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CFTC seeks public comment on 24/7 trading and perpetual contracts

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Hoping to keep up with an ever-changing marketplace, agency seeks input on benefits and risks of its products and initiatives.

Two different areas – perpetual contracts in the derivates market and trading on a 24/7 basis in the derivatives markets – are the subject of two requests for comment issued by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC’s) Divisions of Market Oversight, Clearing and Risk, and Market Participants.

Comments will be accepted until