Interactive Brokers

Interactive Brokers (U.K.) Limited

Interactive Brokers (U.K.) Limited is FCA-authorised and offers IBKR’s desktop, web and mobile platforms, plus a TradingView connection. The UK platforms page lists CFDs and spot currencies among the products those platforms can trade.

Official website

Recorded facts

UK FCA entity: Yes
UK spread betting: Unknown
Minimum deposit: $0 UK required-minimums page: Individual, Joint, Trust and Org account minimum USD 0.00.
Account types: Individual, Joint, Trust, Org, Stocks and Shares ISA, Advisor, Family, Hedge Fund, Broker
Year founded: 1977 IBKR’s fact sheet says the original organisation was created as a market maker in 1977 and that brokerage operations began in 1993.
Headquarters: Greenwich, United States
Platforms: TradingView, proprietary Client Portal, IBKR Desktop, IBKR Mobile, Trader Workstation, IBKR GlobalTrader and IMPACT.

API and agent access

FIX: Yes (retail)
REST: Yes (retail)
Open API: No
MT5 Python: No
Official MCP server: Yes (retail)

The UK API page documents a REST Web API, FIX, and a TWS API with Python among other languages. That Python API is not MetaTrader 5. IBKR publishes an MCP server at https://api.ibkr.com/v1/api/mcp-public. The AI page says the integration is not available in India or Japan.

Regulators

Regulator	Entity	Licence	Jurisdiction
FCA	Interactive Brokers (U.K.) Limited	208159	United Kingdom

Notes

Financial spread betting was not mentioned on the UK pages reviewed, so that field stays unknown. Group headquarters are given as Greenwich, Connecticut. Trade instructions created through the MCP integration are submitted by the client on an IBKR platform.

Sources and last check

Last checked 18 October 2026.