Can you promote in r/interactivebrokers?
UNOFFICIAL subreddit of Interactive Brokers, a popular multinational brokerage firm. The official Reddit sub for Interactive Brokers is r/IBKR_Official. IBKR is often best known for its Trader Workstation (TWS), API's, and low margins. It operates the largest electronic trading platform in the U.S. by number of daily average revenue trades. The company brokers stocks, options, futures, EFPs, futures options, forex, bonds, and funds.
The short answer
Do not post promotional or commercial content or try to generate leads; instead answer questions as a regular user with factual, non-promotional help and direct people only to official public support pages when appropriate.
What works here
- answer technical or account-related questions without promoting a product
- participate in discussions and provide neutral, factual guidance
- post referral links only in the dedicated pinned referral thread
- link to official IBKR support/contact pages when helping users (per sidebar)
What gets posts removed
- posting product/company promotions, launches, demos, surveys, or offers
- soliciting DMs or customer recruitment
- posting referral links outside the pinned referral thread
- posting spammy or low-effort promotional content or links
Where this comes from
View the current official rules on RedditNo solicitations/advertising
Rules explicitly ban selling, advertising, promotions, services, and requests for DMs—this prohibits vendor/lead-generation posts.
No referral links outside thread
Referral links are allowed only in a dedicated pinned thread; posting them elsewhere is disallowed.
No spam / links discouraged
Rules prohibit spam and the sidebar advises 'Try not to link', making promotional linking risky.
Allowed official support links
Sidebar lists official IBKR contact pages to use for support—permitted when directing users to official help.
Official rules of r/interactivebrokers
- 01No solicitations/DMs, advertising, or promotions
- 02No spam
- 03No low-effort content
- 04Language towards others
- 05No referral links or requests for referral links
- 06No solely complaining
- 07Posts must be related to IBKR
- 08Do not include personally identifiable information (PII)
- 09No phone numbers or emails
Based on the community’s official rules, analyzed June 22, 2026. Rules change; the official rules page is always the source of truth.
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