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2026-10-03CFTC Staff Letter 26-29: No-Action Relief for Converting Perpetual-Style Broad-Based Security Index Futures Contracts
2026-10-01CFTC Staff Letter 26-28: Extension of No-Action Positions for UK Entities Post-Brexit
2026-09-22Staff Advisory on Individual Mention, Attendance and Interaction Event Contracts
2026-09-21Privacy Act Regulations
2026-09-17CFTC Staff Letter 26-26 No-Action: Eurex Clearing use of Clearstream Banking S.A. as central securities depository
2026-09-17CFTC Staff Letter 26-25: No-Action Position on Introducing Broker and Associated Person Registration for Passive Software Providers
2026-09-16Whistleblower Award Determination
2026-09-05Clearing Requirement Determination Under Section 2(h) of the Commodity Exchange Act for Interest Rate Swaps To Account for CAD and MXN Interest Rate Benchmark Transitions
2026-09-02CFTC Staff Letter 26-24: No-Action Position for Electron Exchange DCM LLC Reporting
2026-08-26Swap Execution Facility Order Book Requirement for Permitted Transactions
2026-08-21Request for Comment on the Listing of Compute Derivatives Contracts
2026-08-21Commodity Pool Operators and Commodity Trading Advisors: Reduction of Duplicative Regulation Through Intermediary Registration Exemptions; Expansion of the Exemption for Small Commodity Pools
2026-08-12CFTC Staff Advisory on Self-Certification of Incentive Programs for Prediction Markets
2026-08-06Conflicts and Affiliations
2026-07-28Request for Comment on the Extension of Standard Futures Contracts to 24/7 Trading and on Perpetual Contracts Referencing Physically Delivered or Storable Energy Commodities
2026-07-24CFTC Staff Advisory on Self-Certification of Event Contract Series
2026-07-24CFTC Staff Letter 26-21: Extension of No-Action Position for Kraken Derivatives Exchange Inc. Regarding Dormancy Framework
2026-07-21Order Providing Exemptive Relief To Facilitate Listing of Cash-Settled Futures on Individual Equity Securities
2026-07-21Order Sunsetting Certain Large Trader Reporting Requirements for Physical Commodity Swaps
2026-07-17Margin Requirements for Uncleared Swaps for Swap Dealers and Major Swap Participants
2026-07-01Data Reporting Requirements for Certain Event Contracts
2026-06-30Joint Request for Comment on Further Implementation of Portfolio Margining and Cross-Margining of Securities and Derivatives
2026-06-25Financial Data Transparency Act Joint Data Standards
2026-06-25Request for Comment on the Extension of Standard Futures Contracts to 24/7 Trading and on Perpetual Contracts Referencing Physically Delivered or Storable Energy Commodities
2026-06-24Joint Request for Comment on Swap and Security-Based Swap Data Reporting
2026-06-24Joint Request for Comment on Further Definition of “Swap” and “Security-Based Swap” and on Alternative Compliance
2026-06-18Request for Information: Identifying Regulations To Facilitate Innovation and Competition to Financial Products and Services for Fintech Firms
2026-06-17CFTC Staff Letter 26-20 No-Action for Post-Trade Risk Reduction Service Providers
2026-06-15Whistleblower Award Determination
2026-06-12Prediction Markets; Public Interest Determinations
2026-06-12CFTC Staff Letter 26-19: No-Action Relief for Converting Digital Commodity Perpetual-Style Futures Contracts
2026-06-08Rescission of Policy Relating to the Acceptance of Settlements in Administrative and Civil Proceedings
2026-06-03CFTC Staff Letter 26-18: Time-Limited No-Action Position for Cboe Digital Exchange LLC Regarding Dormancy Framework Provisions
2026-05-29CFTC Staff Advisory on Extending Trading and Clearing Operations to a 24/7 Basis
