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- Protecting the interests of all participants in the futures market is the responsibility of all exchange and INDUSTRY members, as well as FEDERAL regulators. Working in concert, they work to maintain an honest, open trading environment for all market participants.
- Rules and regulations of the CBOT®are extensive and are designed to support competitive, efficient, liquid markets. These rules and regulations are scrutinized continuously by the CBOT®, and are periodically amended to reflect the needs of market USERS.
- Making sure that these trading rules and regulations are observed is the responsibility of the CBOT®'s Office of Investigations and Audits (OIA). OIA STAFF members work to prevent trading irregularities and investigate possible violations of exchange rules and regulations. The activities of the OIA department include daily on-site surveillance of trading activity, continuous MONITORING with state-of-the-art technology of member firms' risk exposure, and auditing member firms' financial conditions, as well as reviewing firms' trading and customer complaints.
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