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InteractiveBrokers

Regulated
Hong Kong
Since 1996
Last Updated:

Trading Conditions

Min Deposit:
N/A
Max Leverage:
N/A
Account Types
  • Individuals
  • Joint
  • Trust
  • Small Business
  • Proprietary Trading Group
  • Family Advisor
  • Advisor
  • Money Manager
  • Family Office
  • Hedge Fund & Mutual Fund
  • Broker & FCM

Official website

Homepage of interactivebrokers.com.hk as we captured it

interactivebrokers.com.hk

Online · checked Oct 17, 2026

2 pages archived · Oct 17, 2026

Also on our record

8 more addresses
  • interactivebrokers.hkRegional

Funding Methods

8 methods

Instant Local Transfer via eDDA

bank transfer
Not recorded
Fee:Free
Fee:Not recorded

Instant Local Transfer via FPS

bank transfer
Not recorded
Fee:Free
Fee:Not recorded

Bank Transfer

bank transfer
Up to 1 day
Fee:Not recorded
Fee:HK$95

Bank Wire

wire transfer
Up to 1 day
Fee:Not recorded
Fee:$10

Direct ACH Transfer from your Bank

bank transfer
Up to 1 day
Fee:Free
Fee:$1

Link a New Bank Account

bank transfer
Up to 4 days
Fee:Free
Fee:Not recorded

Transfer from Wise Balance

e wallet
Not recorded
Fee:Not recorded
Fee:Not recorded

Online Bill Pay

bank transfer
Up to 6 days
Fee:Free
Fee:Not recorded

Trust rating

Good

78 out of 100 · 89% checked

It holds a valid FCA 208159 licence and 8 more, and our investigation found it appears legitimate.

We checked InteractiveBrokers on 2026-10-24 across its regulation, company record, client terms, trading offer and service, and could verify 89% of its record. Its strongest valid licence is FCA 208159, with 8 more valid. The score of 78 is what the checked record adds up to; nothing held it down. What would move the score: withdrawal rails, all-in eurusd cost, instrument breadth. Our published investigation found it appears legitimate, with 26.6 years of track record. Its client terms carry moderate risk, with 2 critical clauses. Trading EURUSD costs about 0.1 pips all-in, spread and commission together.

Score last calculated 2026/10/24

Regulatory Licenses

Regulatory Licenses:
Tier 1
Australia flag
Market Making(MM)
Regulated
ASIC | Australia
Regulatory Licenses:
Tier 1
United Kingdom flag
Market Making(MM)
Regulated
FCA | United Kingdom
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Company Information

Full Name:Interactive Brokers Hong Kong Limited
Founded:1996
Headquarters:Hong Kong
Enterprise Offices:9offices

Customer Support

Phone:
+852 3107 8333
Live Chat:
Available
Response Time:
—
Languages:
EnglishCantonese+3
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What InteractiveBrokers legally published, but does not want you to read

Wikilix contract reading ·

Moderate contract risk

Interactive Brokers is among the most heavily regulated brokers we have read, and it writes its contracts in plain English. The hard edges are in the margin and custody rules. IBUK can hold your cash in a bank account needing up to 95 days of notice, and your positions can be sold with no warning and no margin call. Your shares can be lent out while you hold them, and your money sits in the United States, outside UK client money protection.

2Critical clauses
18Clauses flagged
35Documents read
5.5/10Contract risk
Read the full terms report14 more clauses, each with its wording, clause number and source
Editorial review
Updated

Broker Summary

What Wikilix has recorded about InteractiveBrokers: its history, the licences it holds, its trading conditions and its fees.

Interactive Brokers Broker Overview

Interactive Brokers Hong Kong Limited is the Hong Kong operating company of the Interactive Brokers group and the entity a Hong Kong client contracts with. It is registered in Hong Kong under company number 0538097, holds Securities and Futures Commission licence ADI249, and works on a direct market access model, charging commission on every product rather than building a margin into the spread. Individual accounts carry no minimum deposit and no platform or account maintenance fee, and clients trade through the group's own software rather than a third party platform.

Interactive Brokers Regulation and License

The regulated entity is Interactive Brokers Hong Kong Limited, licensed by the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong under number ADI249, effective from 1 April 2003 and covering Type 1 dealing in securities, Type 2 dealing in futures contracts and Type 3 leveraged foreign exchange trading. That licence was confirmed in the company's own name on the SFC register on 17 October 2026. The brand itself holds nothing: each company in the group is authorised separately by the authority in its own market, and none of those authorisations extends to the Hong Kong business.

Four sibling authorisations are also confirmed on their regulators' own records. Interactive Brokers (U.K.) Limited is authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority under firm reference number 208159. Interactive Brokers Australia Pty Ltd holds Australian Financial Services Licence 453554, shown as current by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission. Interactive Brokers Singapore Pte. Ltd. appears in the Monetary Authority of Singapore directory as a capital markets services licensee under CMS100917. Interactive Brokers LLC is an approved member of the National Futures Association and registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission under number 0258600. Interactive Brokers Canada Inc. is listed as an investment dealer by the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization, which records membership of a self regulatory body rather than a licence and publishes no membership number.

