17 CFR 31.20
§ 31.20 Prohibition of guarantees against loss.
United States · 17 CFR — Commodity and Securities Exchanges · Status: effective
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- 17 CFR 31.20, § 31.20 Prohibition of guarantees against loss, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/66982
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(a) No leverage transaction merchant shall in any way represent that it will, with respect to any leverage contract in any account carried by the leverage transaction merchant for or on behalf of any person:
(1) Guarantee such person against loss;
(2) Limit the loss of such person; or
(3) Not call for or attempt to collect initial, minimum or maintenance leverage margin established for customers.
(b) No person shall in any way represent that a leverage transaction merchant will engage in any of the acts or practices described in paragraphs (a)(1), (a)(2) or (a)(3) of this section.
(c) This section shall not be construed to prevent a leverage transaction merchant from assuming or sharing in the losses resulting from an error or mishandling of an order.
(d) This section shall not affect any guarantee entered into prior to the effective date of this section, but this section shall apply to any extension, modification or renewal thereof entered into after such date.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.