Interactive Brokers (IBKR) to Allow Short Positions in Bitcoin Futures

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Go back to Interactive Brokers (IBKR) to Allow Short Positions in Bitcoin Futures

Interactive Brokers Now Allowing Short Positions in Bitcoin Futures

December 13, 2017 12:15 PM EST

GREENWICH, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. (NASDAQ GS: IBKR), a global electronic brokerage firm, will now accept orders for short sales of Cboe Futures Exchange (CFE) Bitcoin futures that began trading on the IBKR platform on Sunday, December 10, 2017. Interactive Brokers requires margin of $40,000 per contract for short sales in CFE Bitcoin... More