The broker further states that three more group companies are authorised in their home markets: Interactive Brokers Ireland Limited under Central Bank of Ireland reference C423427, Interactive Brokers Securities Japan Inc. under Kanto Local Finance Bureau (Kinsho) No. 187, and Interactive Brokers India Pvt. Ltd. under Securities and Exchange Board of India registration INZ000217730.

Is Interactive Brokers Regulated?

Yes for a Hong Kong client, because the company that takes the account holds an in force SFC licence confirmed on the regulator's own register. A client who opens an account with a different group company is supervised by that company's regulator instead, so the rules and the recourse that apply follow the entity rather than the brand. The broker's own client agreement makes the same point, noting that different terms apply where a client has relationships with more than one company in the group, which is why confirming which company an account will sit with is the single most useful check before funding it.

Interactive Brokers Hong Kong Limited

Interactive Brokers Hong Kong Limited was formed in Hong Kong in February 1996 and is registered under company number 0538097, with its registered office at Suite 1512, Two Pacific Place, 88 Queensway, Admiralty. That registration was confirmed against the Hong Kong companies register and the GLEIF Global LEI Index on 17 October 2026. It is one of nine group companies named in this review, alongside Interactive Brokers LLC in the United States, Interactive Brokers (U.K.) Limited, Interactive Brokers Ireland Limited, Interactive Brokers Canada Inc., Interactive Brokers Australia Pty Ltd, Interactive Brokers India Pvt. Ltd., Interactive Brokers Securities Japan Inc. and Interactive Brokers Singapore Pte. Ltd. Each runs its own national website, and the Hong Kong site links a visitor to the company that serves their location.

Is Interactive Brokers Safe?

Interactive Brokers Hong Kong Limited sits at the regulated end of the market: a licence confirmed in its own name on the SFC register, a company registration confirmed on the Hong Kong register, continuous incorporation since 1996, and a group whose principal companies are separately authorised in their own jurisdictions. That is not a guarantee, and the client agreement carries terms a prospective client should read rather than assume. Positions can be liquidated without advance notice and a client cannot choose which assets go or in what order, a negative balance left after liquidation becomes a debt the client must repay together with the costs of recovering it, and securities in a margin account can be lent to third parties at up to 140 percent of the sum of the margin loan and any broker funded derivatives margin, with voting rights passing to the borrower while the shares are out. The Financial Conduct Authority register also carries several clone firm notices warning that unauthorised operators have copied the United Kingdom company's details, so the address a client actually visits matters.

Interactive Brokers Account Types

Accounts are organised by who is opening them rather than by trading conditions, and commission terms are common across them. Individual, Joint, Trust and Small Business accounts carry no minimum deposit. The professional range adds Family Advisor, Advisor, Money Manager, Family Office, Hedge Fund and Mutual Fund, Proprietary Trading Group, and Broker and FCM accounts. Advisor and money manager accounts can apply their own client markups on top of the broker's commission, and a Broker or FCM account commits to USD 10,000 in commissions over its first eight months and USD 2,000 a month after that, with any shortfall charged as a maintenance fee.

Interactive Brokers Spreads, Commissions and Fees

Pricing is commission based with no added spread, no account minimum and no platform fee, and clients choose a Fixed or a Tiered plan when the account is opened. On United States stocks and ETFs, Fixed is USD 0.005 per share with a USD 1.00 minimum per order and a cap of 1 percent of trade value, inclusive of exchange, clearing and regulatory fees. Tiered runs from USD 0.0035 down to USD 0.0005 per share as monthly volume rises, with a USD 0.35 minimum per order and those fees passed through instead. Elsewhere the published rates are USD 0.15 to USD 0.65 per options contract, USD 0.25 to USD 0.85 per futures contract, 0.08 to 0.20 basis points of trade value on spot currencies, 10 basis points of face value on bonds, and 3 percent of trade value capped at USD 14.95 on mutual funds, with no fee funds free.

Three charges sit outside that schedule. Where a per order fee applies it covers order cancellations and modifications as well as the order itself, and closing a position by telephone costs USD 30.00 per order. A monthly Margin Financing Charge accrues on overnight margin balances, priced off a rate the broker calculates itself rather than a published benchmark. The client agreement also permits a daily Exposure Fee on an account judged to be at high risk of going into deficit, set by a proprietary model and chargeable even when the account meets the margin requirements.

Interactive Brokers Trading Platforms

Interactive Brokers builds its own trading software rather than licensing a third party platform. Clients work through Trader Workstation on the desktop, IBKR Desktop, the browser based Client Portal, and the IBKR Mobile and IBKR GlobalTrader apps, and none of them carries a platform fee.

