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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. 
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CFTC Adopts New Federal Position Limits and Amendments

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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission, by a 3-2 vote on October 15, 2020, adopted amendments to Part 150 of the CFTC Regulations (Amendments). Part 150 currently imposes federal speculative position limits on nine futures...more

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Know Your Limits: The CFTC Adopts Position Limits for Derivatives Related to Energy, Agriculture, and Metals Products

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INTRODUCTION - The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) recently voted 3–2, along party lines, to approve a final rule (Final Rule) regarding position limits for certain futures contracts and economically equivalent...more

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CFTC Finalizes Position Limits Rules

On October 15, 2020, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) voted 3-2 to adopt new rules on speculative position limits (the Final Rule). The Final Rule will become effective 60 days after publication in the Federal...more

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CFTC Adopts New Position Limits Requirements

On October 15, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission adopted new rules on position limits. The new rules mark an important step forward in a decade-long journey to enact one of the remaining key provisions of Title VII of...more

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Latest CFTC Position Limits Proposal: If At First You Don't Succeed, Try, Try Again

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After a decade of rulemaking efforts, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission is proposing revisions to its regulations concerning federal speculative position limits to conform to the Wall Street Transparency and...more

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CFTC Proposes New Rules on Position Limits

On January 30, 2020, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or Commission) voted 3-2 to issue a proposed rulemaking on speculative position limits (the Proposal). The Proposal would apply spot month-only federal...more

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Energy and metals companies and funds beware: Your trading positions may be "limited"

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On 30 January 2020 the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) approved on a 3-2 vote proposed rules addressing position limits on speculative derivatives (Position Limits Proposal). The Position Limits Proposal has a...more

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Bridging The Week - January 2020 #3

Will the fourth time be the charm? This week, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission will try for the fourth time since 2011 to revise its speculative position limits rules. Details have not been made public, but Heath...more

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CFTC Staff Extends Relief With Respect To Certain Position Limit Aggregation Requirements

Until August 12, 2022, CPOs and CTAs may continue to file position limit disaggregation notices upon request, rather than prospectively, and exempt CTAs may continue to rely upon the “independent account controller”...more

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European Supervisory Authority Issues Opinion on Position Limits for UK Natural Gas Derivatives

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The European Securities and Markets Authority has published an Opinion (dated September 24, 2018) on position limits for U.K. Natural Gas Contracts, for the purposes of the position limit regime established by the revised...more

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Investment Funds Update Europe - Legal and regulatory updates for the funds industry from the key asset management centres and...

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Implementation of MiFID - The FSMA issued on 18 July 2017 a communication (the “Communication”) on the preparation for the entry into force of the Directive 2014/65/EU on Markets in Financial Instruments (“MiFID II”). Such...more

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US Commodity Futures Trading Commission Provides Time-Limited No-Action Relief for Aggregation Notice Filings for Position Limits

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The CFTC’s Division of Market Oversight issued a time-limited no-action letter stating that, from February 14, 2017 to August 14, 2017, it will not recommend an enforcement action for failure to file a notice when relying on...more

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Bridging the Week - February 2017 #2

Retail Foreign Exchange Dealer Agrees With CFTC and NFA to Cease Doing Business for Concealing Relationship With Closely Tied Market Maker - Forex Capital Markets, LLC, a retail foreign exchange dealer, and two of its...more

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Corporate and Financial Weekly Digest - Volume XII, Issue 6

SEC/CORPORATE - Acting SEC Chair Directs Staff to Reconsider Pay Ratio Disclosure Rule - On February 6, the acting Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman, Michael Piwowar, issued a statement soliciting public...more

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CFTC Finalizes Aggregation Rules and Re-Proposes Position Limits Rule

On December 5, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued final regulations regarding the aggregation of positions and accounts to assess compliance with speculative position limits, as well as to add a potential...more

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CFTC Adopts Amendments to Position Limit Aggregation Rules

Key Points - - Unless an exemption from aggregation is available, all positions in accounts for which any person controls the trading or holds a 10 percent or greater ownership or equity interest must be aggregated...more

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Corporate and Financial Weekly Digest - Volume XI, Issue 47

SEC/CORPORATE - Supreme Court Rules on Insider Trading Involving Family and Friends - In its first insider trading decision in nearly two decades, the US Supreme Court ruled unanimously to uphold an insider trading...more

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Bridging the Week - December 2016 #2

Last week, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission proposed revised position limit rules and finalized requirements related to the aggregation of positions and accounts to assess compliance with speculative position limits...more

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US Commodity Futures Trading Commission Issues Supplement Modifying Position Limits Proposal

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The CFTC issued for public comment a supplement to the CFTC’s December 2013 position limits proposal. The supplement would permit exchanges to recognize, subject to CFTC review, certain positions in commodity derivative...more

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Financial Regulatory Developments Focus - June 2016

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In this week's newsletter, we provide a snapshot of the principal US, European and global financial regulatory developments of interest to banks, investment firms, broker-dealers, market infrastructure providers, asset...more

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CFTC Proposes To Allow Designated Contract Markets and Swap Execution Facilities To Recognize Certain Hedging and Spread Positions...

On May 26, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) proposed amendments to its previously proposed rules related to speculative position limits on 28 core referenced futures contracts (the "2016 Amendment"). If...more

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Corporate and Financial Weekly Digest - Volume XI, Issue 22

BROKER-DEALER FINRA - Issues Guidance With Respect to Stop Orders and Volatile Market Conditions - On May 26, FINRA issued guidance encouraging firms to review their policies with respect to the use of stop orders...more

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CFTC Unanimously Approves Supplemental Proposal on Position Limits

On May 26, 2016, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) unanimously approved a proposed supplement (“Supplemental Proposal”) to its December 2013 proposal to establish position limits on futures and economically...more

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

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

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CFTC Adopts Final Trade Option Rule

On March 16, 2016, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) unanimously approved amendments to the rules applicable to certain physically-settled options referred to as “trade options.” This final rule substantially...more

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