2026-05-29CFTC Staff Letter 26-17: Deribit Perpetuals as Foreign Futures and No-Action on Digital Asset Margin
2026-05-19CFTC Staff Letter 26-15: New Division of Enforcement Policy on Cooperation
2026-05-14Order Granting Conditional Substituted Compliance for French Nonbank Swap Dealers Under EU IFR and IFD
2026-05-13CFTC No-Action Position for Reporting of Fully Collateralized Binary and Variable Payout Event Contracts
2026-05-12Clearing Requirement Determination Under Section 2(h) of the Commodity Exchange Act for Interest Rate Swaps to Account for CAD and MXN Interest Rate Benchmark Transitions
2026-05-11Commodity Futures Trading Commission Official Seal
2026-05-06Privacy Act Regulations
2026-05-04CFTC Staff Letter 26-13: No-Action for Railbird and Bitnomial Regarding Swap Data Reporting and Recordkeeping
2026-05-01CFTC Staff Letter 26-12: No-Action Position for Gemini Titan and Olympus Event Contracts
2026-04-30CFTC Staff Letter 26-11: No-Action Letter Extending Compliance Deadline for Nodal Clear's Daily Reporting Under Regulation 39.19(c)(1)
2026-04-24Form PF; Reporting Requirements for All Filers
2026-04-20Order Providing Exemptive Relief To Facilitate Cross-Margining of Customer Positions Cleared at Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Inc. and Fixed Income Clearing Corporation
2026-03-24CFTC Staff Letter 26-10: Amendment of Appendix A to Staff Letter 24-11 to Add Two UK Swap Trading Facilities
2026-03-23Application of the Federal Securities Laws to Certain Types of Crypto Assets and Certain Transactions Involving Crypto Assets
2026-03-17CFTC Staff Letter 26-09: No-Action Position on IB and AP Registration for Self-Custodial Crypto Wallet Provider
2026-03-16Commodity Futures Trading Commission Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Prediction Markets
2026-03-12CFTC Staff Advisory Regarding Prediction Markets
2026-02-26CFTC Staff Letter 26-06: No-Action Position on CPO and CTA Registration for Certain Private Funds and Delegation Arrangements
2026-02-06Event Contracts; Withdrawal of Proposed Regulatory Action
2026-02-06CFTC Staff Letter 26-05: No-Action Position on FCMs Accepting Non-Securities Digital Assets as Margin Collateral
2026-02-04CFTC Staff Letter 26-04: Withdrawal of CFTC Staff Advisory 25-36
2026-01-30CFTC Staff Letter 26-03: Preservation of Legacy Swap Status in Internal Corporate Merger
2026-01-28Revisions to Business Conduct and Swap Documentation Requirements for Swap Dealers and Major Swap Participants; Correction
2026-01-27CFTC Staff Letter 26-02: No-Action Position on Timing for Implementation of 2024 Part 17 Large Trader Reporting Final Rule
2026-01-08CFTC Staff Letter 26-01: No-Action Position for Bitnomial Binary and Bounded Swaps
2025-12-30Revisions to Business Conduct and Swap Documentation Requirements for Swap Dealers and Major Swap Participants
2025-12-19CFTC Staff Letter 25-51: No-Action Position on Excluding Energy Commodity End-User Swaps from Swap Dealer De Minimis Calculations
2025-12-19CFTC Staff Letter 25-50: No-Action Position on CPO and CTA Registration for Certain Private Funds
2025-12-18CFTC Staff Letter 25-49: Extension of No-Action Position for Intended-to-be-Cleared Swaps on Eligible UK Trading Venues
2025-12-17Proposal To Provide Exemptive Relief To Facilitate Cross-Margining of Customer Positions Cleared at CME and FICC
2025-12-16Withdrawal of Interpretive Guidance: Retail Commodity Transactions Involving Certain Digital Assets
2025-12-15Fees for Reviews of the Rule Enforcement Programs of Designated Contract Markets and Registered Futures Associations
2025-12-11CFTC Staff Letter 25-46: Time-Limited No-Action Position for Small Exchange, Inc. Under Dormancy Framework
