CFTC Staff Letters and Guidance

Detected March 14th, 2026

Summary

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) provides access to its staff letters and guidance documents issued from 2008 onwards. This resource is intended to offer clarity and interpretation on various regulations under the CFTC's purview.

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The CFTC has made available a collection of its staff letters and guidance documents, covering regulations issued from 2008 to the present. This resource serves as a central repository for interpretative, no-action, and advisory letters, as well as other forms of guidance intended to assist market participants in understanding and complying with CFTC regulations.

Regulated entities and legal professionals should utilize this resource to stay informed about the CFTC's interpretations and positions on specific regulatory requirements. While these letters are generally non-binding, they offer valuable insights into the agency's enforcement and supervisory priorities, and may inform compliance strategies. No specific actions are mandated by the availability of this resource, but review is recommended for those operating under CFTC jurisdiction.

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CFTC Staff Letters

CFTC Staff Letters provides Letters from 2008 and later. For Letters published before 2008 visit the Letters Archive page.

Letter Number Letter Types Advisories Exemption Interpretative No-Action Other Divisions COM DCIO DCR DMO DOD DOE DSIO MPD N/A OED OGC Regulation Parts 1 1(a)(23) 1.10 1.11 1.16 1.17 1.2 1.20 1.22 1.23 1.25 1.26 1.3 1.3(ggg)(4) 1.3(ggg)(6) 1.3(hhh) 1.32 1.35 1.38 1.49 1.55 1.56 1.57 1.58 1.71 1.73 1.9 1026.320 12.35 13(a) 140.99 15 150 150.2 150.4 151 151.5 155.3 16.01 160 166.3 17 17.04 18 180 180.1 180.2 19.01 19.02 190.04 190.10 1a(10) 1a(12)(C) 1a(15) 1a(18)(A) 1a(47)(D) 1a(49) 1a(5) 1a(6) 2(a) 2(a)(1)(C) 2(c)(2)(B) 2(c)(2)(C) 2(d) 2(e) 2(g) 2(h) 2(h)(1) 2(h)(1)(A) 2(h)(7) 2(h)(7)(C)(iii) 2(h)(8) 2(j) 20 20.4 20.5 22 22.17 22.2 22.3 22.5 22.9 23 23 Subpart E 23 Subpart F 23 Subpart H 23 Subpart I 23 Subpart J 23 Subpart L 23.100 23.101 23.102 23.103 23.104 23.105 23.106 23.150 23.150 - 23.161 23.151 23.152 23.153 23.154 23.155 23.156 23.157 23.158 23.159 23.160 23.161 23.202 23.204 23.205 23.22 23.400 23.401 23.402 23.410 23.430 23.431 23.432 23.433 23.434 23.440 23.450 23.451 23.500 23.501 23.502 23.503 23.504 23.505 23.506 23.600 23.602 23.608 23.609 23.610 23.700 23.701 23.702 23.703 23.704 3 3 Subpart A 3.10 3.12 3.3 3.4 3.55 30 30.1 30.10 30.13 30.2 30.5 30.6 30.7 32.3 32.4 33.7 36.3 37 37.1000 37.1001 37.12 37.1303 37.1306 37.1501 37.200 37.201 37.202 37.203 37.205 37.3 37.400 37.406 37.6 37.702 37.9 38 38 Appendix C 38.10 38.11 38.1101 38.152 38.153 38.157 38.158 38.200 38.250 38.251 38.252 38.253 38.254 38.255 38.256 38.3 38.401 38.500 38.553 38.8 38.951 39 39 Subpart C 39.11 39.12 39.13 39.14 39.15 39.16 39.17 39.19 39.20 39.21 39.33 39.36 39.39 39.40 39.6 4 4 Appendix A 4(c) 4.10 4.10(d)(1) 4.12 4.13 4.14 4.20 4.21 4.22 4.23 4.24 4.25 4.27 4.31 4.33 4.34 4.35 4.36 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.7(b)(2) 4.7(b)(3) 40 40.1 40.2 40.3 40.4 40.6 42.2 43 43.2 43.3 43.4 43.6 45 45.10 45.14 45.2 45.3 45.4 45.5 45.8 46 48 48.2 49 4a 4d 4d(f) 4d(f)(1) 4d(f)(2) 4d(f)(3) 4d(f)(4) 4d(f)(6) 4e 4m 4m(1) 4s(b)(6) 4s(e) 4s(k) 4s(k)(2) 4s(l) 5 5(a) 5(d)(10) 5(d)(11) 5(d)(20) 5(d)(4) 5(d)(9) 5.18 50 50 Subpart A 50.2 50.4 50.50 50.51 50.52 5b(a) 5b(c)(2)(C) 5b(c)(2)(E) 5b(c)(2)(H) 5c 5h(a)(1) 75.14 