Interactive Brokers Group Reports Brokerage Metrics and Other Financial Information for December 2021, includes Reg.-NMS Execution Statistics

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Interactive Brokers Group (Nasdaq: IBKR) has released its December electronic brokerage performance metrics. Key highlights include:

• 2.229 million Daily Average Revenue Trades (DARTs), down 3% year-over-year and 20% month-over-month.
• Client equity reached $373.8 billion, up 30% year-over-year.
• Client margin loan balances were $54.6 billion, up 40% year-over-year.
• 1.68 million client accounts, a 56% increase year-over-year.
• Average commission per cleared order was $2.37.

Overall, the firm shows significant growth in client metrics despite a decline in trading volume.

Positive

• Client equity increased by 30% year-over-year to $373.8 billion.
• Client margin loan balances rose 40% year-over-year to $54.6 billion.
• Number of client accounts surged by 56% year-over-year to 1.68 million.

Negative

• Daily Average Revenue Trades (DARTs) fell 3% year-over-year and 20% month-over-month.

GREENWICH, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: IBKR) an automated global electronic broker, today reported its Electronic Brokerage monthly performance metrics for December.

Brokerage highlights for the month included:

• 2.229 million Daily Average Revenue Trades (DARTs)¹, 3% lower than prior year and 20% lower than prior month.
• Ending client equity of $373.8 billion, 30% higher than prior year and about even with prior month.
• Ending client margin loan balances of $54.6 billion, 40% higher than prior year and about even with prior month.
• Ending client credit balances of $87.1 billion, including $2.2 billion in insured bank deposit sweeps², 12% higher than prior year and about even with prior month.
• 1.68 million client accounts, 56% higher than prior year and 2% higher than prior month.
• 299 annualized average cleared DARTs¹ per client account.
• Average commission per cleared Commissionable Order³ of $2.37 including exchange, clearing and regulatory fees. Key products:

December 2021			Average Commission per			Average
			Cleared Commissionable Order			Order Size
Stocks			$1.68			1,349 shares
Equity Options			$3.14			6.4 contracts
Futures			$4.15			3.0 contracts

Futures include options on futures. We estimate exchange, clearing and regulatory fees to be 55% of the futures commissions.

Other financial information for Interactive Brokers Group:

• Mark to market on U.S. government securities portfolio⁴ was a gain of $0.4 million for the quarter, and a gain of $0.1 million for the year ended December 31^st.
• GLOBAL⁵: The value of the GLOBAL, reported in U.S. dollars, increased by 0.08% in December and decreased by 1.31% for the year ended December 31^st.

In the interest of transparency, we quantify our IBKR PRO clients’ all-in cost of trade execution below.

For the full multimedia release with graph see link:
https://www.interactivebrokers.com/MonthlyMetrics

• In December, IBKR PRO clients’ total cost of executing and clearing U.S. Reg.-NMS stocks through IB was about 4.8 basis points of trade money⁶, as measured against a daily VWAP⁷ benchmark (3.8 basis points net cost for the rolling twelve months).

