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Position Limits › Major Swap Participants

A Position Limit is a limitation on the number of options or futures contracts an investor is allowed to hold. Position Limits are meant to prevent manipulation and excessive speculation in the market. 
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"CFTC Eliminates End-User Trade Option Reporting Requirements and Addresses Applicability of Position Limits"

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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or Commission) adopted a final rule effective March 21, 2016, that eliminates the reporting and recordkeeping requirements under the CFTC’s existing trade option exemption for...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

A Simple Framework for Determining Whether Dodd-Frank Applies to Your Energy Trade

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The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (“Dodd-Frank” or the “Act”) authorizes the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) to comprehensively regulate energy trading activities. Dodd-Frank is...more

Jackson Walker

Dodd-Frank Financial Reform: Potential Impacts to ISDA and Other Trading Contracts

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Discussion Topics •General Overview of the Dodd-Frank Act •Title VII of the Dodd Frank Act: Impact on OTC Derivatives and Energy Trading •Definitions and applicability •Mandatory clearing •Registration requirements ...more

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