IB Futures Margin Requirements - CDN site..

I'm guessing there's no difference in margin requirements between for futures on US and Canadian IB accounts... but just in case IIROC has some special rules, I tried looking up the margin requirements today and was met with this:



IB, please fix your site.

 

It’s been like this ever since they launched the updated “look and feel” for the IB website. To my knowledge, and based on my experience the margins for futures and FOPs are exactly the same as US accounts.

The only margin differences between US and Canadian accounts are for stocks and FX, and that you can’t apply for Portfolio Margin – however SPAN in the futures market is generally more accommodating anyway.

 

Thanks. I suspected there'd be no difference.

Yeah, I can't see how the site has been broken for so long without people noticing.. IB should jump on that.

 

As of now, IB's Canadian futures margin page is working properly.