Futures brokers were required to disclose the holders of large positions to regulators in real time, and to strictly observe margin limits.

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The Futures Industry Association, a collection of futures brokers like banks and investment houses, complained that the new cme Group could have too much power.

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Because leverage with currency futures is not far off 50:1 (30:1 on the CME, for example), hedging may be easier with futures, and futures brokers must segregate assets for some protection.

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Currently FINRA is responsible for securities brokers, the Commodities Futures Trading Commission for commodities traders and the Federal Reserve for the largest banks.

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During the Suez Canal crisis, the Vietnam War and again during the 1970s oil embargo, courts held that commodities brokers could not bail out of futures contracts.

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Some stock brokers are likely feeling quite queasy as they regard their near and long-term futures.

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Brokers said that the BRL1.55 level lost support when banks and corporate holders of dollar forwards and futures gave up on holding the dollar given the current debt impasse in the US. Holding a dollar forward valued at BRL1.55 when the dollar weakens to BRL1.50 is a money losing proposition.

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