Interactive Brokers has launched a new autonomous trading service that allows investors to use artificial intelligence to monitor markets, identify opportunities and execute trades automatically without approving every transaction.
The new IBKR Autonomous Trading service enables eligible customers to connect AI platforms to their brokerage accounts and instruct them to trade across more than 75,000 listed stocks, options and ETFs worldwide.
Unlike traditional AI investing tools, which primarily provide research, market analysis and trading suggestions, the new service can actually place trades on behalf of investors based on predefined instructions.
For example, investors could instruct an AI platform to automatically reduce any portfolio holding that exceeds 10% of their investments back to 8%, or sell covered call options when implied volatility reaches a particular level.
The technology could also monitor markets around the clock, responding to developments without requiring investors to be constantly watching their screens.
AI Moves From Investment Research to Trade Execution
“For decades, Interactive Brokers has used automation to give investors greater access, efficiency and control,” said Milan Galik, Chief Executive Officer of Interactive Brokers.
“IBKR Autonomous Trading builds on that approach, allowing clients to define their trading strategies and safeguards while connected AI monitors markets and executes trades within those parameters.”
Customers can allocate money to a dedicated AI Partition within their existing Interactive Brokers account, allowing them to separate AI-managed trading activity from their other investments.
The service operates within customer-defined parameters and account restrictions, with safeguards designed to help manage risk.
Interactive Brokers already offers AI integration with platforms including ChatGPT, Claude, Grok and Perplexity, allowing investors to analyse portfolios and generate trading instructions using natural language.
However, until now, customers have needed to review and approve orders before execution.
The introduction of autonomous trading represents a significant development in the growing relationship between artificial intelligence and retail investing.
It also raises questions about how effectively AI systems can respond to unexpected market conditions, particularly during periods of extreme volatility.
While automated trading has long been available to institutional investors, Interactive Brokers is bringing more sophisticated AI-driven execution capabilities to individual traders.
The service will initially be available only to eligible customers, with access depending on their country, account type and applicable regulatory restrictions.
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