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Litigating Under the CEA
With the ongoing evolution of derivatives market infrastructure, and with the advent of new derivatives products, the Commodity Exchange Act is becoming an increasingly relevant statute in state and private party litigation. An expert panel from Milbank LLP presents a timely discussion of cases and controversies under this time-tested law in the emerging financial markets space.
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ETD Volume - October 2025
Worldwide volume of exchange-traded derivatives reached 11.77 billion contracts in October. This increased 7.4% from September 2025 but decreased 43.1% from October 2024.
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GenAI Considerations for CFTC Registrants
This webinar explores the evolving regulatory landscape around artificial intelligence (AI), with an emphasis on generative AI. We unpack critical legal considerations surrounding generative AI from both a US and EU perspective. Topics include cybersecurity and technological risks, legal and compliance considerations, and what firms should anticipate as regulators adapt to rapid technological change.
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Trends in ETD Trading Q3 2025
FIA’s quarterly review of volume and open interest on derivatives exchanges worldwide. This webinar provides insights into trends in trading activity in the global listed derivatives markets for the year to date, with spotlights on the evolution of credit futures, liquidity in US Treasury futures, and growth in short-dated options.
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Initial Ethics Training
Initial ethics training is specifically designed for those who are new to the industry and recently registered with the National Futures Association (NFA). This courses uses case studies to highlight ethical and regulatory responsibilities, combining law, compliance, and sound judgment. It helps firms meet training requirements as mandated by the Commodity Exchange Act and NFA Rule 2-9.
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Give-Up Specialist: 5 Course Package
Enroll your team in all five Give-Up Specialist courses and save. The series includes Anatomy of a Futures Broker, both Give-Up Essentials courses, Average Pricing, and Navigating Give-Up Agreements. Participants who complete all five earn the FIA Markets Academy micro-credential. It’s a cost-effective way to train a geographically distributed workforce.
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Give Up Essentials 2: Troubleshooting Real-World Scenarios
Give-Up Essentials, the pre-requisite to this course, uses give-up trade flows to show how the process works when everything runs smoothly. This course examines problems that can arise during give-up trade processing. It identifies where failures occur and explores how problems can be resolved.
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Exchange Trading & Regulatory Fundamentals for Electronic Traders
The training is designed to provide a better understanding of the basics of electronic trading including activities likely to draw attention from regulators. It also covers exchange rules most likely to impact traders such as pre-execution communications, cross trades, self-match trades, test trades, position limits and order-to-trade ratios.
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Average Pricing
This course provides a comprehensive overview of average pricing, including how and why futures and options trades are average priced. It explains how fund managers achieve fair and equitable distribution of trades among their customers by using average pricing or best fit methodologies.
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Clearing 101: Safeguards for the Futures Market
Whether you're a futures industry professional, commercial hedger, fund manager or professional trader, it is important to understand the critical role that clearing plays in reducing the risk of counterparty default, guaranteeing the financial performance of all contracts and safeguarding customer funds.
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