Trade Station said they'll trade CME Bitcoin Futures in an IRA account but you need to go through a custodian that allows alternative IRA investments such as midland. See
https://www.midlandira.com/
Custodial fees quoted of $345 the first year and $245 for subsequent years.
TradeStation's...
I think you are correct, that's probably for a regular taxable account. GoFutures.com said they use a custodian https://www.mtrustcompany.com/ . I'm still trying to get confirmation that they do, in fact, trade CME Bitcoin Futures in an IRA account. If so, I'll confirm the margin requirements...
correction to the info from Interactive Brokers (IB). They do NOT currently allow trading of CME Bitcoin Futures in an IRA account. See
https://ibkr.info/article/3049
FYI, I wrote to GoFutures.com and they replied that they allow trading of CME bitcoin futures in an IRA account. Per contract initial margin $8,120, maintenance margin $7,382. Any other futures brokers that allow trading of CME bitcoin futures in an IRA account?
Interactive Brokers (IB) said they offer trading of CME bitcoin futures in IRA accounts. Their margin requirement for trading futures in an IRA is 3x the normal margin. One thing I like about IB is that they sweep any money not needed for margin requirements from the futures account to the...