1: Review the market’s underlying price forecast (in blue). The market sees a 1% chance of TSLA at 240-245 on Feb 21st. Step 2: Enter your price forecast (in red); click “Build Strategy”. You are more bullish overall, but doubt TSLA will trade outside the 140-250 range. Step 3: Review the strategy with the highest expected profit. Step 4: Submit order. Interactive Brokers LLC - member NYSE, FINRA, SIPC. Probability LabSM (Patent Pending). Any trading symbols displayed are for illustrative purposes only and are not intended to portray recommendations. Supporting documentation for any claims and statistical information will be provided upon request. Options involve risk and are not suitable for all investors. For more information read the “Characteristics and Risks of Standardized Options”. For a copy visit Interactivebrokers.com/disclosures or call 203-618-5800. [1] Based on Interactive Brokers Group’s calculated percentage of market share and data received from the Option Clearing Corporation website as of December 31, 2013. 40358.indd 3 Option Strategy Lab Volatility Lab The Option Strategy Lab is an advanced option Volatility analysis sits at the heart of option trade trade scanner which presents a client with high exploration. The new Volatility Lab provides a expected profit option trades based on the client’s comprehensive suite of nine volatility tools to help future price or volatility forecast for an optionable both novice and expert traders uncover superior equity. The Lab provides clients with performance trade opportunities. graphs and statistics to compare and contrast each of the strategies. 3/12/14 8:41 AM Building a Global Marketplace In 2013 we made great strides in executing on our vision of creating a global marketplace for our institutional traders and investors worldwide. 40358.indd 4 Prime Brokerage In a class all by itself. Hedge funds of all sizes, from emerging managers to multi-billion dollar funds, have chosen IB as their strategic partner. Strong Counterparty Low-risk business model, significant excess capital, strong balance sheet and solid credit rating. Risk Management Our real-time risk management tools provide Hedge Funds professional traders the ability to monitor and adjust their trading risk. Our Hedge Fund Capital Introduction Program allows our hedge fund clients to market their funds to attract new investors. Our pre-filtered, qualified Securities Financing Services customers can peruse our Hedge Fund Marketplace and view pertinent information and performance Depth of availability, transparent & competitive rates, history on the funds in our program, and invest global reach, dedicated service representatives and directly through their IB account. automated securities lending and borrowing tools. Quantifiable esults:r As of year end 2013, 60% of Capital Introduction funds that had been in the Program for at least Our innovative approach is a successful alternative three months received at least one investment. to the industry’s standard matchmaking model. Administrators Our recently introduced Administrator Marketplace allows third party administrators, auditors and outside legal counsel to access their IB clients from a single login. They can also market their services to other Hedge Funds, Advisor and Proprietary Trading Group clients on our platform. Financial Advisors Advisors need to look no further than the Money Manager Marketplace when evaluating prospective managers in order to diversify their client portfolios. Money Managers can market their expertise and trading services to Wealth Managers. 3/12/14 8:41 AM Helping our Customers Generate Higher Returns Low Cost Excessive transaction costs can weigh down results and should be an important factor in choosing a broker. The enduring philosophy at IB has always been to offer the lowest possible commissions and financing rates as well as deliver best price execution for our customers. U.S. Margin Loan Rates1 U.S. Commission Rates2 $25K $200K $1.5M $3.5M Stocks & ETFs Options Futures $0.0005 - $0.0035 $0.075 - $0.70 $0.25 - $0.85 1.58% 1.33% 0.95% 0.73% per share per contract per contract Best Execution Many brokers trade against their customer orders or sell them to other firms who trade against them. The resulting poor executions may cost you more than the commissions you pay. IB SmartRoutingSM continuously searches and reroutes to the best available prices for stocks, options and combinations. Net Dollar Price IB Price Advantage*, Improvement vs. better than the Industry by: National Best Bid/Offer3 US Stocks IB SmartRouting searches (per 100 shares) $0.23 for the best firm stock, option, and combination prices available at the time US Options of your order. (per contract) $0.20 European Stocks (per 100 shares) €1.31 *Based on independent measurements, the Transaction Auditing Group, Inc. (TAG), a third-party provider of transaction analysis, has determined that Interactive Brokers’ US stock and options price executions were significantly better than the industry3 during the second half of 2013. Rates were obtained on February 3, 2014. [1] For additional information regarding commissions and margin loan rates, see www.interactivebrokers.com/compare. IB calculates the interest charged on margin loans using the applicable rates for each interest rate tier and currency listed on its website. For additional information on margin loan rates, see www.interactivebrokers.com/interest [2] Our transparent cost-plus commission is subject to USD 0.35 minimum on equities per order for monthly volume exceeding 100,000,000 shares and USD 0.70 minimum per order for monthly volume up to 100,000,000 shares. USD 1.00 minimum on options. No extra ticket charges. No technology surcharges. Subject to exchange, regulatory, transaction, clearing and carrying fees, where applicable. Commissions above are for U.S. products; international products are available at comparable rates. For complete details, see interactivebrokers.com/commissions [3] For additional information on best price execution see www.interactivebrokers.com/bestexecution 40358.indd 5 We are committed to providing the greatest value to our customers to help them maximize their returns. 3/12/14 8:41 AM 40358.indd 6 Industry Leading Growth 2013 marked another year of success for Interactive Brokers. Our relentless pursuit to be the broker of choice for financial professionals worldwide is paying off. We continue to outpace our peers in these growth measures. $45.7 239 210 189 $32.9 158 $25.1 134 $22.1 $15.2 ‘09 ‘10 ‘11 ‘12 ‘13 ‘09 ‘10 ‘11 ‘12 ‘13 Accounts Customer Equity (thousands) ($ in billions) $391.3 $370.3 486 $341.7 444 413 $274.0 379 347 $229.6 ‘09 ‘10 ‘11 ‘12 ‘13 ‘09 ‘10 ‘11 ‘12 ‘13 Total Daily Average Brokerage Revenue Trades Pretax Profit (thousands) ($ in millions) 3/12/14 8:41 AM That, however, wasn’t true for base that is not unusual. What is the brokerage business, as we unusual is that current indications also said at that time. To prevail point toward our growth this year in the brokerage business in our surpassing that of the past year. To O u r S h a r e h o l d e r s : technological age, you need to be We believe long-term growth is able to rely on extremely efficient, more important than short-term Interactive Brokers Group reached large scale, automated systems. profits and we are determined a turning point in 2013. And that is exactly what we have to continue providing more and been building for the past 20 better trading, investment and We started this business, with years. Today, these automated account management tools at our computerized mathematical systems enable us to execute, substantially lower prices than model for valuing options, in 1977 settle and clear over one million any of our major competitors. as market makers on the floor of trades each day on well over At this time, we believe we the American Stock Exchange. By 100 trading venues worldwide in have attracted only two to three the mid-eighties we were on all of 23 currencies; borrow and lend percent of the potential worldwide the U.S.