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Proxies for Interactive Brokers

Proxies for working with Interactive Brokers (IBKR): a fixed, dedicated IP that keeps your TWS and IB Gateway sessions on one stable route — for algo traders, bots on the TWS API, and traders connecting from restricted networks. From $3.50 per IP/month.

Unlimited bandwidth—no usage-based billing
One of the highest connection limits in the industry
Whitelist up to five source IPs at no charge
Up to three free proxy list refreshes per month

Try proxies Configure any available plan and add-ons for 48 hours.

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Number of IPs

Reserved exclusively for you

Plan term

UDP support+50%

Total for 30 days $0.00

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How proxies help with the Interactive Brokers API

An algo setup on IBKR has one property that makes the network route unusually important: the broker allows exactly one active session per username. Log in from a second place and the first session drops — which also means that anything that makes your connection look like it moved can cost you a live trading session mid-day. Consumer VPNs are the classic self-inflicted version: the endpoint changes, IBKR sees a new origin, the session gets challenged or bumped, and IB Gateway lands in the login loop every quant forum knows. A dedicated proxy is the opposite arrangement — one exclusive static address that your TWS or IB Gateway traffic exits from every day, so the broker sees the same origin at every login and its security layer has nothing to re-verify. The address is reserved for you alone, and with IP whitelisting your machines authenticate to it without embedding credentials anywhere in your stack.

The second scenario is reachability. Corporate and institutional networks routinely block the outbound ports and endpoints a trading terminal needs, and some networks filter brokerage traffic categorically. Routing TWS or the Gateway through a proxy gives the connection a clean egress: since both are Java applications, they follow the JVM’s standard SOCKS options (-DsocksProxyHost / -DsocksProxyPort in the launcher config), and a system-level proxifier does the same job without touching Java flags. One architectural point that saves debugging time: the API socket your bot connects to — 7496/7497 for TWS, 4001/4002 for the Gateway — is a local connection between your code and the terminal, and it stays local. The proxy carries the terminal’s upstream traffic to IBKR’s servers; a 502 from your API client is a local port or config issue, never the proxy.

The frame we keep deliberately narrow: this page is about connection stability and network access — a fixed address for a session that shouldn’t flicker, and a route out of networks that block trading infrastructure. Your eligibility to hold and use an IBKR account is set by your residency and the broker’s KYC, and a proxy changes neither.

Product specs at a glance

IP pool100,000+ IPv4

ProtocolsHTTP, HTTPS, SOCKS4, and SOCKS5

Bandwidthunlimited

Speedup to 500 Mbps per proxy

Uptime99.9%

IP whitelistingup to five source IPs included

Username/passwordoptional, in addition to IP whitelisting

List refreshesup to three free refreshes per month

Minimum order100 IPs; 1 IP for dedicated proxies

Deliveryautomatically after payment

Refund24-hour money-back guarantee

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Which proxies should you choose?

The four proxy options we offer — and the use cases each one fits best.

	DatacenterIPv4 packages	Rotating proxiesfull shared pool	ISPstatic residential	Our pick for Interactive Brokers Dedicatedexclusive IPv4
IP source	Datacenter, IPv4	Datacenter, IPv4the same 100,000+ IP pool	Consumer ISP networks	Datacenter, IPv4
Who uses the IP	Up to 5 customers per IPnever concurrently	Shared pool available to all rotating-proxy customers	Up to 5 customers per IPnever concurrently	Exclusive to youfor the entire plan term
IP persistence	Static listup to three free refreshes per month	Exit IP rotates on every requestwell suited to high-volume web scraping	Static listone free refresh every eight days	Staticreserved for the entire plan term
Pricing model	By IP countunlimited bandwidth	Per requestfull pool access	By IP countunlimited bandwidth	By IP countunlimited bandwidth
Cost predictability	Fixedbased on IP count	Variabledepends on request volume	Fixedbased on IP count	Fixedbased on IP count
Speed	Up to 500 Mbpsper proxy	Up to 300 Mbpsper connection	Up to 500 Mbpsper proxy	Up to 500 Mbpsper proxy
Suitability for strict anti-fraud systems	Limiteddatacenter origin remains visible	Moderaterotation reduces repeated requests from a single IP	HigherISP-registered residential IPs	Moderatethe IP's reputation depends only on you
Scaling	100–100,000+ IPslarger packages have a lower price per IP	No fixed list to scaleyou pay per request, not per IP	Package-basedtotal cost increases with IP count	Starts at one IPbest for targeted use cases; volume pricing is available on request
Minimum order	From 100 IPs	From 2.5 million requests	From 100 IPs	From 1 IP
Price	$from $0.07 per IP/month	$$from $49.00/month	$$from $0.22 per IP/month	$$$from $3.50 per IP/month
Best for	Steady volumes: web scraping and automation using a fixed proxy list	Burst workloads and one-off projects: maximum IP diversity without buying a list	Social media, accounts, long sessions — wherever IP trust matters	Accounts and messaging apps, where the IP is part of your reputation and you need a clean IP reserved exclusively for you
	Buy now	Rotating proxies	ISP proxies	Dedicated proxies

Connect in 60 seconds

Point TWS or IB Gateway at the address via the JVM SOCKS options or a proxifier; your bot keeps connecting to the local API port as before. The snippets below cover custom data scripts.

