Because of SEC restrictions, US legal resident customers are not allowed to trade non-US stock and cash index options. IB
I believe the SEC has a rule that non-institutionals cannot trade options on foreign indexes. To tell you the truth though I'm not sure if this applies to options on index futures although I wouldn't be surprised if it does.
Eurex's US eligible stuff is CFTC recognized under a cross regulatory agreement. No SEC approval under their securities listing and then the only way to buy is to be a genuine institution and suitability is established by account size, kind of the same benchmark as a qualified investor in the US - the test is partly based on account size. Maybe one day Eurex will work a cross regulatory agreement with the SEC.
Markets Australia Austria Belgium Canada Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Hong Kong Ireland Italy Japan Mexico Netherlands New Zealand Norway Poland Portugal Singapore South Africa Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom These are the countries that have reciprocal regulatory agreements with the SEC. This is fidelity's current list of countries for US residents. Schwab and TD also have foreign desks. All the wirehouses offer them as well. Fees and liquidity will be an issue. Again it's stock only.