Interactive Brokers Group Reports Brokerage Metrics for April 2012; DARTs up 2% YoY

Interactive Brokers Group, Inc.

today reported its Electronic Brokerage monthly performance metrics for April. Highlights for the month included: 411 thousand Daily Average Revenue Trades (DARTs), 2% higher than prior year and 1% lower than prior month. Ending customer equity of $29.2 billion, 12% higher than prior year and 1% higher than prior month. Ending customer margin loan balances of $8.7 billion, 17% lower than prior year and 4% higher than prior month. Ending customer credit balances of $18.8 billion, 2% higher than prior year and unchanged from prior month. 196 thousand customer accounts, 15% higher than prior year and 1% higher than prior month. 492 annualized average cleared DARTs per customer account.