Place a Trade in IBKR ForecastTrader

Instructions

To place an Event or Forecast Contract trade, please take the steps outlined below.

  1. On the ForecastTrader page, click the Search box and type a description of the product (e.g. "cons" for consumer price index, "fed" for fed fund rate, etc).

    The IBKR ForecastTrader search on the Android Tablet

  2. Click on an Event or Forecast Contract from the Search results. A new screen will populate with additional information on the contract. Click Yes to Buy or No to Sell.

    The IBKR ForecastTrader event contract yes or no on the Android Tablet

  3. The Order Ticket will populate on your screen. Enter the Order Parameters and click Preview.

    The IBKR ForecastTrader order ticket on the Android Tablet

  4. A preview of your order will populate on the screen. Press Transmit Buy Order or Transmit Sell Order to place this order.

    The IBKR ForecastTrader order preview on the Android Tablet

    To navigate back to the Portal, select the IBKR Mobile icon at the bottom of your screen. Please note, you will not need to log in and out to navigate between screens.

 

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