Interactive Brokers Deposits and Withdrawals

Funding is bank based, with no card channel published for Hong Kong clients. In Hong Kong dollars the instant local transfer options are eDDA and FPS, both free from the broker, available around the clock and credited within hours, and an ordinary bank transfer is usually tradable within a business day. In United States dollars the channels are a bank wire with no amount limit, a direct ACH transfer, a linked bank account, online bill pay and a mailed cheque, and a transfer from a Wise balance is available across currencies.

Two withdrawal requests per calendar month are free and the charge applies from the third of any kind: HKD 95 on a Hong Kong dollar bank transfer, USD 10 on a United States dollar wire and USD 1 on a local electronic transfer, with other currencies priced separately. Those fees do not cover charges raised by a beneficiary or correspondent bank. The group client agreement separately allows client money to be held in a client bank account carrying up to 95 days' notice for withdrawals, so funds may not always be available on demand, and fractional shares cannot be moved to another broker and have to be sold instead.

Interactive Brokers Support

Hong Kong clients reach the desk on +852 3107 8333, with live chat on the site and support in English, Cantonese, Mandarin and written Chinese. Cover runs from Sunday 1:00 PM to Friday 7:30 PM United States Eastern time, with no Saturday service and limited hours on Sunday.

Interactive Brokers Pros and Cons

  • A Hong Kong licence confirmed on the SFC register and held by the company that actually takes the account.
  • A company registration confirmed on the Hong Kong register, and four sibling companies confirmed on their own regulators' records.
  • No minimum deposit on the retail account forms, and no platform or account maintenance fee.
  • Commission based pricing with no spread markup, and direct market access execution.
  • Funding is bank based only, with no card channel published for Hong Kong clients.
  • Only two free withdrawals per calendar month before per transfer fees apply, and client money may sit behind up to 95 days' notice.
  • Charges priced by the broker's own models, including the Exposure Fee and the Margin Financing Charge.
  • The licence, the client money rules and the complaint route change with the group company holding the account.

Interactive Brokers Review and Assessment

Interactive Brokers Hong Kong Limited is a long established, SFC licensed broker whose proposition is cost and market breadth rather than promotions or high leverage: commission only pricing, no minimum deposit on a personal account, direct market access and the group's own platforms. The practical caveats are structural rather than commercial. Because the group operates a separately licensed company per market, the protections attached to an account depend on which of them it is opened with, and the client agreement gives the broker wide discretion over liquidation, stock lending and model priced charges. That paperwork, rather than the pricing, is the part worth reading before any money moves.

Website archive
Captured

Website snapshots

2 full-page captures of InteractiveBrokers's own site, archived so what they said can still be read after the pages change.

2 pages
Warnings & Disclosures
Account Types Guide
Captured by Wikilix from the broker's live site. Open any shot to read it full size.
Regulation check
Checked

Regulatory Licenses

InteractiveBrokers holds a tier-1 or tier-2 licence that we confirmed on the regulator's own register. Each licence below opens its record of what that register says.

9 of 9 checked
Licences on record
9
Confirmed on register
9
Tier 1 or 2
9
Offshore
0

WIKILIX

Licence intelligence

The strongest of 9 licences on file

Licence Verification Record

Australia Securities & Investment Commission 453554

Wikilix read the ASIC register on Oct 17, 2026. This is what it said.

Name on the register
INTERACTIVE BROKERS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD
Jurisdiction
Australia
Authority strength
Tier 1
Licence type
Market Making(MM)
Register status
Active
Effective
Jul 28, 2016
Shown on the InteractiveBrokers website
Shown

Checked Oct 17, 2026

Permissions

  • provide general financial product advice to retail and wholesale clients for the following classes of financial products: deposit and payment products limited to basic deposit products and deposit products other than basic deposit products; derivatives; foreign exchange contracts; debentures, stocks or bonds issued or proposed to be issued by a government; interests in managed investment schemes excluding investor directed portfolio services; securities; standard margin lending facility
  • provide general financial product advice to wholesale clients only for the following classes of financial products: non-standard margin lending facility
  • deal in a financial product by issuing, applying for, acquiring, varying or disposing of a financial product to retail and wholesale clients in respect of the following classes of financial products: derivatives; foreign exchange contracts; standard margin lending facility
  • deal in a financial product by issuing, applying for, acquiring, varying or disposing of a financial product to wholesale clients only in respect of the following classes of financial products: non-standard margin lending facility
  • deal in a financial product by applying for, acquiring, varying or disposing of a financial product on behalf of another person to retail and wholesale clients in respect of the following classes of products: deposit and payment products limited to basic deposit products and deposit products other than basic deposit products; derivatives; foreign exchange contracts; debentures, stocks or bonds issued or proposed to be issued by a government; interests in managed investment schemes excluding inve
  • make a market for the following financial products to retail and wholesale clients: foreign exchange contracts; and derivatives
  • provide the following custodial or depository services to retail and wholesale clients: operate custodial or depository services other than investor directed portfolio services

What our check found

An Australian financial services licence held by Interactive Brokers Australia Pty Ltd, ABN 98 166 929 568, a participant of ASX, ASX 24 and Cboe Australia. Confirmed on the ASIC register on 12 October 2026 and corroborated by the Australian Business Register entry showing the company active since 1 August 2014. Client protection: Strong. AFS licensees must segregate client money and belong to the Australian Financial Complaints Authority.

