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CFTC’s Division of Market Oversight Issues Statement on the Certification of ICE Futures U.S., Inc. Submission No. 19-119
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (Commission) Division of Market Oversight (DMO) today issued the following statement. On February 1, 2019, ICE Futures U.S., Inc. (ICE or Exchange) self-certified[1] an amendment to ICE Rule 4.26 (Order Execution) (ICE Rule) that would allow ICE to implement a new functionality, named Passive Order Protection (“POP functionality” or “functionality”) (Submission). The POP functionality creates a delay or “speed bump” in the processing of incoming “aggressive” orders that would otherwise execute against “resting” or “passive” orders, but does not ... (full story)