Interactive Brokers vs Public.com on TradersPost
Interactive Brokers and Public.com differ on 10 of 21 points TradersPost compares: stock options, index options, crypto, short selling and 6 more. Both support stocks, market orders, limit orders, stop orders, stop limit orders, day orders and good till canceled orders.
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Stock Options
Not supported
Supported
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Index Options
Not supported
Supported
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Crypto
Not supported
Supported
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Short selling
Supported
Partial
All but Crypto
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Fractional quantity
Not supported
Partial
All but Stock Options and Index Options
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Trailing stops
Supported
Not supported
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Bracket orders
Supported
Not supported
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Immediate or cancel orders
Supported
Not supported
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Trailing stop attached to entry
Supported
Not supported
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Paper accounts
Supported
Not supported
Public.com: short selling isn't available on crypto.
Public.com: fractional quantity isn't available on stock options and index options.
Same on both 8
- Stocks
- Market orders
- Limit orders
- Stop orders
- Stop limit orders
- Day orders
- Good till canceled orders
- Authentication: OAuth
Neither supports 3
- Futures
- Fill or kill orders
- Modify open orders
Link to this comparison /compare/connections/ibkr-vs-publiccom
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Worth knowing about each
Interactive Brokers
- Stocks only. IBKR futures, options, and crypto are not sent through this WebAPI integration, even when those products exist in TWS.
- IBKR allows one active login session per username. Logging into TWS or the IBKR mobile app with the same username can interrupt automated orders.
- The North America API reset window is 23:45–00:45 ET. Signals in that window can fail even with retries.
View Interactive Brokers connection View Interactive Brokers docs