Interactive Brokers Outage Map

Community Discussion

Tips? Frustrations? Share them here. Useful comments include a description of the problem, city and postal code.

Beware of "support numbers" or "recovery" accounts that might be posted below. Make sure to report and downvote those comments. Avoid posting your personal information.

Interactive Brokers Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

• 
  JT Gert (@the1Gert) reported 3 minutes ago

  @MichaelENewton1 @nottatowl @IBKR Same issue, fixed it by going into settings->trading permissions ->edit and then switch permission on for something that wasn't previously selected. Solved it for me right away.

• 
  SOBR (@SOBRBC) reported 4 minutes ago

  @IBKR_Europe Fix your desktop software installer for linux please @IBKR

• 
  John Morina-If you build it they will come (@JohnMorina2) reported 4 minutes ago

  @IBKR your platform sucks and your customer service is as bad as Spirit Airlines. I have been on hold for 35 minutes calling from overseas so the cost will be extremely expensive. You suck, always have and the reason I hate using your platform

• 
  Someone (@PlatoCosmos) reported 6 minutes ago

  @IBKR I am getting beyond fedup of not being able to login into the mobile app, despite repeated attempts. Whats going on??

• 
  The 'investor' (@Pikachu21M) reported 12 minutes ago

  @IBKR If I chose a timeframe on the chart, 1 month, 1 year, 5 years, I should see the percentage of progression during this period. Your stays fix on the daily percentage. It’s not a bug but your choice grok said

• 
  super (@super509219312) reported 13 minutes ago

  @one_foothurdle @IBKR Happened to me too. Multiple orders got canceled. They said it was a technical issue on their end. But it it rather alarming, given that their support is hardly reachable. When situations like this happen, you need support more easily available to deal with it.

• 
  Deepak (@Deepak66259832) reported 19 minutes ago

  @IBKR I have recently opened an account with you. I simply do not receive security code over text or phone call. Therefore, cannot login. Whenever I try calling your support helpline, it always says it is busy and I never get an agent on call. Pathetic service. #ibkr

• 
  Leo GNK (@GnkLeo17852) reported 21 minutes ago

  @IBKR @JoseTorresEcon Hello, I am having trouble accessing my Interactive Brokers account. I recently deleted the authenticator from my Microsoft Authenticator app, and now I cannot log in because I no longer have access to the security code. Could you please help me recover my account and reset my

• 
  Carl Malartre (@Malartre) reported 23 minutes ago

  Everyday I resent @IBKR's desktop app team using Java for the UI. It's great for them and terrible for all users. From the login to maximizing the app to the slowest column reorder in the world, it all sucks.

• 
  DeV (@A_Dev9) reported 23 minutes ago

  @IBKR And there is even no way to get this escalated to a senior ops executive. One of the most ineffective ops process and response team and never expected this from @IBKR I am on the verge of closing down the account

• 
  super (@super509219312) reported 26 minutes ago

  @Alex_Steger_ @IBKR I am on Tasty Schwab Fidelity Hood and IBKR. I mostly trade on Ibkr or tasty or at times Hood. Everyone has their set of problems. But this issue is rather tough one to swallow.

• 
  One foot hurdle (@one_foothurdle) reported 28 minutes ago

  @IBKR Thx for your reply, but this was a week ago. 😬 This was a first technical issue in a long time, so no hard feeling, but would have liked a much swifter response in the app,this took several hours and that is just too long.

• 
  Rod J Davis 🇺🇸 (@rjd_mkts) reported 28 minutes ago

  @IBKR @thomaspeterffy For the life of me I dont know whats going on over at @IBKR but for a trader to not have the ability to do any spreads, iron condors or anything resembling a spread for over 3 months due to technical issues is a MAJOR MAJOR ISSUE!!!!

• 
  Cluseau Investments (@blondesnmoney) reported 29 minutes ago

  Ever since IBKR made the font slightly more green the market has gone to ****. @IBKR please fix this.

• 
  Brian Lund (@bclund) reported 32 minutes ago

  After being a customer for 20+ years at @IBKR, I’m seriously considering changing brokers. Earlier this week, I got a margin call notice, which made no sense because my account is fully funded. Turns out it was tied to an old secondary account I created years ago to sweep in some non-marketable securities — you know, those dregs we’ve all held onto that technically went to zero but still somehow show up in the account. (Don’t lie, you’ve done it too.) Anyway, this account has sat idle for years, and for some reason it incurred a $12 charge, which pushed the zero-balance account into a margin call. I’ve tried contacting @IBKR numerous times about this, but if you know anything about IB, customer service is not the reason you use them. I even wired funds into the account to clear it. They show they received it, but I can’t find any record of it being credited, and I suspect it may have been applied to the wrong account. There was a time when it made sense to use Interactive Brokers because they had aggressive commissions and access to hard-to-trade issues. But nowadays, that advantage is mostly gone. I’m seriously wondering why I would stay with them when such a minuscule issue has turned into such a major pain in the ***.