IB Entities and Trading Permissions: Seeking Clarity on Asian Futures

newbunch said:
How is anyone supposed to keep track of all these changes?

Do you know which Hong Kong Futures Exchange (HKFE) futures US citizens are allowed to trade and is offered by IB? I'll add them to my system.

It appears that the list is quite long (most probably don't have the liquidity needed). https://www.hkex.com.hk/Services/Tr...Information-for-Overseas-Investors?sc_lang=en
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From what I can tell, HHI (HHI.HK), HSI, MHI, MCA, and MCH (MCH.HK) are all tradable on the HKFE, but HTI (HSTECH) is marked as not tradable in my TWS due to sanctions and CUS (CNH) and MTW are not tradable due to regulatory restrictions. There may be others, but I believe these are the most liquid futures on HKFE.

Not sure why HTI would be sanctioned when the others are allow. According to the HKFE, HTI should be tradable. Is this an issue on IB's end?

I assume CUS (CNH) was never approved by CFTC and MTW has one stock comprising 48% of the index so they won't approve that one.

Thanks.
 
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newbunch said:
From what I can tell, HHI (HHI.HK), HSI, MHI, MCA, and MCH (MCH.HK) are all tradable on the HKFE, but HTI (HSTECH) is marked as not tradable in my TWS due to sanctions and CUS (CNH) and MTW are not tradable due to regulatory restrictions. There may be others, but I believe these are the most liquid futures on HKFE.

Not sure why HTI would be sanctioned when the others are allow. According to the HKFE, HTI should be tradable. Is this an issue on IB's end?

I assume CUS (CNH) was never approved by CFTC and MTW has one stock comprising 48% of the index so they won't approve that one.

Thanks.
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We don't determine the sanction list which, for futures, depends on the weightings of components in the index. If CFTC approved, we open them up in the US but sanctions override and thus could become non-tradable for US persons.
 
newbunch said:
How is anyone supposed to keep track of all these changes?

Do you know which Hong Kong Futures Exchange (HKFE) futures US citizens are allowed to trade and is offered by IB? I'll add them to my system.

It appears that the list is quite long (most probably don't have the liquidity needed). https://www.hkex.com.hk/Services/Tr...Information-for-Overseas-Investors?sc_lang=en
More...

The site on HKEX isn't great as you need to go product by product to see volumes but there is an annual link
https://www.hkex.com.hk/-/media/HKE...Statistics/FY_2023-Annual-Market-Stat_Eng.pdf
 
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def said:
This looks to be related to the sanctions the US placed on a number of Chinese stocks of which are constituents of HSI.
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I manage a few client accounts now. IBKR has made it very difficult to get trading permissions for index options and also portfolio margins. IBKR wants us to use that expensive margins provided by the company instead of sourcing out from the markets using index options.

Really, I have had enough of this IBKR b/s es I am moving what small accounts elsewhere. I have another USD10 million on another loggin. For each client, I need to visit their home and guide them many times to ask for permissions. It took so much of my time. There is no way I can grow my business at IBKR.
 
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Your statement is incorrect - our margin rates are amongst the lowest in the market but if you want to finance using options, that would be fine assuming the underlying clients are suitable and qualify.

In short, I suspect your issue is easily to resolve. Based on your profile it seems you may be in Jarkata. If you would like me to organize a rep to give you a call to sort things out, shoot me a PM or simply call our service desk.
 
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