Options Cost Plus
North America
Our transparent Cost Plus pricing for options includes our low broker commissions, which in certain cases decrease on volume, plus exchange, regulatory, and clearing fees. In cases where an exchange provides a rebate, we pass some or all of the savings directly back to you1. VAT, also referred to as consumption tax, goods and services tax, where applicable, will be separately applied for eligible services.
Premium => USD 0.10 |
USD 0.70 per contract |
USD 1.00 |
USD 0.05 =< Premium < USD 0.10 |
USD 0.50 per contract |
USD 1.00 |
Premium < USD 0.05 |
USD 0.25 per contract |
USD 1.00 |
Premium => USD 0.05 |
USD 0.50 per contract |
USD 1.00 |
Premium < USD 0.05 |
USD 0.25 per contract |
USD 1.00 |
All Premiums |
USD 0.25 per contract |
USD 1.00 |
All Premiums |
USD 0.15 per contract |
USD 1.00 |
All Premiums |
USD 1.00 per contract |
USD 1.00 |
Options Regulatory Fee ("ORF") 2, 3 |
USD 0.0401 per contract |
Transaction Fees 4 |
USD 0.0000221* Value of Aggregate Sales |
FINRA Trading Activity Fee |
USD 0.002 * Quantity Sold |
Trades of 1 to 500 contracts |
USD 0.05 per contract |
Trades of 501 to 1,000 contracts |
USD 0.04 per contract |
Trades of 1,000 to 2,000 contracts |
USD 0.03 per contract |
Trades of > 2,000 contracts |
USD 55.00 per trade |
Notes:
- Commissions apply to all order types.
- Commissions are not charged for US exercise and assignment.
- Commissions are not charged for US cabinet trades.
- IB considers exchange fees and/or rebates in determining where to route an order. Under certain circumstances, IB may route a marketable order to an exchange that is not currently posting the national best bid or offer (NBBO) but which may be willing to “step up” and execute the order at the NBBO, in order to avoid or reduce the exchange fee for executing the order. If this routing method is used, the customer generally will pay a lower execution fee than customer would have otherwise paid. In those cases where IB routes to an exchange that is not currently posting the NBBO in order to reduce or avoid exchange fees, IB will guarantee the customer a fill at the NBBO at the time that IB routed the order.
- Volume breaks are applied based on monthly cumulative trade volume summed across all options contracts at the time of the trade. Contract volumes for advisor, separate trading limit, and broker accounts are summed across all accounts for the purpose of determining volume breaks. These fees are applied on a marginal basis for a given calendar month. If for example, you execute 12,000 US contracts in a month, your execution costs would be:
10,000 contracts at USD 0.70
2,000 contracts at USD 0.50
- Modified orders will be treated as the cancellation and replacement of an existing order with a new order. On certain exchanges, this may have the effect of subjecting modified orders to commission minimums as if they were new orders. For example, if an order for 200 contracts is submitted and 100 contracts execute, then you modify the order and another 100 contracts execute, a commission minimum would be applied to both 100 contract orders.
- Orders minimums will be applied to the individual legs of a COMBO order.
- IB's Cost Plus commission models are not guaranteed to be a direct pass-through of exchange and third-party fees and rebates. Costs passed on to customers in IB’s Cost Plus commission schedule may be greater than the costs paid by IB to the relevant exchange, regulator, clearinghouse or third party. For example, IB may receive volume discounts that are not passed on to customers. Likewise, rebates passed on to customers by IB may be less than the rebates IB receives from the relevant market.
- The Options Regulatory Fee ("ORF") is charged by the following exchanges: AMEX, BOX, CBOE, CBOE2, ISE, GEMINI, MIAX, NOM, PCX, PHLX.
- Fee applies to the "Public Customer" Category only.
- Transaction fees are only charged for sell orders.
Europe
Our transparent Cost Plus pricing for options includes our low broker commissions, plus exchange, and clearing fees.
VAT, also referred to as consumption tax, goods and services tax, where applicable, will be separately applied for eligible services.
