How do I short stocks on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange?

Q: How do I short stocks on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange?

MANAGE TRADING PERMISSIONS You may enable the permission to short Hong Kong stocks in Client Portal. Use the button above or follow the below procedure to update your trading permissions: Log in to Client Portal Select the User menu (head and shoulders icon in the top right corner) followed by Settings Under Account Settings find the Trading section Click on Trading Permissions Scroll down to " Stocks ", click +Add and check the box next to " Hong Kong (Allows Stocks Short Selling) " Click CONTINUE and follow the prompts on screen. Please Note IBKR cannot disclose its eligibility requirements for products. Please do not contact Customer Service to ask for these criteria as they cannot provide additional information. A fee that totals HKD300 of which HKD270 is the prescribed for registering a Securities Lending and Borrowing Agreement with Inland Revenue (IRD) and a further handling fee of HKD30 is charged by IBKR. This fee is irrevocable once payment is agreed to. The agreement is required to avoid paying stamp tax when shorting shares with IBHK. This is a one-off fee and IBKR will perform semi-annual filings with IRD for free on your behalf.

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MANAGE TRADING PERMISSIONS

You may enable the permission to short Hong Kong stocks in Client Portal.

Use the button above or follow the below procedure to update your trading permissions:

Log in to Client Portal
Select the User menu (head and shoulders icon in the top right corner) followed by Settings
Under Account Settings find the Trading section

Click on Trading Permissions
Scroll down to "Stocks", click +Add and check the box next to "Hong Kong (Allows Stocks Short Selling)"
Click CONTINUE and follow the prompts on screen.

Please Note

IBKR cannot disclose its eligibility requirements for products. Please do not contact Customer Service to ask for these criteria as they cannot provide additional information.
A fee that totals HKD300 of which HKD270 is the prescribed for registering a Securities Lending and Borrowing Agreement with Inland Revenue (IRD) and a further handling fee of HKD30 is charged by IBKR. This fee is irrevocable once payment is agreed to. The agreement is required to avoid paying stamp tax when shorting shares with IBHK. This is a one-off fee and IBKR will perform semi-annual filings with IRD for free on your behalf.