The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) works to ensure
the integrity of the commodity and financial futures markets. It
protects the public and market users from fraud, manipulation, and
abusive practices while fostering an open marketplace for trading
commodity futures as well as foreign currency, US and foreign
government securities, and US and foreign stock indices. CFTC
develops trading policy, conducts research, evaluates filings,
investigates fraud and manipulation, and prosecutes violators from
offices in Chicago; New York; Kansas City, Missouri; and
Washington, DC. Congress created the independent agency in
1974.