2025-12-11CFTC Staff Letter 25-44: No-Action Position for Binary and Variable Payout Contracts on Gemini Titan LLC Cleared by QC Clearing LLC
2025-12-11CFTC Staff Letter 25-48: Amendment to No-Action Position for Polymarket US and Polymarket Clearing
2025-12-11CFTC Staff Letter 25-47: No-Action Position for Aristotle Exchange DCM and DCO Regarding Swap Reporting Regulations
2025-12-11CFTC Staff Letter 25-45: Modification of No-Action Position for MIAXdx Binary Options Reporting
2025-12-10CFTC Staff Letter 25-43: No-Action Position on Swap Error Correction Rules
2025-12-09CFTC Staff Letter 25-42: No-Action Position on U.S. Person and Guarantee Definitions in Cross-Border Swaps
2025-12-08CFTC Staff Guidance on Tokenized Collateral in Futures and Swaps
2025-12-08Withdrawal of CFTC Staff Advisory 20-34 on Accepting Virtual Currencies from Customers into Segregation
2025-12-08CFTC Staff Letter 25-40: No-Action Position for FCMs Accepting Digital Assets as Margin Collateral
2025-12-03Amendments to CFTC Rules of Practice and Rules Relating to Investigations
2025-11-25CFTC Staff Letter 25-38: Staff Interpretation Regarding FCM Deposits of Securities with Foreign Brokers and Foreign Clearing Organizations to Margin Customer Positions
2025-11-21CFTC Staff Letter 25-37: No-Action Position on CPO Registration for Credit Risk Transfer Transactions
2025-10-02Order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission Relating to the Continuation, Shutdown, and Resumption of Certain Commission Operations in the Event of a Lapse in Appropriations
2025-09-30CFTC Staff Advisory on Contract Market Contracts and Regulatory Obligations
2025-09-30Revisions to Business Conduct and Swap Documentation Requirements for Swap Dealers and Major Swap Participants
2025-09-30CFTC Staff Letter 25-35: No-Action Position for Binary Options Reporting on ElectronX
2025-09-26DCR Staff Advisory Regarding Compliance Date for DCO Reporting Requirements
2025-09-22CFTC Staff Letter 25-33: Extension of No-Action Positions for MAT/Futures Package Transactions
2025-09-19Form PF; Reporting Requirements for All Filers and Large Hedge Fund Advisers; Further Extension of Compliance Date
2025-09-18Requirements for Designated Contract Markets and Swap Execution Facilities Regarding Governance and the Mitigation of Conflicts of Interest Impacting Market Regulation Functions; Withdrawal of Proposed Regulatory Action
2025-09-15Withdrawal of Commission Guidance Regarding the Listing of Voluntary Carbon Credit Derivative Contracts
2025-09-12CFTC Staff Letter 25-31: No-Action Position for UBS Europe SE Regarding Statutory Disqualification
2025-09-12CFTC No-Action Relief for JSCC from Reg. 39.6(b)(1) and CEA Sections 4d(f) and 4m(1)
2025-09-11Operational Resilience Framework for Futures Commission Merchants, Swap Dealers, and Major Swap Participants; Withdrawal of Proposed Regulatory Action
2025-09-11CFTC Staff Letter 25-30: DCR Withdraws Staff Letter No. 16-61
2025-09-05Withdrawal of CFTC Staff Advisory No. 25-19 On Referrals for Potential Criminal Enforcement
2025-09-02CFTC No-Action Position Regarding Reporting for Binary Options on QCX LLC and QC Clearing LLC
2025-08-28Staff Advisory: Registration Framework for Foreign Boards of Trade Providing Direct Access to Members or Other Participants Located in the United States
2025-08-07CFTC Staff Letter 25-26: No-Action Position for Binary Options and Variable Payout Contracts on Railbird Exchange Cleared by QC Clearing
2025-07-31CFTC Staff Letter 25-25: No-Action Position on Swap Data Error Correction Notifications
2025-07-30CFTC Staff Letter 25-24: No-Action Position on SEF Minimum Trading Functionality for Permitted Transactions
