---identifier: "/us/cfr/t17/s38.500"source: "ecfr"legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"title: "17 CFR § 38.500 - Core Principle 9."title_number: 17title_name: "Commodity and Securities Exchanges"section_number: "38.500"section_name: "Core Principle 9."chapter_name: "COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION"part_number: "38"part_name: "DESIGNATED CONTRACT MARKETS"positive_law: falsecurrency: "2026-04-05"last_updated: "2026-04-05"format_version: "1.1.0"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."cfr_part: "38"---
Identifier
/us/cfr/t17/s38.500
Currency
2026-04-05
Positive Law
No
Updated
2026-04-05
Chapter
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
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. 111-2... 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.
# 38.500 Core Principle 9.The board of trade shall provide a competitive, open, and efficient market and mechanism for executing transactions that protects the price discovery process of trading in the centralized market of the board of trade. The rules of the board of trade may authorize, for bona fide business purposes:(a) Transfer trades or office trades;(b) An exchange of:(1) Futures in connection with a cash commodity transaction;(2) Futures for cash commodities; or(3) Futures for swaps; or(c) A futures commission merchant, acting as principal or agent, to enter into or confirm the execution of a contract for the purchase or sale of a commodity for future delivery if the contract is reported, recorded, or cleared in accordance with the rules of the contract market or a derivatives clearing organization.