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, 29 EBOTs filed notices with the Commission. In FY 2011, 21 EBOTs were in business during the fiscal year.
Exempt Boards of Trade | Abbreviation | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
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The Actuarials Exchange, LLC | AE | ||||||
CME Alternative Marketplace, Inc. | CME AM | ||||||
Concredex LLC | Concredex | ||||||
Countermatch | CTRMTCH | 1 | |||||
Currenex, Inc. | Currenex | ||||||
Derivatives Bridge, LLC | Derivatives Bridge | ||||||
ERIS Exchange, LLC | ERIS | ||||||
FENICS | FENICS | ||||||
FX Alliance | FXAll | ||||||
FX Connect | FX Connect | ||||||
GFI Group, Inc. - ForexMatch | GFI ForexMatch | ||||||
Intrade Board of Trade | Intrade | ||||||
IRESE, Inc. | IRESE | ||||||
LiquidityPort, LLC | LiquidityPort | ||||||
Longitude, LLC | Longitude | ||||||
M2 Trading Partners, LLC | M2 | ||||||
MarketAxess Corporation | MarketAxess | ||||||
MATCHBOXX ATS | MATCHBOXX ATS | ||||||
ODEX Group, Inc. | ODEX | ||||||
Storm Exchange, Inc. | Storm | 2 | |||||
SurfaceExchange | SURFEX | ||||||
Swapstream Operating Services, Ltd. | Swapstream | ||||||
Tera (Spring Trading) | Tera | ||||||
The American Civics Exchange | TACE | ||||||
trueBOT Inc. | trueBOT | ||||||
Weather Board of Trade, LLC | WBOT | ||||||
WeatherXchange Limited | WXL | ||||||
YellowJacket Software, Inc. | Yellow Jacket | ||||||
TOTAL | 8 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 21 | |
1 This EBOT withdrew its EBOT notification during FY 2011. (back to text) 2 This EBOT withdrew its EBOT notification during FY 2010. (back to text) |