Client protection under this licence

  • No compensation schemeNo mandatory insurance (but strict fund segregation)
  • Negative balance protection
  • Complaints routeAFCA
  • Maximum leverage1:28

These are the rules ASIC sets for the firms it licenses. They are not a statement about how InteractiveBrokers applies them, or about which of its companies would hold your account.

A licence record describes what an authority published. It is not an endorsement, and Wikilix does not issue authorisations.

Open the ASIC licence recordAbout ASIC

Tier 1 and 2 authorities

8 licences
Trading accounts
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Account Types

11 account types on record. Minimum deposit from USD 10,000.

11 account types
AccountMin DepositMax LeverageCommission
IndividualsStandardNot recordedNot recordedTiered USD 0.0005-0.0035 per share or Fixed USD 0.005 per share on US stocks/ETFs; plan chosen at account setup
JointJoint · CorporateNot recordedNot recordedTiered USD 0.0005-0.0035 per share or Fixed USD 0.005 per share on US stocks/ETFs; plan chosen at account setup
TrustTrust · InvestNot recordedNot recordedTiered USD 0.0005-0.0035 per share or Fixed USD 0.005 per share on US stocks/ETFs; plan chosen at account setup
Small BusinessBusiness · CorporateNot recordedNot recordedTiered USD 0.0005-0.0035 per share or Fixed USD 0.005 per share on US stocks/ETFs; plan chosen at account setup
Proprietary Trading GroupProprietary · PropNot recordedNot recordedTiered USD 0.0005-0.0035 per share or Fixed USD 0.005 per share on US stocks/ETFs; plan chosen at account setup
Family AdvisorMAM · Copy & ManagedNot recordedNot recordedIBKR commissions on the Tiered or Fixed plan; advisor client markups by % of equity, flat fee, % of P&L, fee per trade or manual billing
AdvisorMAM · Copy & ManagedNot recordedNot recordedIBKR commissions on the Tiered or Fixed plan; advisor client markups by % of equity, flat fee, % of P&L, fee per trade or manual billing
Money ManagerPAMM · Copy & ManagedNot recordedNot recordedIBKR commissions on the Tiered or Fixed plan; client markups set by the wealth manager
Family OfficeInstitutional · CorporateNot recordedNot recordedIBKR commissions on the Tiered or Fixed plan; client markups by % of equity, flat fee, % of P&L, fee per trade or manual billing
Hedge Fund & Mutual FundInstitutional · CorporateNot recordedNot recordedIBKR commissions on the Tiered or Fixed plan; soft dollars available across five commission tiers
Broker & FCMInstitutional · CorporateUSD 10,000Not recordedUSD 10,000 minimum commissions over the first 8 months, then USD 2,000 per month; shortfall charged as a maintenance fee
Account names and conditions as published by InteractiveBrokers, recorded by Wikilix.
Client acceptance

Country availability

Where InteractiveBrokers says it will and won't take clients

243 countries

Likely blocked

Reported, not verified against a primary source

AFAfghanistanBIBurundiBYBelarusCDCongo (Democratic Republic)CFCentral African RepublicCGCongoCUCubaIQIraqIRIranKPNorth KoreaLYLibyaMMMyanmar
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NGNigeriaNRNauruSDSudanSLSierra LeoneSOSomaliaSSSouth SudanSYSyriaVEVenezuelaYEYemenZWZimbabwe

