IBKR Integration for Multi-Asset Trading
Integration Summary
| Platform Type | API driven trading platform |
| Broker | Interactive Brokers |
| Integration Method | Connect Trade API |
| Primary Focus | Multi-asset trading infrastructure |
| Asset Classes | Equities, options, futures |
| Primary Capabilities | Trading execution, account connectivity, broker-normalized order handling |
| Why It Mattered | Enabled Interactive Brokers support without embedding broker-specific complexity into the product. |
Overview
Lightspeed Connect is a trader-facing API built for individual traders who need fast, reliable market access across equities, options, and futures. To support trading through Interactive Brokers, Lightspeed needed broker connectivity that could integrate cleanly with its existing trading infrastructure.
Instead of building and maintaining a dedicated Interactive Brokers integration, Lightspeed used the Connect Trade infrastructure to support IBKR connectivity. Connect Trade operates as an approved vendor integration for Interactive Brokers, allowing Lightspeed Connect to support IBKR trading workflows while keeping the platform focused on performance and the trader experience.
Through this architecture, Lightspeed Connect provides Interactive Brokers connectivity for equities, options, and futures trading while relying on Connect Trade to manage the underlying broker integration.
Connect Trade enables fintech platforms to add brokerage connectivity through a single API rather than building direct integrations to brokers such as Interactive Brokers, Fidelity, Schwab, Webull, TradeStation, Tastytrade, and TradeZero.
Building a trading platform that needs Interactive Brokers support? Connect once through Connect Trade and build on a normalized trading infrastructure.