{"id":97112,"date":"2026-05-14T17:51:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T14:51:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=97112"},"modified":"2026-05-14T17:55:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T14:55:10","slug":"interactive-brokers-unites-kalshi-cme-and-forecastex-on-a-single-platform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/interactive-brokers-unites-kalshi-cme-and-forecastex-on-a-single-platform\/","title":{"rendered":"Interactive Brokers Unites Kalshi, CME, and ForecastEx on a Single Platform"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The brokerage firm Interactive Brokers (IBKR) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20260514242527\/en\/Interactive-Brokers-Expands-Prediction-Markets-Unifying-Access-to-Kalshi-CME-Group-and-ForecastEx\">has launched<\/a> a platform for trading event outcome contracts. The platform consolidates offerings from Kalshi, CME Group, and its own service, ForecastEx.<\/p>\n<p>The new tool is available to both retail and institutional clients. Users can trade contracts related to the economy, climate, and political elections. The company does not currently plan to add contracts for sports and pop culture.<\/p>\n<p>The application interface allows users to compare prices across different platforms and choose the most advantageous options, taking fees into account.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>\u201cPrediction markets are changing investors&#8217; approach to risk and uncertainty. We have combined the advantages of competing platforms with the infrastructure familiar to our clients. We will soon add other major exchanges,\u201d said Interactive Brokers CEO Milan Galik.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Kalshi co-founder and CEO Tarek Mansour described IBKR as the \u201cgold standard\u201d in the brokerage industry. According to him, institutional adoption of prediction markets is just beginning.<\/p>\n<p>CME Group head Terry Duffy noted the growing retail demand for such tools. Through the IBKR platform, <span data-descr=\"Chicago Mercantile Exchange\" class=\"old_tooltip\">CME<\/span> clients will be able to trade contracts on key economic indicators.<\/p>\n<p>The service launch comes amid rising popularity of prediction markets. Previously, Kalshi <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/kalshi-secures-1-billion-at-a-22-billion-valuation\">raised $1 billion<\/a> at a valuation of $22 billion. Polymarket is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2026-04-20\/polymarket-in-talks-for-new-investment-at-15-billion-valuation\">in talks<\/a> to raise $400 million, which would value the company at $15 billion if successful.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in April, Bernstein analysts <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/bernstein-analysts-predict-prediction-platforms-to-reach-1-trillion\">forecasted<\/a> that prediction markets could grow to $1 trillion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Interactive Brokers has launched a platform for trading event outcome contracts, consolidating offerings from Kalshi, CME Group, and its own service, ForecastEx.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":97113,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"Interactive Brokers launches a platform for trading event outcome contracts.","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[383,1733,2364,1595],"class_list":["post-97112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-cme-group","tag-interactive-brokers","tag-kalshi","tag-prediction-markets"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"6","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"Interactive Brokers launches a platform for trading event outcome contracts.","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97112"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97114,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97112\/revisions\/97114"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}