Kalshi filed a formal request with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to offer margin trading on its prediction markets, which would allow certain traders to purchase contracts with borrowed funds instead of their own capital.
The filing was made through Kalshi Klear, the company’s internal clearing house. It is the platform’s most ambitious attempt to attract institutional liquidity. Currently, all event contracts on regulated exchanges in the United States are fully collateralized and have no access to leverage.
If the request is approved, access to margin contracts would be restricted to self-clearing members with a direct relationship with Kalshi Klear who meet certain capital requirements. The company also confirmed to CNBC that it will exclude from the margin scheme its sports, culture, and “mentions” markets.
Additionally, the firm proposed a mechanism whereby the capital requirements to access leverage increase as contracts approach their expiration date. In July, Bloomberg News reported that Polymarket, its direct rival, had also begun efforts to obtain regulatory licenses and eventually offer margin trading in the United States.
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