interactive investor launches ii360

interactive investor (ii), the UK’s leading flat-fee investment platform haslaunched ii360 – a new advanced trading platform, for experienced, passionate investors who want to take their investment experience further, giving them a 360 view of their investment strategy.

ii360 brings together all the tools for investors to sharpen their investing experience, all in one place – with everything personalised to what they want. The platform is for highly engaged and experienced investors, giving them access to advanced trading features to enhance their broader investing experience.

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Experienced investors can discover new markets and investments through the ii360 tool, shaping it around what matters to them. They’ll have a 360 view of their investments, with technical charts, company fundamentals and analyst ratings, as well as the ability to include richer details, real-time data and advanced order types to execute their strategy.

John Dobson, Head of Investor Solutions at interactive investor, says: “We are always innovating to expand our offering to ensure our investors have the best experience; adding value for every investor – however they want to invest. This is why we launched ii360, to assist passionate, experienced investors who want an even greater investing experience.

“ii360 brings together advanced screening, professional charting, and global market access together in one single platform – giving investors more control and insight when it comes to their investments.”

What does ii360 offer?

Investors will have access to a range of advanced features through ii360. These include:

• Market coverage: international stock coverage for all major regions including Europe, the Americas, and Asia-Pacific.
• Customisable workspace: access to a fully customisable app that investors can tailor to suit their investing needs.
• Currencies: ii360 customers can hold up to 18 foreign currencies [1].
• Trading: the ability to set entry and exit strategies with conditional orders, along with fractional shares capability.
• Market data: real-time, streaming market data, currently across 20 exchanges [2]. ii360 also has level 2 market data access as standard – the only advanced trading tool among its peers to have this feature [3].
• Discovery and charting: access to screening and discovery tools for all available assets, and advanced technical charts and live market data for deeper analysis.
• Management: portfolio analytics, performance history, and benchmarking.
• Connecting all parts of ii: view and performance of a customer’s existing ii accounts – ISA, SIPP, GIA, JISA – in one place.

There are desktop and mobile versions of the platform, so investors can stay connected to what’s happening while they’re on the go.

ii360 also features a scratchpad tool for compiling articles, recording ideas, and taking notes. The integrated browser also provides the ability to access third party accounts.

How to access ii360

Customers get access to ii360 by choosing interactive investor’s Premium plan at £39.99 per month, or they can pay a £20 per month bolt-on fee in addition to their current Core (£5.99 per month) or Plus (£14.99 per month) plan.

interactive investor has recently updated its Premium price plan, and on top of access to ii360, customers also have access to a range of features, including:

• All accounts: Stocks and Shares ISA, General Investment Account, ii Personal Pension (SIPP), Junior ISA.
• ii’s lowest trading costs: 10 free trades per month (worth £29.90 per month), £2.99 per trade on UK & UK shares, £5.99 per international trade, free funds trades and free dividend reinvestment.
• ii’s lowest FX rate: at0.25%.
• Extended ii Family: unlimited free accounts for family members, where they can have assets up to £250,000 (across all ii’s investment accounts). Family members also get access to Premium’s trading and FX prices.
• Family account linking: helping investors to manage their family’s wealth easily, in one place.
• Business Accounts: Premium members have access to free Business Accounts (worth £30 per month). Business Accounts also get the benefit of Premium’s lower trade costs and FX rates.

You can find out more about our updated Premium plan here.

How technical analysis can enhance your broader investment strategy

Victoria Scholar, Head of Investment at interactive investor, explains: “The broad array of advanced technical analysis tools available on the ii360 platform provide interactive investor customers with another competitive advantage when it comes to investing.

“There are hundreds of technical indicators available to use including moving averages, Bollinger bands, Fibonacci levels, the Relative Strength Index (RSI), among others4.  

“The study of charting patterns can help investors gauge where an asset might be heading next by analysing trends, momentum, volatility, key levels and more. For fundamental investors, technical analysis can act as a tool to provide extra evidence in support of a market view and help source attractive entry points. Experienced investors particularly with large portfolios might find the platform helpful by making it easier to monitor and analyse the markets through watchlists and alerts at key levels.”

Notes to editors

Interactive Brokers handle ii360’s investment execution and custody. However, ii360 is exclusively available for interactive investor customers, and will be overseen by interactive investor. All customer support comes from interactive investor.

Customers must hold an interactive investor GIA (general investment account) to open an ii360 account, where they can then complete an ii360 application and eligibility form online.

For more information, please click here.

[1] The 18 foreign currencies offered are: AUD - Australian Dollars, CAD - Canadian Dollars, CHF - Swiss Francs, CNH - Chinese Yuan, CZK - Czech Koruna, DKK - Danish Krone, EUR – Euro, HKD - Hong Kong Dollar, HUF - Hungarian Forint, JPY - Japanese Yen, KRW - South Korean Won, MXN - Mexican Peso, NZD - New Zealand Dollar, PLN - Polish Zloty, SEK - Swedish Krona, SGD - Singapore Dollar, TRY - Turkish Lira, USD - US Dollar.

[2] ii360 gives you real-time market data to the following markets:

North America:

• USA
• Canada

Europe

• UK
• Norway
• Denmark
• Sweden
• Finland
• Netherlands
• Belgium
• Germany
• Republic of Ireland
• France
• Switzerland
• Austria
• Portugal
• Italy

Asia-Pacific

• Singapore

15-min delayed access to the follow global markets:

• Mexico
• Spain
• Hong Kong
• Australia

Plus, daily closing price of the Japanese market.

[3] Compared with Interactive Brokers, Saxo, IG, CMC.

Compare ii360 with other advanced trading platforms: 

[4] Glossary:

Moving averages look at the average of a price of an asset over a defined time period. They are designed to remove short-term disruption and create a smoothed out line that relates to recent price action. There are various ways to use moving averages such as by looking at whether price is above (bullish) or below (bearish) a moving average. Crossovers can also be an important signal such as if price crosses above the MA (bullish) or below (bearish). A (bullish) golden cross is when a shorter-term MA crosses above a longer-term MA while a (bearish) death cross is when a shorter-term MA crosses below a longer-term MA.

Bollinger bands are a visual way to understand the level of volatility in the market. They consist of a middle band that represents a simple moving average combined with an upper and lower band, each typically drawn two standard deviations away from the middle band. Hitting the upper or lower band suggests that price is reaching overbought or oversold levels respectively. A narrowing of the bands suggests volatility is low and could signal a potential breakout ahead.

Fibonacci levels are set horizonal lines drawn on a chart, derived from the Fibonacci sequence that highlight possible zones of support or resistance during pullbacks or reversals. The key Fibonacci retracement levels are 23.6%, 38.2%, 50% and 61.8%. A break above or below one of these levels is understood to be significant. The 61.8% is considered to be the most important Fibonacci level.

Relative Strength Index (RSI) is a widely used momentum indicator that looks at relative strength over a set period. A formula is used to create a line that moves up and down between 0 and 100. A reading above 70 points to overbought conditions, while under 30 suggests the market is oversold. The RSI tends to work well in combination with other technical tools rather than in isolation.