Soft Commodities require approved Futures permissions for the country in which the contract trades.
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
- Locate Futures section, select Add/Edit or Request under Futures and check the box next to whichever trading permission or program you want to request and click on CONTINUE
- Review and sign the disclosures and agreements
- Click CONTINUE and follow the prompts on screen.
Once the account's futures trading permissions have been approved you will be able to create a market data line for a specific contract.
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.
- Trading permission requests may take 24-48 hours to be reviewed.
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