Contracts For Difference

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Note: Legal residents of the US, Canada, Hong Kong, New Zealand and Israel are prohibited from trading IBUK-issued CFDs. Residents of Spain can trade CFDs issued by IBUK if they are either MiFID Professionals or clients of a Spanish Introducing Broker or Professional Financial Advisor. Residents of Australia can trade CFDs issued by Interactive Brokers Australia PTY LTD. Residents of Japan can trade CFDs issued by IB Securities Japan (IBSJ). Singapore residents can trade CFDs except those based on underlyings traded in Singapore.

Global

Country/Region	Market Center Details	Products	Hours
	IBFXCFD	Contracts For Difference	Sunday - Friday: 17:15 - 17:00 ET

On some exchanges, different products have different trading hours.

• Standard orders submitted through IdealPro are subject to minimum and maximum size restrictions. Customers who wish to submit orders in quantities greater than the standard order maximums can request to gain access to IBKR’s Large–Size Order Facility. In addition to allowing submission of FX orders greater than the stated limits, the Large–Size Order Facility allows customers to RFQ (Request for Quote) for an FX pair specific to the order quantity entered. Please contact Client Services or your IBKR Sales Representative to see if you qualify for the Large–Size Order Facility.
• U.S. Clients with IBLLC accounts, and Fully Disclosed Broker Clients from the U.S. generally must be Eligible Contract Participants to be eligible to trade currencies. An Eligible Contract Participant is generally an individual or organization with assets of over $10 MM (or $5 MM if trades are hedging). The complete definition is located in Section 1a(18) of the Commodity Exchange Act. For more information about the Commodity Exchange Act, see the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission website, or read the complete definition here.
• Click here for the Holiday Calendar. Traders should note in the event one currency of a currency pair has a settlement holiday, the settlement will be delayed until both currencies are available for settlement. In addition, most currency pairs will not settle on a USD settlement holiday. This treatment is regardless of whether USD is part of the transaction directly.
• IDEAL FX includes a suite of FX execution services including IDEAL and IDEALPRO.
• Additional information about your retail currency transactions is available in Account Management (see KB2878), including information required under NFA Rule 2-36(o) about retail currency trades in the same currency pair as any retail leveraged currency transaction you executed in your IBKR account. We can provide this information for trades executed within the 15 minutes immediately before and after your trade. This information is available for a period of 6 months after your trade.

North America

Country/Region	Market Center Details	Products	Hours
United States	IBCFD	Contracts For Difference (Index, Share)	Share: 9:30 - 16:00 ET Index: 3:00 - 16:00 ET

On some exchanges, different products have different trading hours.

Europe

Country/Region	Market Center Details	Products	Hours
Belgium	IBCFD	Contracts For Difference (Share)	9:00 - 17:30 CET
Czech Republic	IBCFD	Contracts For Difference (Share)	9:00 - 16:20 CEST
Denmark	IBCFD	Contracts For Difference (Share)	9:00 - 17:00 CET
European Union	IBCFD	Contracts For Difference (Index)	9:00 - 22:00 CET
Finland	IBCFD	Contracts For Difference (Share)	10:00 - 18:30 EEST
France	IBCFD	Contracts For Difference (Index, Share)	Share: 9:00 - 17:30 CET Index: 9:00 - 22:00 CET
Germany	IBCFD	Contracts For Difference (Index, Share)	Share: 9:00 - 17:30 CET Index: 9:00 - 22:00 CET
Netherlands	IBCFD	Contracts For Difference (Share, Index)	Share: 9:00 - 17:30 CET Index: 9:00 - 22:00 CET
Norway	IBCFD	Contracts For Difference	9:00 16:30 CET
Portugal	IBCFD	Contracts For Difference (Share)	Share: 9:00 - 17:30 CET
Russian Federation	IBCFD	Contracts For Difference (Share, non-marginable)	Share: 9:30 - 19:00 MSK
Spain	IBCFD	Contracts For Difference (Index, Share)	Share: 9:00 - 17:30 CET Index: 9:00 - 20:00 CET
Sweden	IBCFD	Contracts For Difference (Share)	9:00 - 17:30 CET
Switzerland	IBCFD	Contracts For Difference (Index, Share)	Share: 9:00 - 17:30 CET Index: 9:00 - 22:00 CET
United Kingdom	IBCFD	Contracts For Difference (Share, Index)	Monday - Sunday: 8:00-21:00

On some exchanges, different products have different trading hours.

Asia/Pacific

Country/Region	Market Center Details	Products	Hours
Australia	IBCFD	Contracts For Difference (Index, Share)	10:10 - 16:00 Sydney Time
Hong Kong	IBCFD	Contracts For Difference (Index, Share)	9:30 - 12:00 HKT 13:00 - 16:00 HKT
Japan	IBCFD	Contracts For Difference (Index, Share)	9:00 - 15:00 JST
Singapore	IBCFD	Contracts For Difference (Share)	9:00 - 17:00 SGT

On some exchanges, different products have different trading hours.

Africa

Country/Region	Market Center Details	Products	Hours
South Africa	IBCFD	Contracts For Difference (Share)	9:00 - 17:15 SAST

On some exchanges, different products have different trading hours.

South America

Country/Region	Market Center Details	Products	Hours
Brazil	IBCFD	Contracts For Difference (Share)	10:00 - 17:00 BRT

On some exchanges, different products have different trading hours.