IBKR PRO Clients' Reg.-NMS Stock Trading Expense Detail
All amounts are in millions, except %
																																					Previous
	Jan '21			Feb '21			Mar '21			Apr '21			May '21			Jun '21			July '21			Aug '21			Sep '21			Oct '21			Nov '21			Dec '21			12 Months
#1a - Number of orders
Buys	15.46			18.42			16.82			10.52			10.04			12.60			10.98			9.98			9.55			9.52			11.57			9.36			144.82
Sells	11.33			13.19			12.34			7.67			7.50			10.00			8.10			7.61			6.99			7.08			8.52			6.71			107.04
Total	26.79			31.61			29.16			18.19			17.54			22.60			19.08			17.59			16.54			16.60			20.09			16.07			251.86
#1b - Number of shares purchased or sold
Shares bought	5,907			6,417			5,327			3,267			3,325			4,261			3,785			3,263			3,412			3,595			3,764			3,169			49,494
Shares sold	5,488			6,052			5,163			3,072			3,265			4,157			3,608			3,202			3,300			3,390			3,667			3,074			47,438
Total	11,395			12,469			10,491			6,339			6,590			8,418			7,393			6,465			6,713			6,984			7,432			6,243			96,931
#2 - Trade money including price, commissions and fees
2a Buy money	$161,779			$171,280			$189,334			$129,198			$128,083			$140,218			$135,106			$127,454			$125,954			$133,647			$160,251			$141,591			$1,743,894
2b Sell money	$156,739			$167,064			$185,529			$124,045			$125,904			$139,592			$133,527			$125,694			$124,808			$128,438			$158,604			$140,613			$1,710,558
2c Total	$318,518			$338,344			$374,863			$253,243			$253,987			$279,810			$268,633			$253,148			$250,762			$262,085			$318,855			$282,204			$3,454,452
#3 - Trade value at Daily VWAP
3a Buy value	$161,613			$171,092			$189,194			$129,131			$128,053			$140,148			$135,050			$127,439			$125,905			$133,631			$160,132			$141,498			$1,742,885
3b Sell value	$156,683			$167,032			$185,588			$124,030			$125,969			$139,648			$133,552			$125,747			$124,841			$128,515			$158,616			$140,656			$1,710,875
3c Total	$318,296			$338,124			$374,782			$253,160			$254,022			$279,795			$268,602			$253,186			$250,746			$262,146			$318,747			$282,153			$3,453,760
#4 - Total trade expense, including commissions and fees, relative to Daily VWAP
4a Buys (2a-3a)	$166.5			$187.9			$139.3			$67.1			$29.2			$69.9			$56.2			$15.1			$48.4			$15.8			$119.9			$93.8			$1,008.9
4b Sells (3b-2b)	($55.7	)		($32.5	)		$58.6			($15.9	)		$64.1			$55.7			$25.0			$52.8			$32.4			$76.9			$11.9			$43.0			$316.3
4c Total trade expense	$110.8			$155.5			$197.8			$51.2			$93.3			$125.6			$81.2			$67.9			$80.8			$92.7			$131.8			$136.7			$1,325.3
Trade expense as percentage of trade money
4c/2c	0.035	%		0.046	%		0.053	%		0.020	%		0.037	%		0.045	%		0.030	%		0.027	%		0.032	%		0.035	%		0.041	%		0.048	%		0.038	%
#5 - Trade expense categories
5a Total commissions & fees	$45.8			$49.1			$41.4			$26.2			$27.0			$33.5			$28.7			$26.1			$27.1			$27.8			$31.4			$26.0			$390.1
5b Execution cost (4c-5a)	$64.9			$106.4			$156.4			$25.0			$66.4			$92.1			$52.5			$41.8			$53.7			$64.9			$100.5			$110.8			$935.4
#6 - Trade expense categories as percentage of trade money
Total commissions & fees (5a/2c)	0.015	%		0.015	%		0.011	%		0.010	%		0.011	%		0.012	%		0.010	%		0.010	%		0.011	%		0.010	%		0.009	%		0.009	%		0.011	%
Execution cost (5b/2c)	0.020	%		0.031	%		0.042	%		0.010	%		0.026	%		0.033	%		0.020	%		0.017	%		0.021	%		0.025	%		0.032	%		0.039	%		0.027	%
Net Expense to IB Clients	0.035	%		0.046	%		0.053	%		0.020	%		0.037	%		0.045	%		0.030	%		0.027	%		0.032	%		0.035	%		0.041	%		0.048	%		0.038	%

The above illustrates that the rolling twelve months’ average all-in cost of an IBKR PRO client U.S. Reg.-NMS stock trade was 3.8 basis points.

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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: 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 5: In connection with our currency diversification strategy, we have determined to base our net worth in GLOBALs, a basket of 10 major currencies in which we hold our equity. The total effect of the currency diversification strategy is reported in Comprehensive Income and the components are reported in (1) Other Income 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 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.

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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 135 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 26, 2021, 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.

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Contacts for Interactive Brokers Group, Inc.: Rob Garfield - media@ibkr.com.

 

Source: Interactive Brokers Group, Inc.

FAQ

What were the December 2021 DARTs for Interactive Brokers (IBKR)?

The Daily Average Revenue Trades (DARTs) for December 2021 were 2.229 million, a 3% decrease year-over-year.

How much did client equity grow for IBKR in December 2021?

Client equity grew by 30% year-over-year to $373.8 billion for December 2021.

What is the current client margin loan balance of IBKR?

The client margin loan balance for December 2021 was $54.6 billion, which is 40% higher than the prior year.

How many client accounts did IBKR report in December 2021?

Interactive Brokers reported 1.68 million client accounts in December 2021, marking a 56% increase year-over-year.

What was the average commission per cleared order for IBKR in December 2021?

The average commission per cleared order in December 2021 was $2.37.