Editing Futures contract (section)

==Futures contract regulations==
All futures transactions in the [[United States]] are regulated by the [[Commodity Futures Trading Commission]] (CFTC), an [[Independent agencies of the United States government|independent agency of the United States government]]. The commission has the right to impose [[Fine (penalty)|fines]] and other punishments on individuals or companies that break rules. Although by [[law]] the commission regulates all transactions, each exchange can have its own rule, and under contract can fine companies for different things or extend the fine that the CFTC hands out.

The CFTC publishes weekly reports containing details of the [[open interest]] of market participants for each market segment that has more than 20 participants. These reports are released every Friday (including data from the previous Tuesday) and contain data on open interest split by reportable and non-reportable open interest as well as commercial and non-commercial open interest. This type of report is referred to as the '[[Commitments of Traders|Commitments of Traders Report]]', COT-Report, or simply COTR.