Commission Archive

Backgrounders

• Foreign Instrument Approvals & Exemptions (October 13, 2004)
• Regulatory and Self-Regulatory Authorities That Have Received Exemptions
  Under CFTC Rule 30.10 (July 21, 2003)
• The CFTC: An Active Partner in Global Cooperation Through Information-Sharing with Other Financial Regulators (April 28, 2004)
• Futures and Option Contracts Authorized for Trading by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission as of September 30, 2002
• The Commitments of Traders Report (COT) (July 2004)
• Speculative Limits, Hedging, and Aggregation (August 2004)
• The CFTC Market Surveillance Program (June 2001)
• The CPO and Commodity Pool Industry (June 2004)
• Commodity Trading Advisors and Commodity Pool Operators (October 2000)
• The CFTC's Large-Trader Reporting System (October 2001)

Brochures

• The Economic Purpose of Futures Markets
• Futures & Options: What You Should Know Before You Trade
• The Reparations Program
• CFTC Glossary

Commission Reports

• FY 2003 Annual Report to Congress
• FY 2003 Annual Performance Report
• Enhancing Disclosure in the Mortgage-Backed Securities Markets
• FY 2005 President's Budget and Annual Performance Plan
• Report on the Study of the Commodity Exchange Act and the Commission’s Rules and Orders Governing the Conduct of Registrants Under the Act
• Report on Futures Industry Response to September 11^th
• Commodity Futures Trading Commission Strategic Plan 2004 - 2009
• FY 2001 Inventory of Commercial Activities Performed by CFTC Employees
• Joint Report on Retail Swaps
• Five-Year Plan for Information Resources Management FY 2000-2004
• Long-Term Capital Management:  Regulators Need to Focus Greater Attention on Systemic Risk
• Over-the-Counter Derivatives Markets and the Commodity Exchange Act
• Hedge Funds, Leverage, and the Lessons of Long-Term Capital Management
• Special Procedures to Encourage and Facilitate Bona Fide Hedging by Agricultural Producers

Economic & Statistical Reports

• The Commitments of Traders Report
• Deliveries on CBOT U.S. Treasury Bond/Note Futures
• Bank Participation in Futures and Options Market Reports
• Cotton "on-call" Report
• Historical Cotton "on-call" Reports

Financial Reports

• Selected Futures Commission Merchants (FCMs) Financial Reports

Market Research Reports

• Report on Cattle Futures Trading During March/April 2002; prepared by CFTC Market Surveillance: Staff Report; USDA Timeline of Events; Appendices to Staff Report; Updated Appendices to Staff Report (06/21/02)
• The Global Competitiveness of U.S. Futures Markets Revisited (1999)
• Policy Alternatives Relating to Agricultural Trade Options and
  Other Agricultural Risk-Shifting Contracts