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Pricing: US$0 commissions on online listed equity trades

  • Schwab
  • Hargreaves Lansdown
  • Interactive Investor
  • Saxo 
  • Interactive Brokers (IBKR PRO)
  • Online equity trade price structure
  • Schwab
    One flat fee for all trade sizes
  • Hargreaves Lansdown
    Fee decreases with higher number of trades
  • Interactive Investor
    One flat fee for all trade sizes
  • Saxo 
    Fee decreases with client tier
  • Interactive Brokers (IBKR PRO)
    Fee decreases with trade size
  • Online listed equity trade commission
  • Schwab
    US$0
    per trade1
  • Hargreaves Lansdown
    £11.95 for 0-9 deals £8.95 for 10-19 deals
     £5.95 for 20 or more deals per trade
  • Interactive Investor
    £3.99
     per trade
  • Saxo 
    US$0.015
    per share for Classic accounts
    US$0.010 per share for Platinum accounts
    US$0.005 per share for VIP accounts

    Minimum US$1
  • Interactive Brokers (IBKR PRO)
    US$0.0005 to US$0.0035
    per share (for <=300K shares/month) Minimum US$0.35 per trade. Maximum 1% of trade value
  • Monthly account maintenance fee
  • Schwab
    US$0
  • Hargreaves Lansdown
    £$0
  • Interactive Investor
    £11.99
    per month 
  • Saxo 
    US$0
  • Interactive Brokers (IBKR PRO)
    US$0 
  • Satisfaction Guarantee2
  • Schwab
  • Hargreaves Lansdown
    -
  • Interactive Investor
    -
  • Saxo 
    -
  • Interactive Brokers (IBKR PRO)
    -

What you might expect to pay on a typical online buy and sell listed stock trade.

  • Schwab
  • Hargreaves Lansdown
  • Interactive Investor
  • Saxo
  • Interactive Brokers (IBKR PRO)
  • If you buy 2,500 shares of a U.S.-based stock, then sell them a year later.
  • Schwab
    US$0
  • Hargreaves Lansdown
    £23.90
  • Interactive Investor
    £11.97
  • Saxo
    US$75 for Classic accounts
    US$50 for Platinum accounts
    US$25 for VIP accounts
  • Interactive Brokers (IBKR PRO)
    US$17.50

All costs displayed are standard online equity trades. Competitor firm pricing information obtained from their respective websites as of 02/15/2024. Competitor pricing and offers subject to change without notice.

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