Transactions by eligible contract participants in selected commodities may be conducted on an EBOT as set forth under the CEA and the Commission’s regulations. EBOTs are subject only to the CEA’s anti-fraud and anti-manipulation provisions. An EBOT is prohibited from claiming that the facility is registered with, or recognized, designated, licensed, or approved, by the Commission. Also, if it is performing a price discovery function, the EBOT must provide certain pricing information to the public. To date, 14 EBOTs filed notices with the Commission and 10 were active in FY 2008.
Exempt Boards of Trade | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
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AE | ||||||
CME AM | ||||||
Derivatives Bridge, LLC | ||||||
GFI ForexMatch | ||||||
Intrade | ||||||
IRESE | ||||||
LiquidityPort | ||||||
Longitude | ||||||
Matchboxx ATS | ||||||
Storm | ||||||
Swapstream | ||||||
WBOT | ||||||
WXL | ||||||
Yellow Jacket | ||||||
TOTAL | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 10 |