2025-07-22CFTC Staff Letter 25-23: No-action position regarding Parts 38, 39, 43, and 45 reporting for binary options traded on CME
2025-07-18CFTC Staff Letter 25-21 (No-Action): Extension of No-Action Positions for Position Aggregation Requirements
2025-07-18CFTC Staff Letter 25-22: Withdrawal of Staff Advisory 23-06 on Prime Brokerage and DCOR Registration
2025-07-14CFTC Letter 25-20: Amendment of Letter 14-130 for Victoria University and PMRC
2025-07-09CFTC Staff Letter 25-19: Advisory on Referrals for Potential Criminal Enforcement
2025-07-09CFTC Staff Letter 25-18 (No-Action): Extension of no-action position with respect to Part 45 for entities submitting swaps for clearing by derivatives clearing organizations (DCOs) operating consistent with CFTC exemptive orders or no-action positions provided by CFTC staff
2025-06-25CFTC Staff Letter 25-17: No-Action for Temporary Block Trading of HRSW Options
2025-06-23Extension of Time-Limited No-Action Position from Part 45 and Part 46 Requirements for Non-U.S. Swap Dealers and Major Swap Participants
2025-06-16Form PF; Reporting Requirements for All Filers and Large Hedge Fund Advisers; Further Extension of Compliance Date
2025-05-22CFTC Staff Advisory on Exchange Market Volatility Controls for DCMs and DCOs
2025-05-21CFTC Staff Letter 25-14: Interpretative Guidance on Cross-Border Definitions for SCB Limited
2025-04-17CFTC Staff Advisory on Materiality Criteria for Referrals to the Division of Enforcement
2025-04-15CFTC Staff Letter 25-12: No-Action Positions for Legacy Swap Transfers from Credit Suisse International to UBS AG
2025-04-14CFTC Staff Letter 25-11: UST ETFs as Eligible Margin Collateral
2025-04-11Form PF; Reporting Requirements for All Filers and Large Hedge Fund Advisers
2025-04-09CFTC Staff Letter 25-10: Interpretation of Foreign Exchange Forwards and Package Spot Transactions
2025-04-04CFTC Staff Letter 25-09: No-Action Position for Swap Dealers and Major Swap Participants Regarding Pre-Trade Mid-Market Mark Disclosure
2025-03-28Withdrawal of CFTC Staff Advisory 23-07 on Digital Asset Clearing Risks
2025-03-27Withdrawal of CFTC Staff Advisory No. 18-14 Regarding Virtual Currency Derivative Product Listings
2025-03-20CFTC Staff Letter 25-06: Japanese Nonbank Swap Dealers May File In Scope Schedules to Comply with Japanese Comparability Order Condition 9
2025-03-13Withdrawal of Staff Advisory on Swap Execution Facility Registration Requirement
2025-03-10CFTC Staff Letter 25-04 (No-Action): Extension of No-Action Position for Separate Account Treatment
2025-03-03CFTC Staff Letter 26-07 No-Action Position Regarding Backup Facility Requirements for Coinbase Derivatives LLC
2025-02-05Form PF; Reporting Requirements for All Filers and Large Hedge Fund Advisers; Extension of Compliance Date
2025-02-03CFTC Staff Letter 25-03: No-Action Position for KRX KOSPI 200 Futures Contracts
2025-01-31CFTC Staff Letter 25-02: No-Action for Kalshi and Klear Regarding Regulations 38.8(b), 38.10, 38.951, and 39.20(b)(2)
2025-01-24Annual Adjustment of Civil Monetary Penalties To Reflect Inflation—2025
2025-01-22Investment of Customer Funds by Futures Commission Merchants and Derivatives Clearing Organizations
2025-01-22Regulations To Address Margin Adequacy and To Account for the Treatment of Separate Accounts by Futures Commission Merchants
2025-01-06CFTC Staff Letter 25-01: Compliance Date for Amended Daily Reporting Requirements
2024-12-11CFTC Staff Letter 24-18: Transition to Portal Filings of Form 304 for Unfixed-Price Cotton On-Call Reports
2024-12-06Provisions Common to Registered Entities; Correction
2024-12-05CFTC Staff Advisory on Use of AI in CFTC-Regulated Markets
