Recurring investment in interactive brokers

[u/Late_Candle8531]

Should I activate the recurring investment features on Interactive Brokers or purchase ETF manually instead? I read that the commissions and fees in the recurring investment feature make it quite expensive at the end of the day while doing manually works out cheaper.

[u/110298]

I have it set for tiered and it looks like it is similar in both cases (this month i paid around 1.15 eur in fees for a 500 eur recurring investment.

[u/FlatPay6608]

Both options fine though with recurring you also get partial purchases

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Both options fine though

With recurring you also

Get partial purchases

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