Staff of the Division of Clearing and Risk (“DCR”), Division of Market Oversight (“DMO”), and Market Participants Division (“MPD”) (collectively, the “Divisions”) of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC” or “Commission”) are issuing this advisory to set forth CFTC staff’s expectations with respect to, designated contract markets (“DCMs”), swap execution facilities (“SEFs”), and derivatives clearing organizations (“DCOs”) who are seeking to extend trading and/or clearing operations to a 24 hours a day, 7 days a week (“24/7”) basis as well as futures commission merchants (“FCMs”) seek

Partial continuation of no-action positions to facilitate physical separation of registrant personnel in response to the COVID-19 pandemic

Partial continuation of no-action positions to facilitate physical separation of registrant personnel in response to the COVID-19 pandemic

No-action positions for floor brokers and introducing brokers from oral recordkeeping requirements and designated contract markets from audit trail requirements in continued response to the COVID-19 pandemic