Barron's columnist Theresa W. Carey polls Thomas Peterffy and other industry leaders to find out what they believe is required to create a good home trading system. Connectivity, the ideal number of computer monitors and computing power are among variables discussed.
Interactive Brokers was named one of the Investor's Business Daily's top five online brokers in the publication's fourth annual study of online stockbrokers. IB was ranked top five in a number of categories, including Trade Reliability, Low Commissions & Fees, Site Performance, Equity Trading Tools, Mobile Platforms/Trading, Options Trading Platform, Portfolio Analysis/Reports and ETF Choices.