Category: United States


  • 7 U.S. Code § 6g 7 U.S. Code § 6g is about Reporting and recordkeeping. It is under Chapter 1 (Commodity Exchanges) of Title 7 (Agriculture) of the Code. (a) In generalEvery person registered hereunder as futures commission merchant, introducing broker, floor broker, or floor trader shall make such reports as are required by the…

  • 7 U.S. Code § 6f 7 U.S. Code § 6f is about Registration and financial requirements; risk assessment. It is under Chapter 1 (Commodity Exchanges) of Title 7 (Agriculture) of the Code. (a) Registration of futures commission merchants, introducing brokers, and floor brokers and traders (1)Any person desiring to register as a futures commission merchant,…

  • 7 U.S. Code § 6e 7 U.S. Code § 6e is about Dealings by unregistered floor trader or broker prohibited. It is under Chapter 1 (Commodity Exchanges) of Title 7 (Agriculture) of the Code. It shall be unlawful for any person to act as floor trader in executing purchases and sales, or as floor broker…

  • 7 U.S. Code § 6d 7 U.S. Code § 6d is about Dealing by unregistered futures commission merchants or introducing brokers prohibited; duties in handling customer receipts; conflict-of-interest systems and procedures; Chief Compliance Officer; rules to avoid duplicative regulations; swap requirements; portfolio margining accounts. It is under Chapter 1 (Commodity Exchanges) of Title 7 (Agriculture)…

  • 7 U.S. Code § 6c 7 U.S. Code § 6c is about Prohibited transactions. It is under Chapter 1 (Commodity Exchanges) of Title 7 (Agriculture) of the Code. (a) In general (1)ProhibitionIt shall be unlawful for any person to offer to enter into, enter into, or confirm the execution of a transaction described in paragraph…

  • 7 U.S. Code § 6b-1 7 U.S. Code § 6b-1 is about Enforcement authority. It is under Chapter 1 (Commodity Exchanges) of Title 7 (Agriculture) of the Code. (a) Commodity Futures Trading CommissionExcept as provided in subsections (b), (c), and (d), the Commission shall have exclusive authority to enforce the provisions of subtitle A of…

  • 7 U.S. Code § 6b 7 U.S. Code § 6b is about Contracts designed to defraud or mislead. It is under Chapter 1 (Commodity Exchanges) of Title 7 (Agriculture) of the Code. (a) Unlawful actionsIt shall be unlawful— (1)for any person, in or in connection with any order to make, or the making of, any…

  • 7 U.S. Code § 6a 7 U.S. Code § 6a is about Excessive speculation. It is under Chapter 1 (Commodity Exchanges) of Title 7 (Agriculture) of the Code. (a) Burden on interstate commerce; trading or position limits (1)In generalExcessive speculation in any commodity under contracts of sale of such commodity for future delivery made on…

  • 7 U.S. Code § 6 7 U.S. Code § 6 is about Regulation of futures trading and foreign transactions. It is under Chapter 1 (Commodity Exchanges) of Title 7 (Agriculture) of the Code. (a) Restriction on futures tradingUnless exempted by the Commission pursuant to subsection (c) or by subsection (e), it shall be unlawful for…

  • 7 U.S. Code § 5 7 U.S. Code § 5 is about Findings and purpose. It is under Chapter 1 (Commodity Exchanges) of Title 7 (Agriculture) of the Code. (a) FindingsThe transactions subject to this chapter are entered into regularly in interstate and international commerce and are affected with a national public interest by providing…