Use the button above or follow the below procedure to update your trading permissions for options:
- 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 Options section, select Add/Edit or Request under Options, select the level of permissions you want to request and click on CONTINUE.
- Review and sign the disclosures and agreements.
- 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.
- Trading permission requests may take 24-48 hours to be reviewed.
- When only Options permissions are available for a country the permissions will include both Stock and Index Options.
- US legal residents are generally excluded from trading securities options outside of the United States due to SEC restrictions. Securities options are defined as any option on an individual stock, US legal stock, or any cash settled broad based index future.
- Accounts held with IB Canada and IB India are not subject to option level requirements.
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