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ETD Volume - March 2026
Worldwide volume of exchange-traded derivatives reached 13.75 billion contracts in March. This increased 18.3% from February 2026 and increased 46.7% from March 2025.
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CFTC Enforcement in the Trump Administration: The Year in Review, and What’s Ahead
This webinar, hosted by Akin, examines the CFTC’s enforcement activity during the first year of this administration and its likely priorities going forward. Akin presenters survey enforcement actions brought by the CFTC to date, as well as recent CFTC guidance. Presenters then discuss Chairman Selig’s views on enforcement and identify likely areas of focus for enforcement activity under his tenure.
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ETD Volume - February 2026
Worldwide volume of exchange-traded derivatives reached 12.05 billion contracts in February. This decreased 10.3% from January 2026 but increased 51% from February 2025.
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Beyond the Limit – Is Anything New in Position Limits?
FIA’s US position limits leads will revisit the CFTC’s federal position limits regime nearly five years after the final rule went into effect, joined by experts from CME, ICE and the CFTC. Refresh on the limits for futures and swaps, exemptions and aggregation and learn what the industry is still focused on for implementation.
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EMIR 3.0 – Implementing the Active Account Requirement
On 6 February 2026, the regulatory technical standards specifying the operational conditions, the representativeness obligation and the reporting requirements related to the active account requirement (AAR) were published in Official Journal of the EU, providing the necessary legal certainty for compliance by in-scope firms.
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Anatomy of Prediction Markets
Prediction markets harness trading activity to forecast the likelihood of future events—ranging from elections and economic indicators to corporate performance and public policy outcomes. This course offers a practical introduction to how prediction markets operate, how trading behavior aggregates information, and why these markets can serve as powerful forecasting tools.
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Internship Academy
FIA Markets Academy has launched the Internship Academy - the go-to resource for interns and those new to the global derivatives markets. Equip your team with the fundamentals of futures markets in four short, engaging courses to improve their experience and effectiveness. We designed these online, on-demand courses to easily integrate into your existing internship or new hire programs.
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ETD Volume - January 2026
Worldwide volume of exchange-traded derivatives reached 13.43 billion contracts in January. This increased 17.4% from December 2025 and increased 30.6% from January 2025.
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The Criminal Provisions of the Commodity Exchange Act
This webinar provides an overview of the criminal provisions of the Commodity Exchange Act and practical insights for firms to avoid liability. Specific topics will include: the elements of criminal violations under the CEA, notable prosecutions brought under the criminal provisions, analysis of why prosecutors prefer using the wire fraud and commodities fraud statutes to charge commodities fraud schemes, how criminal prosecutors analyze potential criminal commodity violations as well as their process for approving charges and practice pointers for avoiding criminal scrutiny for CEA violations. Jones Day attorneys draw on their prior experience at both the CFTC and DOJ where they served in senior roles.
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Trends in ETD Trading: Year in Review
FIA’s quarterly review of ETD volume and open interest spotlights top trends in trading activity in the global listed derivatives markets over the course of 2025, with expert insights from Morgan Stanley's Erin Perzov and Reed Staub. The discussion covers such topics as the explosive growth in precious metals trading, institutional use of short-duration options, and the double-digit growth in open interest in government debt futures in Europe, Asia-Pacific, and the US.
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