Interactive Brokers Group Reports Brokerage Metrics and Other Financial Information for March 2020, includes Reg.-NMS Execution Statistics GREENWICH, CT, April 1, 2020 — Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: IBKR) an automated global electronic broker, today reported its Electronic Brokerage monthly performance metrics for March. Brokerage highlights for the month included: • 1,964 thousand Daily Average Revenue Trades (DARTs)1, 127% higher than prior year and 46% higher than prior month. • Ending client equity of $160.7 billion, 9% higher than prior year and 6% lower than prior month. • Ending client margin loan balances of $19.8 billion, 22% lower than prior year and 31% lower than prior month. • Ending client credit balances of $65.0 billion, including $2.9 billion in insured bank deposit sweeps2, 25% higher than prior year and 9% higher than prior month. • 760 thousand client accounts, 22% higher than prior year and 6% higher than prior month. • 602 annualized average cleared DARTs1 per client account. • Average commission per cleared Commissionable Order3 of $2.97 including exchange, clearing and regulatory fees. Key products: Futures include options on futures. We estimate exchange, clearing and regulatory fees to be 57% of the futures commissions. Other financial information for Interactive Brokers Group: • GLOBAL4: The value of the GLOBAL, reported in U.S. dollars, decreased by 0.47% in March. Year to date, the value of the GLOBAL decreased 0.97%. • Mark to market on U.S. government securities portfolio5 was a gain of $11 million year to date. In the interest of transparency, we quantify our IBKR PRO clients’ all-in cost of trade execution below. • In March, IBKR PRO clients’ total cost of executing and clearing U.S. Reg.-NMS stocks through IB was a net rebate, 0.6 basis points of trade money6, as measured against a daily VWAP7 benchmark (1.5 basis points net cost for the rolling twelve months). Mar 2020 Stocks Equity Options Futures Average Commission per Cleared Commissionable Order $2.19 $4.38 $4.27 Average Order Size 1,106 shares 7.7 contracts 2.7 contracts IBKR PRO Clients' Reg.-NMS Stock Trading Expense Detail All amounts are in millions, except % Previous 12 Months 40.93 34.39 75.32 19,492 18,882 38,375 $817,971 $814,760 $1,632,730 $817,881 $814,922 $1,632,803 $89.6 $162.0 $251.6 #1a - Number of orders Buys Sells Total #1b - Number of shares purchased or sold Shares bought Shares sold Total 1,308 1,322 1,663 Apr '19 May '19 2.73 3.09 2.42 2.73 5.15 5.82 1,341 1,479 1,284 1,450 2,625 2,929 Jun '19 2.50 2.26 4.76 1,242 1,220 2,462 $54,915 $54,315 $109,230 $54,888 $54,322 $109,210 Jul '19 2.81 2.46 5.27 1,317 1,256 2,573 $55,152 $53,681 $108,832 $55,149 $53,691 $108,840 Aug '19 3.19 2.74 5.93 1,499 1,480 2,979 $63,619 $63,682 $127,301 $63,601 $63,687 $127,288 $17.9 $4.9 $22.8 0.018% $13.4 $9.4 0.011% 0.007% 0.018% Sep '19 Oct '19 2.58 2.82 2.25 2.45 4.83 5.27 1,263 1,368 1,256 1,278 2,519 2,646 Nov '19 2.61 2.26 4.87 Dec '19 Jan '20 2.56 3.53 2.18 2.84 4.74 6.37 Feb'20 4.36 3.43 7.79 1,856 1,824 3,679 $94,581 $94,073 $188,654 $94,552 $94,117 $188,669 $28.2 $43.8 $72.0 0.038% $16.7 $55.3 0.009% 0.029% 0.038% Mar'20 8.15 6.37 14.52 3,835 3,698 7,533 $146,660 $149,232 $295,892 $146,684 $149,238 $295,921 ($23.5) $5.2 ($18.3) 1,257 2,565 $47,905 $47,117 $95,022 $47,907 $47,131 $95,039 ($2.1) $14.5 $12.3 0.013% $11.1 $1.2 0.012% 0.001% 0.013% 1,299 1,581 2,620 3,244 #2 - Trade money including price, commissions and fees 2a Buy money 2b Sell money 2c Total #3 - Trade value at Daily VWAP 3a Buy value 3b Sell value 3c Total $57,104 $57,082 $114,186 $57,103 $57,089 $114,191 $67,851 $69,502 $137,354 $67,831 $69,515 $137,345 $50,931 $50,469 $101,400 $50,916 $50,470 $101,386 $15.8 $1.6 $17.4 $55,674 $54,572 $110,246 $55,686 $54,585 $110,271 ($12.5) $12.9 $0.4 $52,093 $51,350 $103,444 $52,084 $51,373 $103,457 $9.0 $22.8 $31.8 $71,487 $69,685 $141,171 $71,480 $69,705 $141,186 $6.2 $20.7 $27.0 #4 - Total trade expense, including commissions and fees, relative to Daily VWAP 4a Buys (2a-3a) 4b Sells (3b-2b) 4c Total trade expense $1.3 $20.3 $6.7 $12.3 $7.9 $32.6 $26.5 $6.7 $33.2 $2.5 $10.0 $12.5 Trade expense as percentage of trade money 4c/2c #5 - Trade expense categories 5a Total commissions & fees 5b Execution cost (4c-5a) #6 - Trade expense categories as percentage of trade money -0.006% 0.015% $31.9 $169.1 ($50.2) $82.4 0.011% 0.010% -0.017% 0.005% -0.006% 0.015% Total commissions & fees (5a/2c) Execution cost (5b/2c) Net Expense to IB Clients 0.010% 0.010% -0.003% 0.014% 0.007% 0.024% 0.007% 0.024% 0.030% 0.011% 0.017% 0.000% $11.1 $11.7 $6.3 ($11.3) 0.011% 0.010% 0.006% -0.010% 0.017% 0.000% 0.031% 0.019% $11.6 $13.4 ($3.7) $19.2 $11.1 $22.1 0.010% 0.020% 0.030% $11.5 $1.0 0.010% 0.001% 0.011% $11.3 $20.4 0.011% 0.020% 0.031% $14.3 $12.7 0.010% 0.009% 0.019% The above illustrates that the rolling twelve months’ average all-in cost of an IBKR PRO client U.S. Reg.