How do I know if I am eligible to trade IBKR Prediction Markets?

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.

Exchange Availability by IB Entity

Exchange IBLLC IBCAN IBIE IBHK IBSG
ForecastEx Yes Yes Yes1 Yes Yes
Kalshi Yes No No No No
CME Yes No No No Crypto only

1Only available to MiFID Professionals.

If you would like to trade Prediction Market contracts, you must request trading permissions within Client Portal.

  1. Log into Client Portal
  2. Click the User menu (head and shoulders icon in the top right corner) followed by Settings
  3. Under Account Settings find the Trading section
  4. Click on Trading Permissions
  5. Locate the Prediction Markets section, select Request under Prediction Markets and click "Request Permissions"
  6. Review and sign the disclosures and agreements
  7. Click CONTINUE and follow the prompts on screen

Please Note

  • Clients must be 21 years of age or older.
  • Trading permissions are generally approved overnight.
  • All clients from Belgium are not eligible to trade prediction market contracts.
  • Forecast contracts on US election results are only available to eligible US residents.
  • IBLLC-US (EUR) clients with New Zealand addresses are not eligible to request this permission.
  • IBIE clients are not eligible to trade Kalshi contracts, as they lack the required incentive coupon structure and would be classified as binary options under European regulations.
  • IBIE clients are not eligible to trade CME prediction market contracts, as Europe is not on CME's approved list, except for institutional clients in select jurisdictions.
  • IBIE MiFID Retail clients are not eligible to trade ForecastEx, Kalshi and CME Event Contracts.
  • IBCAN clients are not eligible to trade CME prediction market contracts.
  • IBCAN clients are not eligible to trade Kalshi contracts.
  • IBHK, and clients in China, Taiwan, and Macao, are not eligible to trade any products under the Government → Government Action category.
  • IBSG clients are not eligible to trade Kalshi, as Kalshi prohibits Singapore residents from using the platform.
  • IBSG clients are limited to cryptocurrency-related CME contracts only.
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