Prop firm that trades thru Interactive Brokers?

I'd be shocked if you find any prop firm that trades through IB. IB, to my knowledge, doesn't license their software out for accounts that don't also clear through IB...and I don't know if they even accept non-retail accounts.
 
Quote from Chi-trade:

I'd be shocked if you find any prop firm that trades through IB. IB, to my knowledge, doesn't license their software out for accounts that don't also clear through IB...and I don't know if they even accept non-retail accounts.
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FYI, IB does white label the TWS and/or allow firms to provide their own front end via the FIX gateway. I can't name any of the firms that do that though.
 
Quote from Chi-trade:

I'd be shocked if you find any prop firm that trades through IB. IB, to my knowledge, doesn't license their software out for accounts that don't also clear through IB...and I don't know if they even accept non-retail accounts.
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I'm pretty sure IB has non-retail accounts.
You can open corporate, partnership, etc. account with almost every retail broker.
 
Quote from zzzap:

I'm pretty sure IB has non-retail accounts.
You can open corporate, partnership, etc. account with almost every retail broker.
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What exactly are non-retail accounts?
 
I think the real question is "will IB provide increased (i.e. >retail) leverage to institutional accounts?" If not, they are unlikely to attract the typical prop firm that requires a more flexible risk-management model.
 
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