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17 CFR § 180.2 - Prohibition on price manipulation.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t17/s180.2"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "17 CFR § 180.2 - Prohibition on price manipulation."
title_number: 17
title_name: "Commodity and Securities Exchanges"
section_number: "180.2"
section_name: "Prohibition on price manipulation."
chapter_name: "COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION"
part_number: "180"
part_name: "PROHIBITION AGAINST MANIPULATION"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "7 U.S.C. 6c(a), 9, 12(a)(5) and 15, as amended by Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, Pub. L. 111-203, 124 Stat. 1376 (2010); 5 U.S.C. 552 and 552(b), unless otherwise noted."
regulatory_source: "76 FR 41410, July 14, 2011, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "180"
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# 180.2 Prohibition on price manipulation.

It shall be unlawful for any person, directly or indirectly, to manipulate or attempt to manipulate the price of any swap, or of any commodity in interstate commerce, or for future delivery on or subject to the rules of any registered entity.