why are there no other brokers compete directly with IB?

Wait what? How did you pay 2m in comm?

 

I like their Excel DDE actually....not so much the ActiveX. It does what it says.

 

A few years ago their API was really buggy. Since then it has improved enormously.

 

Compared to the competition it's fantastic. Which competitor can provide as much information for so many asset classes? I don't mean some basic web socket crap of "give me the last close".

 

If found the Excel DDE to be buggy garbage but it's not the fault of IB but the technology itself.

 

One thing I've asked IB about is some sort of customer loyalty value. Most brokers offer tiers that stick, meaning if I've done 300k shares per month for multiple months in a row, I will not start off at the lowest tier the following month. Lightspeed offers this and some others, why not IB? It's not an unreasonable ask.

 

I have asked for the same and been told no. I have since cut down significantly the amount I volume I trade.
Have you tried that with IB Prime (institutional)?

 

As an individual, not sure I qualify. I'm not that familiar with IB Prime.

 

I thought you traded via a delaware LLC?

 

Never have.