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17 CFR § 38.150 - Core Principle 2.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t17/s38.150"
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title: "17 CFR § 38.150 - Core Principle 2."
title_number: 17
title_name: "Commodity and Securities Exchanges"
section_number: "38.150"
section_name: "Core Principle 2."
chapter_name: "COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION"
part_number: "38"
part_name: "DESIGNATED CONTRACT MARKETS"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "7 U.S.C. 1a, 2, 6, 6a, 6c, 6d, 6e, 6f, 6g, 6i, 6j, 6k, 6l, 6m, 6n, 7, 7a-2, 7b, 7b-1, 7b-3, 8, 9, 15, and 21, as amended by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, Pub. L. 111-203, 124 Stat. 1376."
regulatory_source: "66 FR 42277, Aug. 10, 2001, unless otherwise noted."
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# 38.150 Core Principle 2.

(a) *In general.* The board of trade shall establish, monitor, and enforce compliance with the rules of the contract market, including:

(1) Access requirements;

(2) The terms and conditions of any contracts to be traded on the contract market; and

(3) Rules prohibiting abusive trade practices on the contract market.

(b) *Capacity of contract market.* The board of trade shall have the capacity to detect, investigate, and apply appropriate sanctions to any person that violates any rule of the contract market.

(c) *Requirement of rules.* The rules of the contract market shall provide the board of trade with the ability and authority to obtain any necessary information to perform any function described in this section, including the capacity to carry out such international information-sharing agreements, as the Commission may require.