NICKEL and DIME us- INCREASES IN FEES......

NOTIFICATION - MODIFICATION TO US REGULATORY FEES


Dear IB Customer,

You are receiving this communication as you have US option or bond trading permissions or have selected the Cost Plus commission plan for US stocks each of which requires payment of any exchange, regulatory, and clearing fees.

Effective August 5, 2013, IB will begin including in those regulatory costs the Trading Activity Fee (TAF), which is assessed by FINRA to recover the costs of supervising and regulating firms. This fee applies to the sale of stocks (including sales originating from option exercise or assignment), bonds, options and Single Stock Futures at the following rates:

Stock (Cost Plus customers) - 0.000119 x quantity sold, maximum of $5.95 per Trade

Options: 0.002 x quantity sold, plus stock fee on securities sold pursuant to an option exercise or assignment

Bonds: 0.00075 x quantity sold, maximum of $0.75 per Trade

Single Stock Futures: 0.00004 x quantity, minimum 0.005 per Trade

Also effective August 5, 2013, IB will be updating the following regulatory fees currently charged on stock executions under the Cost Plus model

NYSE Pass-Through Fees
Current rate: 0.000420 * IB Cost Plus Commissions
Updated rate: 0.000175 * IB Cost Plus Commissions

FINRA Pass-Through Fees
Current rate: 0.00046 * IB Cost Plus Commissions
Updated rate: 0.00056 * IB Cost Plus Commissions

For additional information on IB commissions, please click here.



Interactive Brokers Customer Service
 
Quote from trickyname:
Were you using Cost Plus?
I don't know what Cost Plus is

I use Smart Rebate

"buying" Calls commission seems to be the same though

"selling" was noticeably higher

marc
:cool:
 
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