Interactive Brokers Settles ForecastEx Dispute
NEW YORK (February 3, 2026) – interactive Brokers LLC has reached a settlement with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) regarding its offering of ForecastEx forecast contracts.The dispute centered on whether these contracts met the definition of “swap” under the Commodity Exchange Act, requiring them to be traded on a registered exchange. The CFTC alleged that Interactive Brokers failed to register the ForecastEx contracts as swaps and did not comply with applicable regulations. [[2]]
The core issue stemmed from the nature of ForecastEx contracts,which allowed customers to speculate on future values of various indices. The CFTC argued that these contracts functioned similarly to swaps,despite Interactive Brokers’ contention that they were
