17 CFR 38.651
§ 38.651 Protection of markets and market participants.
United States · 17 CFR — Commodity and Securities Exchanges · Status: effective
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- 17 CFR 38.651, § 38.651 Protection of markets and market participants, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/67172
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A designated contract market must have and enforce rules that are designed to promote fair and equitable trading and to protect the market and market participants from abusive practices including fraudulent, noncompetitive or unfair actions, committed by any party. The designated contract market must have methods and resources appropriate to the nature of the trading system and the structure of the market to detect trade practice and market abuses and to discipline such behavior, in accordance with Core Principles 2 and 4, and the associated regulations in subparts C and E of this part, respectively. The designated contract market also must provide a competitive, open and efficient market and mechanism for executing transactions in accordance with Core Principle 9 and the associated regulations under subpart J of this part.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.