Eligible clients only need to request a single trading permission to access all available IBKR Prediction Markets exchanges. Clients must be at least 21 years old to trade any prediction market contracts. Legal residents of Israel, clients of Interactive Brokers Australia, and Interactive Brokers (U.K.) Limited are prohibited from trading prediction market contracts…

ForecastEx Event Contracts pay an “interest-like” incentive coupon that accrues daily and is paid monthly. As of July 8, 2026, the rate is 3.14% APY. The coupon amount is based on the closing market value of positions.  …

The IBKR Prediction Markets is Interactive Brokers' platform that provides access to prediction market exchanges. The following exchanges are currently offered through the IBKR Prediction Markets :

• ForecastEx
• Kalshi…

IBKR Prediction Markets offers exchange-listed event contracts that allow you to trade on yes-or-no outcomes across categories such as politics (including eligible U.S. elections), economics, finance, and climate indicators. At expiration, these contracts either settle at $0 or $1, depending on the outcome…

No — event contracts and stocks differ in several important ways:

Nature of the Instrument…

IBKR's Prediction Markets platform is available to eligible Interactive Brokers clients. Availability of specific prediction market products and contracts may vary based on the IBKR affiliate and the client's country of residence. Please visit the IBKR Prediction Markets page for the most up‑to‑date eligibility information…

The maximum transfer size for a single US DRS transfer is USD 25,000,000 per transaction.

Maximum transfer size…

CME Event contract trading hours are as shown below. All times are in Central Prevailing Time (CPT).

• All Contracts: CME Pre Open: Sunday 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. Monday – Thursday 4:45 – 5:00 p.m.
• ECES; ECNQ; ERTY; ECYM; ECBTC: Sunday 5:00 p.m.- Friday 3:00 p.m. - Next day's Event Contract will list at 5:00 p.m…

Trade event contracts on IBKR Prediction Markets. Log into IBKR Prediction Markets using your IBKR login credentials. You can view event contracts from the IBKR Prediction Markets link in our trading platforms…

IBKR Prediction Markets offers a chart to view market pricing changes over time for a given election question — effectively a real-time election prediction signal derived from trading activity. IBKR Prediction Markets surfaces these probabilities through Event Contract prices and percentage-style displays based on market sentiment…

Economic prediction markets are markets where participants trade yes/no event contracts on measurable economic outcomes such as inflation thresholds, rate decisions, or recession timing. IBKR Prediction Markets examples include questions tied to CPI and the Fed Funds Target Rate…

ForecastEx Forecast contracts are offered at zero-commission at Interactive Brokers. ForecastEx charges a fee of 0.01 per contract.

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ForecastEx Forecast contracts let investors trade their view on the outcomes of various US economic events and global climate events with a specific question with a “yes or no” outcome.

They are Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly, Yearly expiring, cash settled, contracts on economic indicators, global climate events offering short-term trading opportunities for persons seeking to take a position on Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly, Yearly price moves on economic indicators, global climate events contracts…

US election prediction markets are markets where eligible participants trade Yes/No contracts tied to US election outcomes, with prices updating as information changes. On IBKR Prediction Markets, these are event contracts presented as clear, outcome-based questions with fixed settlement values…

Election prediction markets work by letting you take a position on a specific yes-or-no election question (for example, who wins, which party controls a chamber, or whether a candidate wins a state — depending on listings). If the outcome resolves in your favor, the event contract settles at a fixed value (commonly $1) and otherwise settles at $0, subject to the contract's terms…