CPOs/CTAs

The change will confirm the different filing deadlines that CPOs face regarding NFA Form PQR to match the CFTC's

LJM’s central trading strategy relied primarily on selling options on S&P 500 futures and collecting the premiums (also called a short volatility strategy). Selling options ...

A CFTC final rule amending Form CPO-PQR last fall precipitated the new FAQs

A Connecticut-based CPO/CTA has agreed to pay half a million dollars for not having compliance policies in place to prevent wash sales. The CFTC enforcement ...

Individual B, who at that time was a SummerHaven partner and SummerHaven’s Chief Compliance Officer, approved the decision, and told SummerHaven employees that the transactions ...

The NFA recognizes some situations may technically require notice when it’s really not necessary, such as when a CPO “reasonably expects to meet the margin ...

The NFA is warning you not to fall for fraudulent phishing emails purportedly coming from the SRO. The NFA has even provided an example of ...

A CPO/CTA should require a vendor to “notify it of any material changes to the provider’s material systems or processes utilized to carry out an ...

After seven years, the CFTC is changing Form CPO-PQR because it doesn't use all of the data the form requires CPOs to submit

One new rule means a CFTC-registered CPO could opt for non-registration for one of its pools. But this CPO couldn’t be in the U.S. and ...