This CFTC Rule implements CEA 1936 Section 6(c)(3).
The rule is broadly drafted in order to catch any type of price manipulation including:
- Spoof trades
- Wash trades
- Price rigging
- False reporting
- Corners and Squeezes
- Marking the Close
It is important for surveillance and communication capture because manipulative intent must be demonstrated by a regulator.
Communications provide the context necessary for a regulator to establish that intent to manipulate price actually existed.
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