Exempt Commercial Markets, 2005–2010
Electronic trading facilities providing for the execution of principal-to-principal transactions between eligible commercial entities in exempt commodities may operate as ECMs, as set forth under the CEA and the Commission’s regulations. An ECM is subject to anti-fraud and anti-manipulation provisions and a requirement that, if performing a significant price discovery function, must provide pricing information to the public. A facility that elects to operate as an ECM must give notice to the Commission and comply with certain information, record-keeping, and other requirements. An ECM is prohibited from claiming that the facility is registered with, or recognized, designated, licensed or approved by, the Commission. A total of 34 ECMs have filed notices with the Commission. In FY 2010, 23 ECMs were in business for at least part of the year; five however, withdrew their ECM notifications during the fiscal year.
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| Evolution Markets | 2 |
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| Nodal | |
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| Trading Optx | |
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| TOTAL | 12 | 17 | 19 | 20 | 27 | 23 |
| 1 Full names of organizations are located in the CFTC Glossary of the FY 2010 Performance and Accountability Report at http://www.cftc.gov/About/CFTCReports/. (back to text) 2 These ECMs withdrew their ECM notifications during FY 2010. (back to text) |
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