| QCX LLC |
Pending |
06/16/2022 |
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| Cantor Exchange, LLC |
Withdrawn |
11/20/2008 |
On January 26, 2006, the Cantor Exchange (Cantor) requested a stay of the 180 day review period set forth in Section 6 of the Commodity Exchange Act. |
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| Electron Exchange DCM, LLC |
Pending |
07/06/2023 |
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7 |
| Railbird Exchange, LLC |
Pending |
01/10/2023 |
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7 |
| IMX Health, LLC |
Designated |
01/18/2024 |
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8 |
| ForecastEx LLC |
Pending |
03/11/2022 |
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8 |
| Aristotle Exchange DCM, Inc. |
Pending |
10/07/2021 |
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8 |
| The Environmental Exchange |
Pending |
04/20/2023 |
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8 |
| EOX Exchange LLC |
Withdrawn |
02/20/2015 |
EOX Exchange LLC submitted an application for designation as a DCM on June 4, 2013 for the trading of financially-settled futures and options on futures in natural gas, natural gas liquids, power, crude oil, refined products, and agriculturals. Contracts would be cleared by LCH.Clearnet LLC. The EOX application was stayed due to material incompleteness on September 13, 2013 and was withdrawn on February 20, 2015. |
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| NYSE Liffe US, LLC |
Vacated |
07/01/2014 |
NYSE Liffe trades precious metals. NYSE Liffe uses the LIFFE CONNECT trading system, regulatory services are provided by NFA, and clearing is provided by OCC. NYSE Liffe was vacated on July 1, 2014. |
10 |
| trueEX LLC |
Dormant |
11/01/2019 |
trueEX LLC intends to list interest rate swaps as its initial contracts. Regulatory services for trueEX LLC will be provided by NFA. Clearing services will be provided by the CME. The 180-day review period under section 6 of the CEA was stayed on 4/9/2012. The stay was subsequently lifted on June 7, 2012. |
10 |
| ELX Futures, L.P. |
Dormant |
07/01/2017 |
ELX listed for trading U.S. Treasury futures and used the eSpeed electronic trading platform. Clearing services were provided by OCC and regulatory services were provided by NFA. The last trade that took place on ELX was in June of 2016. |
11 |
| Nodal Exchange, LLC |
Designated |
09/27/2013 |
Nodal Exchange, LLC trades financially settled power contracts, including (1) locational marginal pricing (energy, loss, and congestion) or any component of locational marginal pricing of electricity at hubs, zones and nodes in the United States and Canada and (2) natural gas at Henry Hub. Clearing services are provided by Nodal Clear. Nodal Exchange, LLC was previously operating as an Exempt Commercial Market ("ECM") as of April 2009. Nodal Exchange submitted an application for DCM registration on October 11, 2012 and was designated as a DCM on September 27, 2013. |
12 |
| Small Exchange, Inc. |
Designated |
03/10/2020 |
. |
12 |
| LedgerX LLC |
Designated |
06/24/2019 |
LedgerX LLC is a DCM and a SEF doing business as FTX US Derivatives. |
13 |
| Kalshi |
Designated |
11/03/2020 |
In November 2023, KalshiEX LLC submitted a petition requesting the Commission modify its Order of Designation to permit intermediated futures trading. |
13 |
| Green Exchange, LLC |
Vacated |
07/31/2012 |
The Green Exchange (GreenX) was designated as a DCM on July 22, 2010. GreenEx is a joint venture between CME Exchange and a number of other investment concerns. GreenEx offers environmental products. GreenX was issued an order of vacation on July 31, 2012 which will become effective 10 days after the transfer of GreenX's open interest to NYMEX. |
14 |
| GFI Futures Exchange LLC |
Pending |
03/19/2013 |
. |
20 |
| NASDAQ Futures, Inc. |
Vacated |
09/16/2020 |
The Philadelphia Board of Trade (PBOT), was first approved by the CFTC as a contract market on 5/18/85. Effective 11/7/13, the name of the exchange was changed to NASDAQ Futures, Inc. (NQF). NQF remained a DCM until 1/1/14, on which date it became a "dormant designated contract market" as defined in CFTC regulation 40.1. On 2/6/14, NQF submitted an application to be reinstated as a DCM, pursuant to sections 5 and 6(a) of the CEA and part 38 of the CFTCs regulations. On 7/2/14, NQFs DCM application was stayed pursuant to section 6(a) of the CEA and CFTC regulation 38.3(c). The stay was lifted on 9/29/14. Effective November 21, 2014, NQFs application for reinstatement was approved and its contract market designation was reinstated pursuant to Sections 5 and 6(a) of the Commodity Exchange Act and Part 38 of the CFTCs regulations. Nasdaq Futures Inc. was vacated effective September 16, 2020. |
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| The Trend Exchange, Inc. |
Dormant |
05/01/2013 |
The Trend Exchange, Inc. was originally designated as a DCM on April 16, 2010 under the name Media Derivatives, Inc. which initially intended to list binary options on motion picture revenues as well as other media-related products. No trading has occurred on the exchange and it became dormant under the definition of dormant contract market in Commission Regulation 40.1(c) on May 1, 2013. |
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