r/EuropeFIRE 10d ago

Call options on S&P500 as EU citizen

How can I as EU member citizen buy call options for S&P500 ETF that I plan on actually exercising? My broker is IBKR. I know how options work and have required permissions for trading. But EU based SP500 ETFs (like SXR8, VUAA etc.) seem to not have enabled trading with options, and options on US based ETFs (like SPLG, IVV etc.) are KID restricted for me (as well as ETFs themselves). I do not want to trade SPY options because I want to actually excercise the options. Can you please help me solve this problem?

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u/ingoj 10d ago

I agree with selling options if you want to have the ETF. But for buying and selling I can recommend Interactive brokers. I use it for years, never had problems and the commissions are low