Fund Your Account

Fund Your Account

Interactive Brokers offers several flexible and convenient methods for funding your account.


Use the menus below to tell us what you want to do, your residency and the currency you are depositing.
Click "Use this Method" to log in and proceed with your request.


Disclosures

  • Credit Period is the number of days before funds are posted to the customer's account and available for trading. Credit is posted after the close-of-business of the relevant day (e.g., 4 business days means credit is posted close-of-business on the 4th day). Please see the knowledgebase article for more details.
  • The Withdrawal Hold Period is the number of days before the customer may withdraw the funds deposited. The Withdrawal Hold Period begins on the Entry Date and ends after the close of business of the relevant day. For example, six business days means withdrawal can be submitted on the seventh business day).
  • Please be aware that it is against Interactive Brokers policy to accept physical currency (cash) deposits. Please make all deposits to your IBKR account by wire transfer, direct bank transfer (ACH), or via one of the other methods described above. IBKR will charge a special handling fee of 1% of the deposit amount (minimum $50 fee) for any physical currency deposits.
  • Interactive Brokers does not accept physical stock certificates.
  • Third-Party Deposits - Interactive Brokers does not accept and, generally, rejects third-party deposits, which have historically been viewed by the financial services industry and its regulators as being highly susceptible to acts of fraud and money laundering. For more information, see our FAQ on the subject.
  • Interactive Brokers is not responsible for any fees charged by your or any other financial institution involved during the process of wiring funds to your IBKR account. Before wiring funds to your IBKR account, ask your financial institution if they or their correspondent bank charge for that service.
  • In the case of wire deposits, please note that routing instructions vary by currency type and the instructions which you will need to supply to your bank are made available upon creation of a deposit notification through Client Portal. Deposits improperly routed by clients to a bank account not designated to accommodate deposits in the source currency are subject to rejection or automatic conversion into the local currency based on the policies of that bank. As IBKR is unable to assume the risk of such errors, clients are advised to provide their bank with correct routing instructions for the specific currency available in the deposit notifications through the Client Portal.