Explicitly accepted

Named as accepted — not a full list of served markets

ADAndorraAEUnited Arab EmiratesAGAntigua and BarbudaAIAnguillaALAlbaniaAMArmeniaAOAngolaAQAntarcticaARArgentinaASAmerican SamoaATAustriaAUAustralia
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AWArubaAXÅland IslandsAZAzerbaijanBABosnia and HerzegovinaBBBarbadosBDBangladeshBEBelgiumBFBurkina FasoBGBulgariaBHBahrainBJBeninBLSaint BarthélemyBMBermudaBNBrunei DarussalamBOBoliviaBQBonaire, Sint Eustatius and SabaBRBrazilBSBahamasBTBhutanBWBotswanaBZBelizeCACanadaCHSwitzerlandCICôte d’IvoireCKCook IslandsCLChileCMCameroonCNChinaCOColombiaCRCosta RicaCVCabo VerdeCWCuraçaoCYCyprusCZCzechiaDEGermanyDJDjiboutiDKDenmarkDMDominicaDODominican RepublicDZAlgeriaECEcuadorEEEstoniaEGEgyptEHWestern SaharaEREritreaESSpainETEthiopiaFIFinlandFJFijiFKFalkland IslandsFMMicronesiaFOFaroe IslandsFRFranceGAGabonGBUnited KingdomGDGrenadaGEGeorgiaGFFrench GuianaGGGuernseyGHGhanaGIGibraltarGLGreenlandGMGambiaGNGuineaGPGuadeloupeGQEquatorial GuineaGRGreeceGTGuatemalaGUGuamGWGuinea-BissauGYGuyanaHKHong KongHNHondurasHRCroatiaHTHaitiHUHungaryIDIndonesiaIEIrelandILIsraelIMIsle of ManINIndiaIOBritish Indian Ocean TerritoryISIcelandITItalyJEJerseyJMJamaicaJOJordanJPJapanKEKenyaKGKyrgyzstanKHCambodiaKIKiribatiKMComorosKNSaint Kitts and NevisKRSouth KoreaKWKuwaitKYCayman IslandsKZKazakhstanLALaosLBLebanonLCSaint LuciaLILiechtensteinLKSri LankaLRLiberiaLSLesothoLTLithuaniaLULuxembourgLVLatviaMAMoroccoMCMonacoMDMoldovaMEMontenegroMFSaint Martin (French part)MGMadagascarMHMarshall IslandsMKNorth MacedoniaMLMaliMNMongoliaMOMacaoMPNorthern Mariana IslandsMQMartiniqueMRMauritaniaMSMontserratMTMaltaMUMauritiusMVMaldivesMWMalawiMXMexicoMYMalaysiaMZMozambiqueNANamibiaNCNew CaledoniaNENigerNFNorfolk IslandNINicaraguaNLNetherlandsNONorwayNPNepalNUNiueNZNew ZealandOMOmanPAPanamaPEPeruPFFrench PolynesiaPGPapua New GuineaPHPhilippinesPKPakistanPLPolandPMSaint Pierre and MiquelonPNPitcairnPRPuerto RicoPSPalestinePTPortugalPWPalauPYParaguayQAQatarRERéunionRORomaniaRSSerbiaRURussiaRWRwandaSASaudi ArabiaSBSolomon IslandsSCSeychellesSESwedenSGSingaporeSHSaint HelenaSISloveniaSJSvalbard and Jan MayenSKSlovakiaSMSan MarinoSNSenegalSRSurinameSTSao Tome and PrincipeSVEl SalvadorSXSint Maarten (Dutch part)SZEswatiniTCTurks and Caicos IslandsTDChadTGTogoTHThailandTJTajikistanTKTokelauTLTimor-LesteTMTurkmenistanTNTunisiaTOTongaTRTürkiyeTTTrinidad and TobagoTVTuvaluTWTaiwanTZTanzaniaUAUkraineUGUgandaUMUnited States Minor Outlying IslandsUSUnited StatesUYUruguayUZUzbekistanVAHoly SeeVCSaint Vincent and the GrenadinesVGVirgin Islands (British)VIVirgin Islands (U.S.)VNViet NamVUVanuatuWFWallis and FutunaWSSamoaYTMayotteZASouth AfricaZMZambia
How we know — 12 sources
  1. 1Country policy for this record is derived from the Hong Kong site's own account-opening application, which presents a closed country-of-residence list of 222 jurisdictions at https://www.interactivebrokers.com.hk/Universal/Application?locale=en_US. That selector controls onboarding, so it takes priority over any published text.
  2. 2Accepted list: the 221 countries and territories that the application's country-of-residence selector offers. Kosovo is also offered but has no official country code, so it is mentioned in these notes rather than in a list.
  3. 3Likely but unconfirmed refusals: 22 inhabited countries the closed selector does not offer at all, namely Afghanistan, Belarus, Burundi, Central African Republic, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Myanmar, Nauru, Nigeria, North Korea, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Venezuela, Yemen and Zimbabwe. These are missing from the selector rather than named as refused, which is why they are listed as probably refused, not confirmed.
  4. 4No country is a confirmed refusal, because no page on the broker's own site names a country it will not serve. The IB-HK Client Agreement dated 7 September 2026, published from https://www.interactivebrokers.com.hk/en/accounts/forms-and-disclosures-client-agreements.php, instead states a category: the client must not be 'located, organised, or resident in a country or territory that is, or whose government is, the subject of comprehensive territorial sanctions or equivalent restrictions', and it names no jurisdiction anywhere in the document. A category alone cannot confirm a refusal.
  5. 5Iran is a likely but unconfirmed refusal, based only on the broker's own account-opening application: Iran is not among the 222 jurisdictions its country-of-residence selector offers. No page on the broker's own domains markets to or mentions Iran, and the Hong Kong site publishes no Persian-language variant.
  6. 6Six territories absent from the selector are deliberately not recorded as blocked: Bouvet Island, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, French Southern Territories, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. They have no or negligible resident population and their parent states are all offered, so their absence reflects the granularity of a residence list rather than an onboarding policy.
  7. 7No dependent territories are recorded as blocked. A territory is refused this way only when its parent country is refused, and no parent country is refused here.
  8. 8Onboarding routing, stated site-wide on the broker's own pages: 'If you are a resident of Asia, except India, Hong Kong and Japan, and continue with the account opening process, your account will be opened with Interactive Brokers LLC in the US.' This routes an applicant to another group entity rather than refusing them, so it sets no block. Hong Kong residents onboard with the Hong Kong company this record covers.
  9. 9The client agreement's eligibility clause, clause 13 Client Qualification, restricts applicants by age (over 18), legal capacity and sufficient knowledge and experience. It sets no country condition.
  10. 10A country restriction on the broker's affiliate page applies only to two marketing partner programmes and not to opening a trading account: residents of Chile, China, Israel, Japan, Korea, the Philippines, Portugal and Spain are ineligible for the Influencers Program and the CPC Publisher Program, per https://www.interactivebrokers.com.hk/en/general/about/affiliate-programs.php. All eight are offered in the retail application, so that restriction does not affect account opening.
  11. 11The site publishes no dedicated restricted-countries or accepted-countries page, and its help channel is an interactive assistant, not a static list. The funding page at /en/support/fund-my-account.php and the anti-fraud, customer-identification and privacy notices carry no country restriction.
  12. 12The Hong Kong site publishes three language variants, English and Simplified and Traditional Chinese, and no others, which is consistent with a Hong Kong and Greater China client base.
Recorded by WIKILIX research, not published by the broker, and not a guarantee. A country listed nowhere above is not thereby accepted — check InteractiveBrokers's own terms before you open an account.
Deposits & withdrawals

