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Indicators of Industry Growth Complexity
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In a marketplace driven by change, it may be helpful to look back at industry and CFTC trends over the past few years. The charts that follow reflect many of those changes affecting the CFTC:
- Industry growth versus staff growth;
- Growth in actively traded futures and option contracts;
- Enforcement actions to preserve market integrity and protection of market users;
- Number of registrants;
- Contract markets designated by the CFTC;
- Number of derivatives clearing organizations (DCOs) registered with the CFTC;
- Exempt commercial markets (ECMs);
- Exempt boards of trade (EBOTs); and
- Amount of customer funds held at futures commission merchants (FCMs).