What trading permissions do I need to trade warrants, structured products and certificates?

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U.S. warrant permissions are included with U.S. Stocks or U.S. Penny Stocks trading permissions. Canadian and Asian-Pacific warrant and structured product permissions are included with Stocks trading permissions. Permissions for warrants, structured products and certificates listed on European markets are included with the Warrants trading permission for the market where the product is trading on.

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
- For U.S. warrants select Add/Edit or Request under "Stocks" and check the boxes for "United States" and "United States (Penny Stocks)"

For Canadian and Asian-Pacific (e.g. Hong Kong) warrants select Add/Edit or Request under "Stocks" and check the boxes next to any trading permission you wish to request
For European warrants select Add/Edit or Request under "Warrants" and check the boxes next to any trading permission you wish to request
1. 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.
Warrants that trade on non-US securities market centers are products that are similar to equity options. SEC rules preclude US legal residents from trading certain non-US products, including non-US warrants and options. IBKR offers trading of warrants to non-US legal resident investors on the non-US securities market centers shown on the Product Listings pages of the IBKR website.
US warrants may not be available to MiFID retail clients. It is possible to be reclassified from a Retail to Professional investor once certain qualitative, quantitative and procedural requirements are met.

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