Introduction to the Performance Section
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Success for CFTC
Public has confidence in futures markets and markets are open, competitive, and financially healthy.
The Mission: Why we do what we do
- To protect market users and the public from fraud, manipulation, and abusive practices related to the sale of commodity futures and options; and
- To foster open, competitive, and financially sound commodity futures and option markets.
Most Americans have a direct stake in the trillion dollar futures market through personal investments in securities, mutual funds, or pension funds tied to these markets. All Americans have an indirect stake, since these markets are critical to establishing prices from Wall Street to Main Street.
As the only entity with regulatory oversight across all U.S. commodity futures and option markets, the CFTC is committed to its mission of protecting the integrity of the futures markets.
This section details the Commission’s efforts to meet its strategic and performance goals. The Commission scrutinizes performance measures to ensure that the metrics adequately challenge the programs to reach the desired results and ensure accountability.