# HTTP or HTTPS proxy
curl -x http://login:password@IP:port https://example.com

# SOCKS5
curl --socks5-hostname IP:port \
  --proxy-user login:password \
  https://example.com

import requests

proxy = "http://login:password@IP:port"  # your proxy from the Dashboard

r = requests.get(
    "https://example.com",
    proxies={"http": proxy, "https": proxy},
)
print(r.status_code)

import { ProxyAgent } from "undici";

const dispatcher = new ProxyAgent("http://login:password@IP:port");
const res = await fetch("https://example.com", { dispatcher });
console.log(res.status);

$ch = curl_init("https://example.com");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_PROXY, "IP:port");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_PROXYUSERPWD, "login:password");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
$response = curl_exec($ch);

Fill in the credentials from your Dashboard. If you use IP whitelisting, you don't need a username or password.

Export in any format

Choose a standard format or create a custom one with any field order and delimiter your software requires.

IP:port login:password@IP:port {scheme}{ip}{port}{login}{password} — builder

HTTP HTTPS SOCKS4 SOCKS5 HTTP/2 ✓

See the FAQ for the ports used by each protocol.

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You can automate purchases, renewals, whitelist changes, and proxy list exports. Create an API key in your Dashboard in a couple of clicks.

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Free proxy list — not for a live trading session

Updated 2 days ago · New proxies added hourly · 24,120 proxies currently listed

These are not PapaProxy.net proxies. They are public proxies collected from open sources and are intended only for testing your software. To test our managed service, configure a 48-hour proxy trial with the plan and add-ons you need.

IP	Country	Port	Protocol
212.183.88.215	AT	80	HTTP
47.243.92.199	HK	3128	HTTP
212.183.88.153	AT	80	HTTP
212.183.88.13	AT	80	HTTP
203.95.199.159	KH	8080	HTTP
154.92.9.3	JP	80	HTTP
113.204.79.230	CN	9091	HTTP
181.214.1.97	AE	80	HTTP
219.93.101.63	MY	80	HTTP
185.18.250.64	CH	80	HTTP

IP:port format—one proxy per line

Reviews

A few service metrics—and feedback from our customers.

27,000+

proxy packages sold since 2019

60%

of customers upgrade their plan after the first month

100,000+ IPs

in our own pool across 22 locations

I use proxies for online games. I have been using the service for many months and I am satisfied with the quality and efficiency. Proxies work as they should and there are practically no disconnects. I recommend it, you will not regret it!

FD Felix Drechsler July 2025

Like the service! Responsive and fast support, affordable prices, convenient renewal panel and network selection. Just what I need!

KV Kornev Vitalii February 2026

If you need to buy proxies at an affordable price, this is the best choice. I became a client of the service half a year ago. The cost is adequate, technical support always tries to help, and most importantly, you can use proxies without a password and login!

JR Jack rony December 2024

I used the service for social networking. At first I bought it for a month, but now I will definitely renew it because the quality is really good! I am very glad that I finally found a really cool service!

RC Ryan Cooper March 2026

Frequently asked questions

Can't find your answer? Message us in live chat — real humans reply.

Will a proxy stop my IB Gateway from disconnecting?

Only if the disconnects are network-related — so diagnose before you buy. Three causes dominate, and a proxy fixes exactly one of them. IBKR restarts its servers nightly during regional maintenance windows, and the Gateway drops on schedule; that's the broker's architecture, and the standard remedy is an auto-restart configured right after the window. A competing login kills the session too, since one username gets one session — no address changes that. What a stable dedicated IP does fix is the third bucket: sessions challenged or bumped because your route to IBKR keeps changing — a VPN that rotates endpoints, a home ISP reassigning your address mid-week, an office NAT that shuffles egress IPs between connections. If your Gateway logs show location-verification prompts or relogins that correlate with network changes rather than the clock, a fixed exit address removes the trigger.

How do I actually route TWS through the proxy?

Two clean options, no code changes in your strategy layer. The Java way: TWS and IB Gateway respect the JVM's SOCKS settings, so add -DsocksProxyHost=your-proxy-IP and -DsocksProxyPort=your-port to the .vmoptions file (or jts.ini launcher config), and the terminal's upstream traffic exits through the proxy. The system way: a proxifier (Proxifier on Windows/macOS, redsocks on Linux) captures the terminal's traffic by process name and routes it to the SOCKS5 address without touching Java flags at all — easier when you run several terminals with different addresses. Either way, whitelist your server's IP in the Dashboard and the connection needs no credentials. Your bot's eConnect still targets 127.0.0.1 on the usual local port — that hop never goes through the proxy, and shouldn't.

Can I use IBKR from a network or country where it's blocked?

Split the question in two, because the answers differ. From a network that blocks it — an office firewall, a university network, an ISP that filters brokerage endpoints — yes: routing through a proxy gives your terminal an egress the local policy doesn't intercept, and that's an ordinary infrastructure decision for accessing your own account. From a country where IBKR doesn't offer service — that's a different matter. The broker determines eligibility by your documented residency through KYC, not by your IP address, and its terms govern where accounts may be operated from. A proxy gives you network reachability and a stable route; it doesn't alter what your agreement with the broker permits, and presenting a misleading location to a regulated financial institution is a risk we'd advise against taking. When in doubt, IBKR's own compliance pages — not a proxy provider — are the source to check.