amazing ib only has 80k accounts?

This thread doesn't even rank.
You really need to click around and read some more.

 

whats considered a small account? under 100k?

 

Why are they going public??

Dollar
Amount of
Net Proceeds
% of Net Received
Proceeds to be From This Offering


Directors and
executive officers
as a group . . . . . $449.1mm

and, more to the point:

Nothing wrong with that!

 

Who would be their most likely competitor? This would be to hold a retail account (no prop) and not a prime broker?