If everybody hates them, why/how do they make money? GME on the other hand, is losing tons of money. If you want to short IB, go for it!
For all the crap that you receive, all the fees that they charge you for just holding a position, for all the profit that you lost due to their forced liquidation, their commission is the most expensive of them all, even more expensive than full-service brokerages.
Oh look!! IB has has puts!! Don't need to short them, just need to buy puts. They are already more expensive than calls. If you don't have the balls to short its shares, at least you have the guts to buy the puts?
Do you really think everything that you are getting is worth $1000/a share commission and all the fees that they charge you?? And the way that they ban your trading when there is a high chance of you winning, you think their stock is worth $60.xx?? Its shares have already tanked 5%. It's already starting...
They are just caught up in the broad-based market sell-off. Like AAPL. Great earnings, but stock is being pulled down.
IB only has value when everybody THINKS it has value, hence it's bubble. When push comes to shovel, they don't even allow you to trade. Whatever reason they give is bulls***.
Ahem home depot....yep ask anyone about home depot and their service. Nothing but bad experiences from most customers, but the stock. Historical high after Historical highs.
A broker should be more than an API. If you just want API, there are other alternatives like 3rd-party softwares. And a majority of IB's clients don't use API. Looks like it's just you. LOL