Futures Exchange

• Futures exchanges

• Foreign exchange futures

• 17 CFR 3.12 - Registration of associated persons of futures commission merchants, retail foreign exchange dealers, introducing brokers, commodity trading advisors, commodity pool operators and leverage transaction merchants.

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 17: Commodity and Securities Exchanges

• 17 CFR 5.13 - Reporting to customers of retail foreign exchange dealers and futures commission merchants; monthly and confirmation statements.

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 17: Commodity and Securities Exchanges

• Cboe Futures Exchange Launches First Vix Options

CHICAGO (Reuters) - CBOE Futures Exchange LLC said early on Thursday [Sept. 9] that it will launch its first weekly options on its volatility futures contract, which would expand the exchange's portfolio of derivative contracts tied to market volatility. The weekly options on volatility (VIX) futures - with the ticker symbol "VOW" - will now be available on CBOE's electronic technology platform, the company said.

• Reuters Hedgeworld
• September 10, 2010

• 17 CFR 5.7 - Minimum financial requirements for retail foreign exchange dealers and futures commission merchants offering or engaging in retail forex transactions.

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 17: Commodity and Securities Exchanges

• Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Walsh, Securities and Exchange, (2nd Cir. 2010)

09-3742-cv, 09-3787-cv Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Walsh, Securities and Exchange Commission v. WG Trading Investors, L.P. ...

• Federal Circuits

• 17 CFR 3.10 - Registration of futures commission merchants, retail foreign exchange dealers, introducing brokers, commodity trading advisors, commodity pool operators and leverage transaction merchants.

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 17: Commodity and Securities Exchanges

• Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Options Clearing Corporation; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change To Permit OCC To Clear and Settle Spot Gold Futures, Which Are Proposed To Be Traded by NASDAQ OMX Futures Exchange, Inc.

• Federal Register Nbr. 77 FR 7621, February 13, 2012
• Notices
• Securities and Exchange Commission

• 17 CFR 5.5 - Distribution of “Risk Disclosure Statement” by retail foreign exchange dealers, futures commission merchants and introducing brokers regarding retail forex transactions.

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 17: Commodity and Securities Exchanges

• Interactions Between Exchange Traded Derivatives and Otc Derivatives: Evidence for the Canadian Dollar Futures Vs. Otc Markets

The OTC market, which is dominated by commercial banks, has been alleged to pose a considerable barrier to the growth of exchange traded derivatives. If banks substitute OTC products to their captive clients, transactions costs for hedging could be excessive relative to those of exchange traded products. The dominant position of OTC currency derivatives products relative to exchange traded derivatives could be troublesome for a number of other reasons including lack of transparency, with insufficient disclosure at the entity level. Lower transactions costs and trader anonymity provide relative advantages to futures markets for conveying information of informed traders/speculators. This paper tests the informational advantage hypothesis for foreign exchange futures contracts relative to ...

• International Journal of Business
• Vol. 13 Nbr. 1, January 2008

• 17 CFR 5.6 - Maintenance of minimum financial requirements by retail foreign exchange dealers and futures commission merchants offering or engaging in retail forex transactions.

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 17: Commodity and Securities Exchanges