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Interactive Brokers Group Reports Brokerage Metrics and Other Financial Information for May 2021, Includes Reg.-NMS Execution Statistics
GREENWICH, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: IBKR) an automated global electronic broker, today reported its Electronic

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[{"type":"text","content":" GREENWICH, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nInteractive Brokers Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: IBKR) an automated global electronic broker, today reported its Electronic Brokerage monthly performance metrics for May.\n\nBrokerage highlights for the month included:\n\n\n2.250 million Daily Average Revenue Trades (DARTs)1, 37% higher than prior year and 3% higher than prior month.\n\n\nEnding client equity of $348.3 billion, 83% higher than prior year and 1% higher than prior month.\n\n\nEnding client margin loan balances of $45.8 billion, 97% higher than prior year and 2% higher than prior month.\n\n\nEnding client credit balances of $80.8 billion, including $2.7 billion in insured bank deposit sweeps2, 15% higher than prior year and 2% lower than prior month.\n\n\n1.39 million client accounts, 65% higher than prior year and 2% higher than prior month.\n\n\n373 annualized average cleared DARTs1 per client account.\n\n\nAverage commission per cleared Commissionable Order3 of $2.49 including exchange, clearing and regulatory fees. Key products:\n\n\n\nMay 2021\nAverage Commission per \n\nAverage\n\n\n\nCleared Commissionable Order\n\nOrder Size\n\n\nStocks\n\n$1.73\n\n\n\n2,188 shares\n\n\nEquity Options\n\n$3.83\n\n\n\n6.3 contracts\n\n\nFutures\n\n$4.19\n\n\n\n3.0 contracts\n\n\nFutures include options on futures. We estimate exchange, clearing and regulatory fees to be 56% of the futures commissions.\n\nOther financial information for Interactive Brokers Group: \n\n\nGLOBAL4: The value of the GLOBAL, reported in U.S. dollars, increased by 0.39% in May.\n\n\nIn the interest of transparency, we quantify our IBKR PRO clients’ all-in cost of trade execution below.\n\nFor the full multimedia release with graph see link:\n\nhttps://www.interactivebrokers.com/MonthlyMetrics\n\n\nIn May, IBKR PRO clients’ total cost of executing and clearing U.S. Reg.-NMS stocks through IB was about 3.7 basis points of trade money5, as measured against a daily VWAP6 benchmark (3.2 basis points net cost for the rolling twelve months).\n\n\n\nIBKR PRO Clients' Reg.-NMS Stock Trading Expense Detail\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAll amounts are in millions, except %\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPrevious\n\n\n\nJun '20\nJul '20\nAug '20\nSep '20\nOct '20\nNov '20\nDec '20\nJan '21\nFeb '21\nMar '21\nApr '21\nMay '21\n12 Months\n\n\n#1a - Number of o...