Registered entity

A registered entity is a venue or clearing organisation registered with the CFTC. The concept draws the perimeter of several commodity-market prohibitions, including the express spoofing ban.

compliance and practice · updated 2026-09-08

See also

• Designated contract market — A designated contract market is a CFTC-registered futures exchange. Registration status matters for the anti-spoofing provision, w…
• CEA section 4c(a)(5)(C) — Section 4c(a)(5)(C) of the Commodity Exchange Act is the express anti-spoofing provision added by the Dodd-Frank Act in 2010. It p…

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