2024-11-15CFTC Staff Letter 24-16: Advisory on Clearing of Options on Spot Commodity ETFs
2024-11-07Provisions Common to Registered Entities
2024-10-15Commission Guidance Regarding the Listing of Voluntary Carbon Credit Derivative Contracts
2024-10-04CFTC Staff Letter 24-15: Modification of No-Action Position for Kalshi Binary Options Reporting
2024-09-26Commodity Pool Operators, Commodity Trading Advisors, and Commodity Pools Operated: Updating the Qualified Eligible Person Definition; Adding Minimum Disclosure Requirements for Pools and Trading Programs; Permitting Monthly Account Statements for Funds of Funds; Technical Amendments
2024-09-25Extension of Conditional Time-Limited No-Action Position Regarding Filing Certain Ownership and Control Reports (OCR) Required by Parts 17, 18 and 20 of the Commission’s Regulations
2024-09-20Extension of Time-Limited No-Action Position for Certain Foreign Based Nonbank Swap Dealers Domiciled in the European Union and the United Kingdom
2024-09-04Incorporation of Changes in the Commission’s Administrative Structure, Remove Superfluous Verbiage, and Correct Inaccurate Text
2024-09-03CFTC Staff Letter 24-12: No-Action Position for MIAXdx Binary Options Reporting
2024-08-28CFTC Staff Letter 24-11: Extension of No-Action Positions for UK Entities Post-Brexit
2024-08-22CFTC Staff Letter 24-10: No-Action Relief for EU- and UK-Based DCOs
2024-08-22Financial Data Transparency Act Joint Data Standards
2024-08-16Commodity Futures Trading Commission Regulatory Flexibility Agenda
2024-08-15Commodity Futures Trading Commission Final Rule on Foreign Boards of Trade
2024-07-18Order Granting Conditional Substituted Compliance for UK Nonbank Swap Dealers
2024-07-18Order Granting Conditional Substituted Compliance for EU Nonbank Swap Dealer Capital and Financial Reporting Requirements
2024-07-18Order Granting Conditional Substituted Compliance for Mexican Nonbank Swap Dealers
2024-07-18Order Granting Conditional Substituted Compliance for Japanese Nonbank Swap Dealers
2024-07-12CFTC Staff Letter 24-09: No-Action Position for ForecastEx Binary Options Reporting
2024-07-05Event Contracts: Extension of Comment Period
2024-06-26CFTC No-Action Position on CDOR Swap Reporting Obligations Under Parts 43 and 45
2024-06-24CFTC Staff Letter 24-07 (No-Action): Extension of No-Action Position for Regulation 39.13(g)(8)(iii)
2024-06-17Commodity Futures Trading Commission Privacy Act Regulations
2024-06-10Event Contracts
2024-06-03Large Trader Reporting Requirements
2024-05-23Capital and Financial Reporting Requirements for Swap Dealers and Major Swap Participants
2024-05-23CFTC Staff Letter 24-06: Extension of No-Action Position for Block and Cap Amendments Compliance
2024-05-07CFTC Staff Letter 24-05: Exemptive Relief for Two Sigma Investments LP Employees
2024-05-01Swap Confirmation Requirements for Swap Execution Facilities
2024-04-25Commodity Futures Trading Commission Extension of Comment Period for Governance and Conflict of Interest Rules
2024-04-04CFTC Staff Letter 24-04: Exemptive Relief from Audited Annual Report Requirements for Liquidating Commodity Pool
2024-03-19Requirements for Designated Contract Markets and Swap Execution Facilities Regarding Governance and the Mitigation of Conflicts of Interest Impacting Market Regulation Functions
2024-03-12Form PF; Reporting Requirements for All Filers and Large Hedge Fund Advisers
2024-03-01Regulations To Address Margin Adequacy and To Account for the Treatment of Separate Accounts by Futures Commission Merchants
2024-03-01Foreign Boards of Trade
2024-02-29Real-Time Public Reporting Requirements and Swap Data Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements; Reopening of Comment Period
