Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...
Considerations on the proposed expansion of CFTC commodity pool regulation. On July 17, 2025, the House of Representatives passed the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act of 2025 (the CLARITY Act). This ...
On December 19, 2025, the Market Participants Division (“MPD”) of the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) issued No-Action Letter No. 25-50, granting interim relief for certain commodity ...
Responding to Commodity Futures Trading Commission rule amendments that rescind registration exemptions for commodity pool operators and commodity trading advisors, the National Futures Association on ...
A Michigan commodity pool operator allegedly ran a million-dollar Ponzi scheme, continuing the fraud even after regulators banned him from the industry. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is ...