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Kalshi asks CFTC to allow margin trading on prediction markets
Kalshi filed on Tuesday with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission seeking approval to offer leverage on its event contracts, a move the company says is aimed at drawing institutional traders to its prediction markets, according to…
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Kalshi filed on Tuesday with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission seeking approval to offer leverage on its event contracts, a move the company says is aimed at drawing institutional traders to its prediction markets, according to CNBC . The filing came from Kalshi Klear, the company's internal clearinghouse. With margin trading, a trader uses borrowed funds to gain exposure to more of an asset than their own cash would cover — a standard practice in equities and derivatives markets, though one not yet permitted on regulated U.S.
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