Market Surveys

Under Commission Rule 21.02, upon call by the Commission, information related to futures or options positions held or introduced by futures commission merchants, members of contract markets, introducing brokers, and foreign brokers and, for options positions, must be furnished by each reporting market. This rule is designed to assist the Commission in prevention of market manipulation and is promulgated pursuant to the Commission’s rulemaking authority contained in section 8a of the Commodity Exchange Act, 7 U.S.C. 12 a (2010). The information is used primarily by Surveillance and Market Analysts in order to fulfill their market surveillance function. Additionally, the data is used to provide a basis for reports to Congress as well as supporting various research projects and reports from Commission economists and analysts.

The latest form for Market Surveys expires 2022-11-30 and can be found here.