In separate disciplinary actions, the Business Conduct
Committees of the Chicago Board of Trade and Chicago Mercantile
Exchange (respectively, the "CBOT BCC Panel" and
"CME BCC Panel") imposed sanctions, including fines and
suspensions, on a firm and individual traders for various trade
practice violations.
The CBOT BCC Panel penalized a firm $15,000 for executing an
Exchange for Related Position ("EFRP") package in the
Ten-Year Treasury Note futures and options market that did not have
(i) sufficient price correlation or (ii) opposing market bias among
the related position components.
Separately, the CME BCC Panel penalized:
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a trader $25,000 and imposed a 30-day suspension for hindering the CME's investigation
regarding potential "violative" messaging activity by
allowing individuals to use his Tag 50 User ID to enter orders;
and