17 CFR 38.254

§ 38.254 Ability to obtain information.

United States · 17 CFR — Commodity and Securities Exchanges · Status: effective

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Citation: 17 CFR 38.254, § 38.254 Ability to obtain information, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/67137
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(a) The designated contract market must have rules that require traders in its contracts to keep records of their trading, including records of their activity in the underlying commodity and related derivatives markets, and make such records available, upon request, to the designated contract market. (b) A designated contract market with participants trading through intermediaries must either use a comprehensive large-trader reporting system (LTRS) or be able to demonstrate that it can obtain position data from other sources in order to conduct an effective surveillance program.

Legislative history

This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.