IB SmartRouting℠ Routes Orders to the Best Available Price Between KRX and Nextrade

Interactive Brokers (NASDAQ:IBKR), an automated global broker, today announced the launch of select Korean equities through Nextrade, South Korea's first Alternative Trading System (ATS). The addition of Nextrade builds on Interactive Brokers' earlier launch of the Korea Exchange (KRX), through which it became the first major US-based broker to provide global investors with direct access to Korean equities. Clients trading on Nextrade benefit from significantly extended trading hours and access to additional liquidity. Interactive Brokers has enabled IB SmartRouting℠ across both the Korea Exchange (KRX) and Nextrade, automatically routing orders to the venue offering the best price. This helps clients achieve best execution while providing greater flexibility and more opportunities to participate in one of Asia's most dynamic equity markets.

Korea's equity market ranks among the top global exchanges by market capitalization and is home to world-leading companies such as Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix, and Hyundai Motor offering meaningful exposure to some of Asia's most prominent and innovative industries. From a single unified platform, Interactive Brokers clients can seamlessly manage diversified global portfolios, trading stocks, options, futures, currencies, bonds, and funds across more than 170 markets worldwide, now including Korean equities through both the Korea Exchange and Nextrade.

"Korea is home to some of the world's most innovative companies, and its equity market has become increasingly central to global investment strategies," said David Friedland, Managing Director for Asia Pacific at Interactive Brokers. "By adding Nextrade alongside the Korea Exchange, we're giving clients greater flexibility and more ways to capture opportunities in one of Asia's most compelling markets, while further demonstrating our commitment to providing broad, cost-efficient market access worldwide."

Nextrade offers access to approximately 650 securities from the KOSPI and KOSDAQ markets, competitive fees, and an extended 12-hour trading window, running from 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM KST across three sessions. This expanded trading window gives clients greater flexibility to act on Korean market opportunities outside traditional exchange hours, whether responding to overnight global developments or coordinating trades across multiple time zones.

Nextrade operates from 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM KST across three sessions: Pre-Market (8:00-8:50 AM), Standard (9:00 AM-3:20 PM), and After-Market (3:30-8:00 PM).

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US and countries served by IB LLC: Nextrade

Canada: Nextrade

United Kingdom: Nextrade

Europe: Nextrade

Hong Kong: Nextrade

Singapore: Nextrade

Australia: Nextrade

Japan: Nextrade

Access to equities on Nextrade through Interactive Brokers is not available to residents of Korea. Availability of products varies by Interactive Brokers affiliate and client country of residence.

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About Interactive Brokers Group, Inc.:

Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:IBKR) is a member of the S&P 500. Its affiliates provide automated trade execution and custody of securities, commodities, foreign exchange, and prediction markets around the clock on over 170 markets in numerous countries and currencies from a single unified platform to clients worldwide. We serve individual investors, hedge funds, proprietary trading groups, financial advisors and introducing brokers. Our four decades of focus on technology and automation have enabled us to equip our clients with a uniquely sophisticated platform to manage their investment portfolios. We strive to provide our clients with advantageous execution prices and trading, risk and portfolio management tools, research facilities and investment products, all at low or no cost, positioning them to achieve superior returns on investments. Interactive Brokers has consistently earned recognition as a top broker, garnering multiple awards and accolades from respected industry sources such as Barron's, Investopedia, Stockbrokers.com, and many others.

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