Request for Comment on the Extension of Standard Futures Contracts to 24/7 Trading and on Perpetual Contracts Referencing Physically Delivered or Storable Energy Commodities
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- What it does
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission or CFTC) is requesting public comment on two distinct but related matters arising from recent developments in energy derivatives markets. The first is the extension of standard futures contracts to 24/7 trading, without any change to the contracts' fixed expiration, delivery, or settlement terms. The second is the listing of perpetual contracts that reference physically delivered or storable energy commodities, such as crude oil. The Commission seeks comment on the implications of each matter for the reliability and manipulation-resistance of reference prices, market surveillance and operational readiness, the federal speculative position-limits regime, margin, clearing, and settlement, customer protection, and effects on the underlying physical markets and the commercial participants that rely on them.
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission's summary, as published in the Federal Register.
- What it would change
1 part of Title 17 of the Code of Federal Regulations:
- Before this
No earlier Federal Register document under regulation identifier 3038-AF75 since Jan. 1, 2025.
Since then:
- What happens next and when
Comments must be received on or before July 27, 2026.
The agency's dates, word for word.
The record as published
| Document number | 2026-12784 |
|---|---|
| Action | Request for comment. |
| Agencies | Commodity Futures Trading Commission |
| Published | June 25, 2026 |
| Comments close | July 27, 2026 |
| Regulation identifier (RIN) | 3038-AF75 |
| Docket | CFTC-2026-1388 |
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