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Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
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1155 21St Street, NW20581 WashingtonDistrict of Columbia
- (202) 418-5000
- (202) 418-5525
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Description of Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Congress created in the CFTC in 1974 as an independent agency with the mandate to regulate commodity futures and option markets in the United States. Today, the CFTC assures the economic utility of the futures markets by encouraging their competitiveness and efficiency, ensuring their integrity, protecting market participants against manipulation, abusive trading practices, and fraud, and ensuring the financial integrity of the clearing process. Through effective oversight, the CFTC enables the futures markets to serve the important function of providing a means for price discovery and offsetting price risk.
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