EUR-denominated stock options |
EUR 1.00 + external fees |
EUR 1.00 |
CHF-denominated stock options |
CHF 1.35 + external fees |
CHF 1.35 |
GBP-denominated stock options 1 |
GBP 1.00 + external fees |
GBP 1.00 |
Swedish options |
0.35% of trade value, minimum 0.50 per contract plus external fees |
SEK 10.00 2 |
<=1,000 |
1.05 |
0.90 |
0.65 |
1.40 |
10 |
10 |
1,001-10,000 |
0.65 |
0.60 |
0.45 |
0.90 |
8 |
8 |
10,001-20,000 |
0.45 |
0.40 |
0.30 |
0.60 |
6 |
6 |
>20,000 |
0.25 |
0.25 |
0.15 |
0.35 |
4 |
4 |
Europe - Exchange and Regulatory Fees
Belgium
France
Germany
Italy
Netherlands
Norway
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
United Kingdom
Notes:
- IB’s Cost Plus commission models are not guaranteed to be a direct pass-through of exchange and third-party fees and rebates. Costs passed on to customers in IB’s Cost Plus commission schedule may be greater than the costs paid by IB to the relevant exchange, regulator, clearinghouse or third party. For example, IB may receive volume discounts that are not passed on to customers. Likewise, rebates passed on to customers by IB may be less than the rebates IB receives from the relevant market.
- Commissions apply to all order types.
- Commissions are charged for exercise and assignment.
- Cost-Plus Tiered pricing available for index options with the exception of index options in Sweden. See futures commissions for more information.
- Modified orders will be treated as the cancellation and replacement of an existing order with a new order. On certain exchanges, this may have the effect of subjecting modified orders to commission minimums as if they were new orders. For example, if an order for 200 contracts is submitted and 100 contracts execute, then you modify the order and another 100 contracts execute, a commission minimum would be applied to both 100 contract orders. Orders that persist overnight will be considered a new order for the purposes of determining order minimums.
- Stamp duty on option exercise (UK=0.5%) is directly passed through to the customer.
- Exchange fees for Swedish options are not used to determine the minimum per order. Exchange fees are passed through in addition to the stated IB commissions.
- Note, index options traded under the cost+ model are combined with futures and option on futures trading for volume tiers. They will not be included with the monthly volume of stock options when determining commissions.
Asia-Pacific
Our transparent Cost Plus pricing for options includes our low broker commission, which decreases depending on volume, plus exchange, regulatory, and clearing fees. In cases where an exchange provides a rebate, we pass some or all of the savings directly back to you2. VAT, also referred to as consumption tax, goods and services tax, where applicable, will be separately applied for eligible services.
|
INR 25 per board lot |
None |
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=< 1000 board lots |
INR 30 per board lot |
None |
1000 - 5000 board lots |
INR 25 per board lot |
None |
>5000 board lots |
INR 20 per board lot |
None |
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INR 15 per board lot |
None |
|
=< 1000 board lots |
INR 15 per board lot |
None |
1000 - 5000 board lots |
INR 12 per board lot |
None |
>5000 board lots |
INR 10 per board lot |
None |
Notes:
- Commissions apply to all order types.
- Modified orders will be treated as the cancellation and replacement of an existing order with a new order. On certain exchanges, this may have the effect of subjecting modified orders to commission minimums as if they were new orders. For example, if an order for 200 contracts is submitted and 100 contracts execute, then you modify the order and another 100 contracts execute, a commission minimum would be applied to both 100 contract orders. Orders that persist overnight will be considered a new order for the purposes of determining order minimums.
- Volume tiers are applied based on monthly cumulative trade volume summed across all option contracts at the time of the trade. Only contracts that are traded while under the cost plus tiered pricing structure will count towards the monthly volume.
- IB's Cost Plus commission models are not guaranteed to be a direct pass-through of exchange and third-party fees and rebates. Costs passed on to customers in IB’s Cost Plus commission schedule may be greater than the costs paid by IB to the relevant exchange, regulator, clearinghouse or third party. For example, IB may receive volume discounts that are not passed on to customers. Likewise, rebates passed on to customers by IB may be less than the rebates IB receives from the relevant market.