8a(2) 8a(3) 9(a)(5) Letter Tags Abusive Acknowledgement Affiliates Aggregation AI ANE Annual Report Associated Persons Audit Audit Trail Binary Option Block Trades Block Trades Board of Trade Boards of Trade Brexit Business Conduct Standards Business Continuity-Disaster Recovery Capital Cash CCO CIP Cleared Cleared Swaps Clearing Clearing Requirement CME Collateral Commission Regulation 37.3(a)(2) Commission Regulation 37.9 Commodity Pool Compliance Confirmation Contract Market Cooperation Core Principles Counterparty COVID-19 CPO Cross-border CTA Custodial Customer Customer Funds Customer Identification Program DCM DCM Core Principle 9 DCO De Minimis Delegation Depository Designation Digital Assets Disclosure Disclosures Documentation Dormancy ECM Eligibility Eligible Contract Participant End-user Enforceability Enforcement ESM Event Contract Exception Exceptions Exclusion Execution Exempt DCO Exempt SEF Exemption Exemptions External Business Conduct FCM Financial Integrity Financial Reports Financial Resources Fingerprinting Floor broker Floor Trader Foreign Foreign Boards of Trade Foreign Broker Foreign Clearing Organization Foreign Currency foreign exchange forwards Foreign exchange spot transactions Foreign Future Foreign Option Foreign Transactions Forward Fully-collateralized Funds Futures Laws FX Spot Transactions Guarantees Against Loss Hedging IB IBOR Initial Initial margin Insured depository institution Intended To Be Cleared Interstate Investment of Customer Funds Jurisdiction Large Pool Large Trader Legacy Swaps LIBOR Margin Margin Withdrawals Market Integrity Material Information Minimum financial requirements Minimum Trading Functionality minimum transfer amount Model MSP MTA Non-US MSP Non-US Swap Dealers Nonbank Order Book Ownership and Control Package Transactions Part 17 Part 18 Part 20 Part 38 Part 40 Part 43 Part 45 Permitted Transactions Pool Participant Portfolio Position Limits Positions Prime Brokerage Prohibited Public Public Information Real-Time Recordkeeping Recovery Referral Criteria Registration Reinstatement Requirements Remediation Reporting Required Transactions Requirements RFED Risk Risk Management SD SDR SEC SEF SEF Registration Segregated Segregation Self-Reporting Separate Account Treatment Separate Accounts Settlement SIDCO SOFR Special Entity Speculation Statutory Disqualification Straight-through processing Substituted Compliance Swap Swap Data Swap Dealer Swap Documentation Swap Execution Facility Swap Trading Relationship Documentation Swaps System Safeguards Tangible Net Worth Threshold Trade Execution Trade Execution Requirement Trade Option Trader Trading Transition Swaps Uncleared Swaps Unregistered Variation Variation margin VB Virtual Currency Voice Broker Wind-down Window FX Forwards Withdrawal Requester Tags ADMIS ARIS ARISDCO ARRC BAM BTNL BTNL CLEAR CFM CFTC CGA CGS&H LLP CMC CME CMESDR CMIC COINBASE CRG DTCC EEI EIMS ELECX ELECXDCO FCX FCXDCO FIA GEM GMAC ICE SDR ICLR US IIB III CAP ISDA JSCC KEX KLEAR KOR KRX LCHSA LEDGERX LSEG SEF MFA MGECH MIAX MORGSTAN OCC PM US PMC PMRC INC PREDICTIT QCCLEAR QCX RAILBIRDX ROYALTY SCBL SHCH SIFMA SIFMA AMG SMFE TAIFEX TWO SIGMA UBS ESE UBSAG VICU YIELDBRKER Dodd Frank - Any - True False Letter Year All 2026 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 Apply Reset
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26-08 | Letter Type: Advisories
Division: DMO
Regulation Parts: 5c, 38.153, 38.157, 38.158, 38.200, 38.250, 38.254, 38 Appendix C, 40.2, 40.3, 180.1, 180.2
Tags: DCM, Event Contract
Issuance Date:

