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> I agree that the UI is terrible but keep in mind that IB is very very specifically targeted at active stock traders and institutions, not regular people I un
by RickS 10y ago
> I agree that the UI is terrible but keep in mind that IB is very very specifically targeted at active stock traders and institutions, not regular people
I understand what you're saying here, and you're right. Large parts of IB's complexity come from accomodating the crazy stuff you have to do when you want to unload millions of shares without tipping off algos.
However..
The implication that "active stock traders" and "regular people" are mutually exclusive is one of the things holding finance software back.
- Veratyr 10y agoI don't think this is a bad assumption to make though. Active stock trading, daytrading at least, requires a minimum balance of $25k in the account due to SEC regulations. The people who have that much money available for investment outside a retirement account are very very few and near-entirely investors.