-NMS stock trade was 1.5 basis points. Note 1: Daily Average Revenue Trades (DARTs) – customer orders divided by the number of trading days in the period. Note 2: FDIC insured client bank deposit sweep program balances with participating banks. These deposits are not reported in the Company’s statement of financial condition. Note 3: Commissionable Order – a customer order that generates commissions. Note 4: In connection with our currency diversification strategy, we have determined to base our net worth in GLOBALs, a basket of 14 major currencies in which we hold our equity. The total effect of the currency diversification strategy is reported in Comprehensive Income; the components are reported in (1) Other Income in the corporate segment and (2) Other Comprehensive Income (“OCI”) on the balance sheet. The effect of the GLOBAL on our comprehensive income can be estimated by multiplying the total equity for the period by the change in the U.S. dollar value of the GLOBAL during the same period. Note 5: Mark to market gains and losses on investments in U.S. government securities and associated hedges are included in Other Income. In the general course of business, we hold these investments to maturity. As a result, accumulated mark to market gains or losses should converge to zero at maturity. Accounting conventions require broker-dealers, unlike banks, to mark all investments to market. Note 6: Trade money is the total amount of money clients spent or received, including all commissions and fees. Note 7: Consistent with the clients’ trading activity, the computed VWAP benchmark includes extended trading hours. More information, including historical results for each of the above metrics, can be found on the investor relations page of the Company’s corporate web site, www.interactivebrokers.com/ir. ________________ _________________ About Interactive Brokers Group, Inc.: Interactive Brokers Group affiliates provide automated trade execution and custody of securities, commodities and foreign exchange around the clock on over 125 markets in numerous countries and currencies, from a single IBKR Integrated Investment Account to clients worldwide. We service individual investors, hedge funds, proprietary trading groups, financial advisors and introducing brokers. Our four decades of focus on technology and automation has enabled us to equip our clients with a uniquely sophisticated platform to manage their investment portfolios. We strive to provide our clients with advantageous execution prices and trading, risk and portfolio management tools, research facilities and investment products, all at low or no cost, positioning them to achieve superior returns on investments. Barron’s ranked Interactive Brokers #1 with 5 out of 5 stars in its February 24, 2020, Best Online Broker Review. Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements: The foregoing information contains certain forward-looking statements that reflect the company's current views with respect to certain current and future events and financial performance. These forward-looking statements are and will be, as the case may be, subject to many risks, uncertainties and factors relating to the company's operations and business environment which may cause the company's actual results to be materially different from any future results, expressed or implied, in these forward-looking statements. Any forward-looking statements in this release are based upon information available to the company on the date of this release. The company does not undertake to publicly update or revise its forward-looking statements even if experience or future changes make it clear that any statements expressed or implied therein will not be realized. Additional information on risk factors that could potentially affect the company's financial results may be found in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. For Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. Investors: Nancy Stuebe, 203-618-4070 or Media: Kalen Holliday, 203-913- 1369.
They don’t say how IBKR lite customers lost on executions just that Pro customers beat vwap by 0.6 basis point..