03/12/2026

Description: DMO Staff Advisory Regarding Prediction Markets
Requester(s): CFTC |
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26-04 | Letter Type: Advisories
Division: DMO, DCR, MPD
Regulation Parts: 1, 1.55, 38, 39
Tags: DCM, DCO, Event Contract, Withdrawal
Issuance Date:

02/04/2026

Description: Withdrawal of CFTC Staff Advisory 25-36.
Requester(s): CFTC |
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25-41 | Letter Type: Advisories
Division: MPD
Regulation Parts: 4d, 4d(f)
Tags: FCM, Customer Funds
Issuance Date:

12/08/2025

Description: Withdrawal of CFTC Staff Advisory 20-34 on Accepting Virtual Currencies from Customers into Segregation.
See also: Request Letter
Requester(s): CFM |
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25-39 | Letter Type: Advisories
Division: MPD, DCR, DMO
Regulation Parts: 1, 1.11, 23.156, 23.600, 39, 39.13
Tags: Collateral, Margin, Risk Management, Digital Assets
Issuance Date:

12/08/2025

Description: The Market Participants Division (“MPD”), Division of Market Oversight (“DMO”), and Division of Clearing and Risk (“DCR” and, together with MPD and DMO, the “Divisions”) of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission are issuing this guidance to provide the Divisions’ views on the use of tokenized assets as collateral in the trading of futures and swaps.
Requester(s): CFTC |
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25-36 | Letter Type: Advisories
Division: DMO, DCR, MPD
Regulation Parts: 1, 1.55, 38, 39, 39.21
Tags: DCM, DCO, FCM, IB
Issuance Date:

09/30/2025

Description: Advisory on certain contract market contracts and certain related regulatory obligations.

Requester(s): CFTC |
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25-34 | Letter Type: Advisories
Division: DCR
Regulation Parts: 39.19
Tags: DCO, Reporting
Issuance Date:

09/26/2025

Description: DCR Staff Advisory Regarding Compliance Date for DCO Reporting Requirements

Requester(s): CFTC |
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25-30 | Letter Type: Advisories
Division: DCR
Regulation Parts: 39.39
Tags: Clearing, DCO, Recovery, Wind-down
Issuance Date:

09/11/2025

Description: DCR staff withdraws CFTC Staff Letter No. 16-61.

Requester(s): CFTC |
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25-29 | Letter Type: Advisories
Division: DOE
Regulation Parts: 9(a)(5)
Tags: Enforcement
Issuance Date:

09/05/2025

Description: The Division of Enforcement (“DOE”) of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission hereby withdraws CFTC Staff Letter No. 25-19 with respect to Referrals for Potential Criminal Enforcement in its entirety. The Advisory had been issued pending Commission action concerning Executive Order 14294 (“E.O.”), titled Fighting Overcriminalization in Federal Regulations. Given the Commission’s adoption of the Policy Statement on Referrals for Potential Criminal Enforcement consistent with the E.O., the Advisory on Referrals for Potential Criminal Enforcement is no longer needed.
Requester(s): CFTC |
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25-27 | Letter Type: Advisories
Division: DMO
Regulation Parts: 48
Tags: Foreign Boards of Trade
Issuance Date:

08/28/2025

Description: Staff Advisory: Registration Framework for Foreign Boards of Trade Providing Direct Access to Members or Other Participants Located in the United States.
Requester(s): CFTC |
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25-22 | Letter Type: Advisories
Division: DCR
Regulation Parts: 1a(15)
Tags: DCO, Prime Brokerage, Withdrawal
Issuance Date:

07/18/2025

Description: The Division of Clearing and Risk of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission hereby withdraws CFTC Staff Advisory 23-06, Staff Advisory Relating to Prime Brokerage Arrangements and Derivatives Clearing Organization Registration.
Requester(s): CFTC |