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1 Required Minimums Balance The following minimums are required to open an account 1 : Categy Individual Accounts (unless listed below) Trading Group Masters Broker Masters Required Deposit USD 10,000 ( non-usd equivalent) USD 10,000 ( non-usd equivalent) USD 10,000 ( non-usd equivalent) Indian residents 2 trading with an IB India account INR deposits only, equivalent to USD 2,000 Indian residents 2 trading with an IBLLC-US account IRAs 3 Individuals age 25 younger Advis and Broker Clients USD 5,000 ( non-usd equivalent) USD 5,000 ( non-usd equivalent) USD 3,000 ( non-usd equivalent) USD 5,000 ( non-usd equivalent) Notes: To Trade a margin account you must maintain at least USD 2,000 non-usd equivalent. F details on margin requirements, see the Margin page. Pattern Day Traders have higher minimum requirements, which are defined in the Day Trading section of margin requirements. 1. Accounts that show no balance will be closed. To reactivate an account that has been closed f having no balance, a new account deposit of USD 10,000 non-usd equivalent is required. 2. Indian resident is an individual who resides in India f me than 182 days per year. 3. Because of contribution limits, IRA accounts will only be required to deposit USD 5,000 in der to open a new account. In addition, US Regulats require USD 25,000 ( non-usd equivalent) to Day Trade stocks and options. Monthly Activity Page 1 / 6

2 As IB caters to active professional traders and invests, we require that each account generate a minimum of commissions per month. Accounts generating commissions less than the minimum as stated below in any given month will be assessed the difference as a monthly activity fee (Activity Fee = Minimum Required Monthly Commission Actual Monthly Commission). Please note that the monthly activity fee is based on commissions only, and does not include fees related to third-party assessments such as market data subscriptions der modification/cancellation fees. In addition to monthly fee minimums, we pass through market data fees from the exchanges f any real-time market data service in which a customer subscribes. Customers choosing to subscribe to US non-professional real-time market data will have the USD 10 ( non-usd equivalent) monthly market data subscription fee waived if they spend USD 30 ( USD equivalent) me in commission f the month. Account Structure Monthly Activity Fee 1 Waiver Single Accounts, Individuals and Small Businesses unless any of the below criteria exist: Average Equity Balance is less than USD 2,000 2 monthly commissions are equal to at least USD 10. If monthly commissions are less than USD 10, Standard Activity Fee= USD 10 commissions. Example: Monthly commissions = USD 6 Standard Activity Fee = USD 10 USD 6 Standard Activity Fee = USD 4 monthly commissions are equal to at least USD 20. The first three full calendar months Accounts whose Net Liquidation Value >= USD 100,000 ( non-usd equivalent) Not applicable. A balance is maintained in a closed account Customer is age 25 under If monthly commissions are less than USD 20, Activity Fee = USD 20 commissions. Example: Monthly commissions = USD 11 Activity Fee = USD 20 USD 11 Activity Fee = USD 9 monthly commissions are equal to at least USD 3. If monthly commissions are less than USD 3, Activity Fee = USD 3 commissions. Example: Monthly commissions = USD 1.25 Activity Fee = USD 3 USD 1.25 Activity Fee = USD 1.75 The first three full calendar months Accounts whose Net Liquidation Value >= USD 100,000 ( non-usd equivalent) Page 2 / 6

3 Multi-client Accounts including Adviss, Separate Trading Limit, Linked Accounts, Friends and Family, Family Office Exception: Hedge Fund Advis Master 2 Brokers consolidated monthly commissions are at least equal to (number of accounts 3 x 10). Example: Advis has 12 sub accounts, number of Accounts = 13 Monthly consolidated commissions minimum requirement is 13 x 10 = USD 130 If the monthly consolidated commissions are less than the required minimum, an activity fee is charged on an account-by-account basis using the Standard Activity Fee calculation described above. 4, 5 consolidated monthly commissions are equal to at least USD 2,000.* If after perfming the consolidated calculation, it is determined that fee must be charged on an account-byaccount basis, then the following waivers will be applied to each account: The first three full calendar months Accounts whose Net Liquidation Value >= USD 100,000 ( non-usd equivalent) N/A If monthly commissions are less than USD 2,000, Activity Fee = USD 2,000 commissions. *We require an initial deposit of 10,000 USD to be applied against your first five months minimum commissions. At the end of the five month period, your total commissions are subtracted from the 10,000 deposit to reach the required commissions minimum. Example: Your total commissions over the first five months = USD 6,400. Minimum commissions required f months 1 5 are: 10,000 6,400 = USD 3,600 Notes: Page 3 / 6

4 1. The non-usd equivalent f all USD values is also acceptable. 2. This special low balance fee applies to the Hedge Fund Advis Master account, and to all other accounts except the Advis Master, which will be charged the Standard Activity Fee. 3. Advis and Separate Trading Limit accounts are included in the consolidated calculation. Broker Master accounts are not included in the consolidated calculation. 4. Example 1: Advis Account Master account commissions = USD 0 sub account A commissions = USD 500 sub account B commissions = USD 0 sub account C commissions = USD 0 Consolidated monthly commissions = USD 500 Required Minimum Commissions = Number of accounts x 10, 4 x 10 = USD 40 USD 500 is greater than USD 40 so no activity fee is charged. Example 2: Broker Master Account Master account commissions = USD 0 sub account A commissions = USD 10 sub account B commissions = USD 5 sub account C commissions = USD 5 Consolidated monthly commissions = USD 20 Required Minimum Commissions = Number of accounts x 10, 3 x 10 = USD 30 USD 20 is less than USD 30. so activity fee is charged per-account using the Standard Activity Fee fmula of USD 10 commissions: Master Account: USD 10 0 = USD 10 sub account A: USD 10 - USD 10 = 0 sub account B: USD 10 - USD 5 = USD 5 sub account C: USD 10 - USD 5 = USD 5 Activity Fee = USD F multiple accounts that include Indian residents, the Required Monthly Minimum is calculated as follows: (Number of IB India accounts x 5) + (number of other accounts x 10) If the Required Monthly Minimum is greater than consolidated monthly commissions, an activity fee is charged on an Page 4 / 6

5 account-by-account basis using the Standard Activity Fee described above. Special Connections Customers requiring any of the below connections are subject to the following connection minimums: VPN USD per month minimum VPN Not Suppted via API USD per month minimum + USD one-time setup fee Internet (Gateway Client f CTCI) USD per month minimum (USD 3.00 f age 25 and under) USD per month minimum (USD 3.00 f age 25 and under) USD per month minimum + USD one-time setup fee Extranet (Radianz, TNS, Savvis) USD 1, per month minimum f first line; USD 1, per month minimum f any subsequent line(s) Dedicated Leased Line (Verizon, AT&T, etc) USD 1, per month minimum f first line; USD 1, per month minimum f any subsequent line(s) Page 5 / 6

6 Notes: Minimum fees may also be satisfied in a non-usd equivalent. See the API Solutions Comparison f me details. Page 6 / 6

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