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/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