# Interactive Brokers

> Use this tool when you need to automate trading strategies, access real-time market data, or manage investment portfolios. It provides a comprehensive trading interface with features like order placement, position tracking, and options chain analysis, while offering configurable safety controls for risk management. Ideal for algorithmic trading development, portfolio analysis, and market research, it allows for seamless integration with trading capabilities through the TWS API.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/happy-shine-ibkr  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/happy-shine-ibkr

## Description

Provides access to Interactive Brokers trading capabilities through the TWS API, built with FastMCP and the ibapi library. Offers comprehensive trading functionality including real-time market data retrieval, historical price analysis, account management, position tracking, order placement and management, and options chain analysis, all wrapped in async-friendly tools with robust connection management and heartbeat monitoring. Features configurable safety controls like read-only mode and short-selling restrictions, making it useful for algorithmic trading development, portfolio analysis, market research, and automated trading strategies while maintaining proper risk management controls.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.61
- **Verification tier:** scanned
- **Last scanned:** 2026-09-02

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** finance
- **Updated:** 2026-09-02

## Source

- **Source listing:** [PulseMCP](https://www.pulsemcp.com/servers/happy-shine-ibkr)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/happy-shine/ibkr_mcp>

## Use it

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "happy-shine-ibkr"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/happy-shine-ibkr` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/happy-shine-ibkr/pull`

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