Funding Methods

9 ways to fund an account. 6 with no deposit fee.

9 methods
MethodDeposit feeWithdrawal feeMin depositWithdrawal min / maxProcessing
Instant Local Transfer via eDDABank Transfer
Listed for Hong Kong residents under HKD and CNH. Credited immediately to a few hours, available 24/7. IBKR charges nothing; the page notes any fee is determined by your bank and is generally free. Two steps: set up the debit authorisation, then transfer as needed. Deposit channel only, so no withdrawal fee is published for it. IBKR allows two free withdrawal requests per calendar month across all channels before its withdrawal fees apply.
FreeNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Instant Local Transfer via FPSBank Transfer
Listed for Hong Kong residents under HKD and CNH. Credited immediately to a few hours, available 24/7. IBKR charges nothing; the page notes any fee is determined by your bank and is generally free. Two steps: notify IBKR of each deposit, then ask your bank to initiate the transfer. No separate withdrawal fee is published for FPS; HKD withdrawals are charged under the bank transfer or local electronic transfer rails.
FreeNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Bank TransferBank Transfer
Listed for Hong Kong residents under HKD and CNH. Tradable as quickly as one business day or less, determined by your bank. Deposit fees are determined by your bank and generally do apply, so no IBKR deposit fee is published. Withdrawal fee from the broker's own fee schedule, Asia-Pacific bank transfer and electronic funds transfer column: HKD 95.00, CNH 60.00, AUD 15.00, SGD 15.00, NZD 15.00, JPY 1,600.00. Two withdrawal requests per calendar month are free; the fee applies from the third of any kind. IBKR withdrawal fees do not cover beneficiary or correspondent bank charges.
Not recordedHKD 95Not recordedNot recordedNot recordedUp to 1 day
Bank WireWire Transfer
Listed for Hong Kong residents under USD. Tradable as quickly as one business day or less, determined by your bank. The funding page states no limit on wire amounts. Deposit fees are determined by your bank and generally do apply, so no IBKR deposit fee is published. Withdrawal fee from the broker's own fee schedule: USD 10.00, CAD 12.00, EUR 8.00, GBP 7.00, CHF 10.00. Two withdrawal requests per calendar month are free; the fee applies from the third of any kind.
Not recordedUSD 10Not recordedNot recordedNot recordedUp to 1 day
Direct ACH Transfer from your BankBank Transfer
Listed for Hong Kong residents under USD, so it suits clients holding a USD bank account that supports ACH. Deposits are stated free and tradable in one business day or less after initial setup. IBKR sets no amount limit, though your bank may. Withdrawal fee from the broker's own fee schedule, local electronic transfer column: USD 1.00, EUR 1.00, GBP 1.00, HKD 8.00, CNH 7.00, SGD 1.00, NZD 1.00. Two withdrawal requests per calendar month are free.
FreeUSD 1Not recordedNot recordedNot recordedUp to 1 day
Link a New Bank AccountBank Transfer
Listed for Hong Kong residents under USD. Deposits are stated free. Depending on the transfer method your bank supports funds may be available instantly, and the page states transfers will never take more than four business days. Three steps: provide banking information to link the account, enter the deposit amount, then confirm the request. Deposit limits are determined by your bank. No separate withdrawal fee is published for this channel.
FreeNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedUp to 4 days
Transfer from Wise BalanceE-Wallet
Listed for Hong Kong residents under every currency checked, including HKD, CNH and USD. Tradable within hours depending on currency. Wise charges for the currency conversion, so the cost is the provider's rather than a published IBKR fee and no deposit fee is recorded. One step: initiate the transfer from inside your IBKR account. No separate withdrawal fee is published for this channel.
Not recordedNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Online Bill PayBank Transfer
Listed for Hong Kong residents under USD. Funds become tradable in one to six business days, depending on your bank. IBKR charges nothing and the page notes fees are determined by your bank but generally free. Two steps: notify IBKR of each deposit, then send it through your bank's bill payment application. Deposit limits are determined by your bank.
FreeNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedUp to 6 days
Mail a CheckOther
Listed for Hong Kong residents under HKD. IBKR charges nothing and the page notes fees are determined by your bank but generally free. Two steps: notify IBKR of each deposit, then mail the cheque; limits are determined by your bank. The fee schedule gives a cheque withdrawal fee for USD only, at 4.00, and lists no cheque withdrawal for HKD. A returned cheque costs HKD 50.00 in Hong Kong. Interest is not paid during the cheque hold period.
FreeNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedUp to 2 days
Fees, limits and processing times as published by InteractiveBrokers, recorded by Wikilix.
Websites

