Re: IB Transaction Cost Analysis

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I've had a retail trading & IRA account with IB for decades. I'm very happy with them.

Last year I also opened up a separate paper trading account with them to test out different portfolio ideas & trading strategies. No charge, but as best I can tell I have to log in/out to switch accounts. Except for that I've been happy with that, too.

Thanks for all your contributions, everyone.
Happy New Year.

:-)Shawn

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