Small exotic $\mathbb{R}^4$'s with symmetries

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Definition: An exotic $\mathbb{R}^4$ is a smooth open 4-manifold $E\mathbb{R}^4$ that is homeomorphic to $\mathbb{R}^4$ but not diffeomorphic to it.

Definition: An exotic $E\mathbb{R}^4$ is called small if it can be smoothly embedded as an open subset of the standard $\mathbb{R}^4$. We can assume that $E\mathbb{R}^4$ is an open inside of $\mathbb{R}^4$.

Question: Is there exist a small exotic $E\mathbb{R}^4\subset \mathbb{R}^4$ which is invariant by the antipode map?

By antipode map I mean the map whose sends $x$ to $-x$.