Global Domains

10 domains on record. All active and served over HTTPS.

10 domains
  • www.interactivebrokers.com.hkMain siteActiveHTTPS
  • interactivebrokers.hkRegionalActiveHTTPS
  • www.interactivebrokers.comRegionalActiveHTTPS
  • www.interactivebrokers.co.ukRegionalActiveHTTPS
  • www.interactivebrokers.ieRegionalActiveHTTPS
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9 legal entities behind the InteractiveBrokers brand.

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  • Interactive Brokers Hong Kong LimitedActiveHong KongRegistration 0538097Established Feb 1, 1996
  • Interactive Brokers LLCActiveUnited StatesRegistration 0585402Established Mar 9, 1998
  • Interactive Brokers Canada Inc.ActiveLicence holderCanadaRegistration 3840778Established Dec 14, 2000Holds CIRO
  • Interactive Brokers (U.K.) LimitedActiveLicence holderUnited KingdomRegistration 03958476Established Mar 28, 2000Holds FCA
  • Interactive Brokers Australia Pty LtdActiveLicence holderAustraliaRegistration 166929568Established Nov 25, 2013Holds ASIC
  • Interactive Brokers Ireland LimitedActiveIrelandRegistration 657406
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  • Interactive Brokers India Pvt. Ltd.ActiveIndiaRegistration U67120MH2007FTC170004
  • Interactive Brokers Securities Japan Inc.ActiveJapan
  • Interactive Brokers Singapore Pte. Ltd.ActiveSingapore
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The operating company is Interactive Brokers Hong Kong Limited. Registered in Hong Kong. Registration number 0538097.

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Interactive Brokers Hong Kong Limited
Registration number
0538097
Jurisdiction
Hong Kong
Registry
Hong Kong Companies Registry record (via OpenCorporates), corroborated by the GLEIF Global LEI Index
Registered address
Suite 1512, Two Pacific Place, 88 Queensway, Admiralty, Hong Kong SAR
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One business day. The group client agreement requires a client to say as soon as possible, and within one business day, that a trade confirmation or an account balance is wrong, and warns that the broker may not be able to correct a transaction or a balance if it is not told promptly. The same agreement excludes claims for profit a client says they would have made, so even where a trading error is the broker's own responsibility a claim for lost profit is not available, though it does not limit liability for death, personal injury or fraud.

Yes, and several sit outside the commission schedule. The broker's Hong Kong other fees page states that where a per order fee applies it covers order cancellations and modifications as well as the order itself, and that closing a position by telephone costs USD 30.00 per order. Its margin requirements page adds a monthly Margin Financing Charge that accrues on overnight margin balances, priced off a rate the broker works out itself rather than a published benchmark. The group client agreement also permits a daily Exposure Fee on an account judged to be at high risk of going into deficit, set by a proprietary model and chargeable even when the account meets the margin requirements.

Not necessarily on demand. The group client agreement published on the broker's United Kingdom site states that client money may be held in a client bank account with up to 95 days' notice for withdrawals, which means it may not be available immediately, especially during periods of high withdrawals, although the broker adds that it monitors cash flow regularly so that clients have timely access. Two withdrawal requests per calendar month are free and a fee applies from the third of any kind, at HKD 95 on a Hong Kong dollar bank transfer, USD 10 on a United States dollar wire and USD 1 on a local electronic transfer. The terms that bind an account are those of the group company carrying it, so a Hong Kong client should read the agreement they are actually offered.

