| 04 September 2009

Interactive Brokers Group (IBKR) reported its monthly metrics for August and showed a slight increase in activity across the board.

Total accounts ticked up slightly to just over 125,000. The company reported cleared DARTs* of 309,000 which is well the peak of 354,000 in November 2008, but slightly above last month. Accounts averaged 625 trades on an annualized basis, well below the peak of 817 per account in November 2008, but the highest level recorded thus far this summer.

Details follows after the jump.

• 340 thousand Daily Average Revenue Trades(1) (DARTs) in August 2009, up 5% from prior month.
• 625 annualized average cleared DARTs per customer account.
• 125.4 thousand customer accounts, 18% higher than August 2008.
• Ending customer equity of $12.6 billion, 22% higher than August 2008.
• Ending customer credit balances of $9.6 billion and customer margin balances of $2.6 billion.

* DARTS = Daily Average Revenue Trades