'Commodity Exchange Act' is a federal act passed in
1936 by the U.S. Government (replacing 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. The
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) was created in
1974 as a result of the Commodity Exchange Act, which in
1982 created the
National Futures Association (NFA).
See also
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Grain Futures Act
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National Futures Association
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Commodity Futures Trading Commission
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Futures exchange
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Futures contract
External links
US CODE--TITLE 7