Accounts are organised by who is opening them rather than by trading conditions, and the commission terms are common across them. The personal range is Individuals, Joint, Trust and Small Business, all with no minimum deposit. The professional range adds Family Advisor, Advisor, Money Manager, Family Office, Hedge Fund and Mutual Fund, Proprietary Trading Group, and Broker and FCM accounts, and advisor and money manager accounts can apply their own client markups on top of the broker's commission.

Interactive Brokers builds its own trading software. Clients work through Trader Workstation on the desktop, IBKR Desktop, the browser based Client Portal, and the IBKR Mobile and IBKR GlobalTrader apps. None of them carries a platform fee.

It depends on the channel. The instant local transfers eDDA and FPS credit within hours and run around the clock, while a bank transfer, a bank wire or a direct ACH transfer is usually tradable in one business day or less. A newly linked bank account can take up to four business days, online bill pay up to six, and a mailed cheque becomes tradable two business days after it arrives.

Two withdrawal requests per calendar month are free, and a fee applies from the third of any kind. The published charges are HKD 95 on a Hong Kong dollar bank transfer, USD 10 on a United States dollar wire and USD 1 on a local electronic transfer, with other currencies priced separately. Those fees do not cover charges raised by a beneficiary or correspondent bank.

Funding is bank based. In Hong Kong dollars the fastest channels are the instant local transfers eDDA and FPS, both free from the broker, available around the clock and credited within hours. An ordinary bank transfer is usually tradable within a business day, and United States dollar clients can also use a bank wire with no amount limit, a direct ACH transfer, a linked bank account, online bill pay, a mailed cheque or a transfer from a Wise balance.

Pricing is commission based with no spread markup, and clients pick a Fixed or a Tiered plan when the account is opened. On United States stocks and ETFs, Fixed is USD 0.005 per share with a USD 1.00 minimum per order, capped at 1 percent of trade value and inclusive of exchange, clearing and regulatory fees; Tiered runs from USD 0.0035 down to USD 0.0005 per share as monthly volume rises, with a USD 0.35 minimum and those fees passed through instead. Options are USD 0.15 to USD 0.65 per contract, futures USD 0.25 to USD 0.85 per contract, and spot currencies 0.08 to 0.20 basis points of trade value.

Interactive Brokers Hong Kong Limited, registered in Hong Kong under company number 0538097, is the entity a Hong Kong client contracts with and the holder of the SFC licence. The company was formed in February 1996, and its registration was confirmed against the Hong Kong companies register and the GLEIF Global LEI Index on 17 October 2026. It is one of nine group companies named in this review, alongside the United States, United Kingdom, Irish, Canadian, Australian, Indian, Japanese and Singaporean companies, each of which runs its own national site and holds its own authorisation.

There is no minimum deposit on an Interactive Brokers Hong Kong Individuals, Joint, Trust or Small Business account. The broker's pricing also states that there are no account minimums and no platform fees. The exception on record is a Broker or FCM account, which commits to USD 10,000 in commissions over its first eight months and USD 2,000 a month after that, with any shortfall charged as a maintenance fee.

Interactive Brokers Hong Kong publishes no restricted countries page, and its client agreement names no individual country. Its Hong Kong account application offers a closed country of residence list of 221 jurisdictions, and twenty two inhabited jurisdictions are absent from it, among them North Korea, Iran, Syria, Cuba, Myanmar, Venezuela and Belarus. The agreement separately excludes anyone located, organised or resident in a territory under comprehensive sanctions, which is stated as a category rather than as a list. Residents of Asia other than India, Hong Kong and Japan are routed to Interactive Brokers LLC in the United States rather than refused.

Hong Kong clients reach Interactive Brokers Hong Kong Limited on +852 3107 8333, and live chat is offered on the site. Cover runs from Sunday 1:00 PM to Friday 7:30 PM United States Eastern time, with no Saturday service and limited hours on Sunday. Support is available in English, Cantonese, Mandarin and written Chinese, and the office is at Suite 1512, Two Pacific Place, 88 Queensway, Admiralty, Hong Kong.

Interactive Brokers Hong Kong clients trade stocks and ETFs, options, futures, spot currencies, bonds, mutual funds and prediction markets, each with its own published rate on the broker's . Around 100 currency pairs are covered. Execution is direct market access rather than dealing against the broker.

Yes, it is regulated. Interactive Brokers Hong Kong Limited holds licence ADI249 from the Securities and Futures Commission, covering Type 1 dealing in securities, Type 2 dealing in futures contracts and Type 3 leveraged foreign exchange trading, and that licence was confirmed in the company's own name on the SFC register on 17 October 2026. Regulation is not the same thing as safety: the client money rules, the complaint route and any compensation available follow the group company an account is opened with, and trading leveraged and derivative products carries the ordinary risk of loss whoever supervises the broker.

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