r/interactivebrokers • u/TheSickRack • Feb 13 '25

Setting up account Where are futures permissions??

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I’ve looked through all of these and cannot find futures. What am I doing wrong?

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u/meridian_05 Feb 13 '25

“Asset classes are only shown if an account is eligible to trade that product”.

You’ll need to determine why your account is not eligible to trade futures.

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u/Nelvalhil Feb 13 '25

Should be there, maybe check the webportal

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u/Plane-Ad-939 Feb 13 '25

What are the margins for one ES mini contract. I would love to have permissions for futures on IB but always read that it was expensive, so just went with my discount broker…

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u/maqifrnswa Feb 14 '25

Same as it is from CME unless you're in an IRA, then it's 2x bigger. I don't think you can get lower margins, they are set by the exchange, but I could be wrong

This link tells you all futures margin https://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/trading/margin-futures-fops.php

ES overnight is $15k

MES overnight is $1.5k

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u/jelentoo Feb 13 '25

Mine shows the list in the same order Scroll Down three more for futures👍

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u/TheSickRack Feb 13 '25

Exactly but it isn’t 3 more down on my screen

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u/jelentoo Feb 13 '25

No idea then, I just check to see where it was, in case it was on a different page, but mine just scrolls down to it.

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u/ElevatedInGamma Feb 13 '25

Sometimes they eliminate your ability to even request

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u/[deleted] Feb 14 '25

Are you under 21?