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Commodity Futures Trading Commission. The federal agency created by Congress in 1975 to regulate futures trading and protect participants against manipulation and fraud, through its administration of the Commodities Exchange Act.

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Using COT (Commitment of Traders) Report To Forecast FX MovementsOne of the drawbacks of the FX spot market is the lack of volume data, but to compensate for this, many traders have turned to the futures market to gauge positioning. Every week, the CFTC publishes a ... Read more


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