2024-02-29CFTC Staff Letter 24-03: Advisory on Transition to Portal Filings for Registered Foreign Boards of Trade
2024-02-26Extension of Comment Period for Operational Resilience Framework for Futures Commission Merchants, Swap Dealers, and Major Swap Participants
2024-02-20CFTC Staff Letter 24-02: No-Action Position for Swap Dealers and Major Swap Participants Regarding Pre-Trade Mid-Market Mark Disclosure for SOFR OIS
2024-02-06Protection of Clearing Member Funds Held by Derivatives Clearing Organizations
2024-02-05Notice of Proposed Order and Request for Comment on Capital Comparability Determination for UK Nonbank Swap Dealers Regulated by the PRA
2024-02-02Privacy Act Regulations
2024-01-24Operational Resilience Framework for Futures Commission Merchants, Swap Dealers, and Major Swap Participants
2024-01-24Annual Adjustment of Civil Monetary Penalties To Reflect Inflation-2024
2024-01-16CFTC Staff Letter 24-01: No-Action Relief for LCH SA Regarding Regulations 1.20(g)(4) and 22.5 and Exemption from Regulation 1.49(d)(3)
2024-01-16Capital and Financial Reporting Requirements for Swap Dealers and Major Swap Participants
2024-01-03Protection of Clearing Member Funds Held by Derivatives Clearing Organizations
2023-12-28Real-Time Public Reporting Requirements and Swap Data Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements
2023-12-18CFTC Staff Advisory on Affiliations Among CFTC-Regulated Entities
2023-11-21Investment of Customer Funds by Futures Commission Merchants and Derivatives Clearing Organizations
2023-10-30Fees for Reviews of the Rule Enforcement Programs of Designated Contract Markets and Registered Futures Associations
2023-10-18CFTC Staff Letter 23-15: Extension of No-Action Position for Block and Cap Amendments Compliance
2023-10-12Commodity Pool Operators, Commodity Trading Advisors, and Commodity Pools: Updating the Qualified Eligible Person Definition and Adding Minimum Disclosure Requirements
2023-09-22CFTC Staff Letter 23-14: Extension of No-Action Position for Ownership and Control Reports
2023-09-11CFTC Staff Letter 23-13: Extension of No-Action Relief for Separate Account Treatment
2023-09-11CFTC Staff Letter 23-12 (No-Action): Extension of time-limited no-action position for Taiwan Futures Exchange with regard to Section 5b(a) of the Commodity Exchange Act and Commission regulations thereunder
2023-09-06Provisions Common to Registered Entities
2023-08-25Swap Confirmation Requirements for Swap Execution Facilities
2023-08-08Reporting and Information Requirements for Derivatives Clearing Organizations
2023-08-08Margin Requirements for Uncleared Swaps for Swap Dealers and Major Swap Participants
2023-07-28Derivatives Clearing Organizations Recovery and Orderly Wind-Down Plans; Information for Resolution Planning
2023-07-18Risk Management Program Regulations for Swap Dealers, Major Swap Participants, and Futures Commission Merchants
2023-07-13Governance Requirements for Derivatives Clearing Organizations
2023-07-10CFTC Staff Letter 23-11: Extension of Time-Limited No-Action Relief for Bank Swap Dealers from Regulation 23.105(p) Financial Reporting
2023-07-07CFTC Staff Letter 23-10: No-Action Position for Royalty Pharma plc Directors and Manager Regarding FX Hedging
2023-06-29CFTC Staff Letter 23-09: No-Action for Part 43 and Part 45 Swap Reporting Obligations Regarding USD LIBOR Transition
2023-06-27Notice of Proposed Order and Request for Comment on Capital Comparability Determination for Nonbank Swap Dealers in France and Germany
2023-06-27Large Trader Reporting Requirements
2023-06-16CFTC Staff Letter 23-08: No-Action Position on Customer Fund Deposits by ADMIS with Taiwan Banks