Commodity Exchange Act (ch. 545, , enacted June 15, 1936) is a federal act enacted in 1936 by the U.S. Government, with some of its provisions amending the
Grain Futures Act of 1922.
The Act provides federal regulation of all commodities and
futures trading activities and requires all futures and commodity options to be traded on organized exchanges. In 1974, the
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is an Independent agencies of the United States government, independent agency of the US government created in 1974 that regulates the U.S. derivatives markets, which includes futures contract, fut ...
(CFTC) was created as a result of the Commodity Exchange Act, and in 1982 the
National Futures Association (NFA) was created by CFTC.
See also
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Grain Futures Act
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National Futures Association
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Commodity Futures Trading Commission
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is an Independent agencies of the United States government, independent agency of the US government created in 1974 that regulates the U.S. derivatives markets, which includes futures contract, fut ...
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Futures exchange
A futures exchange or futures market is a central financial exchange where people can trade standardized futures contracts defined by the exchange. Futures contracts are derivatives contracts to buy or sell specific quantities of a commodity or ...
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Futures contract
In finance, a futures contract (sometimes called futures) is a standardized legal contract to buy or sell something at a predetermined price for delivery at a specified time in the future, between parties not yet known to each other. The item tr ...
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Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000
External links
7 U.S. Code Chapter 1—Commodity Exchanges*
Public Law 74-675, 74th Congress, H. R. 6772: Commodity Exchange Act
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Commodity markets in the United States
United States federal commodity and futures legislation
1936 in American law