Opening Statement Of Acting CFTC Chairman Rostin Behnam Before The Energy And Environmental Markets Advisory Committee Date
03/06/2021
Good morning and welcome to the CFTC’s Energy and Environmental Markets Advisory Committee (EEMAC or Committee) meeting. I want to thank Commissioner Berkovitz for his leadership, and extend a special thanks to Abigail Knauff who serves as the EEMAC’s Secretary, and to Dena Wiggins who serves as the EEMAC’s chairwoman. I also want to thank and acknowledge the EEMAC members and invited speakers, including our very own CFTC staff, who will participate on the panels today. And of course, a special thanks to the all the CFTC staff who help us bring these meetings together.
<p><span>Good morning, and welcome to the Energy and Environmental Markets Advisory Committee (EEMAC). I am pleased that we are able to conduct this meeting by video today, and look forward to when the Committee can meet in person again.</span></p>
CFTC U S Commodity Futures Trading Commission : Opening Statement of Acting Chairman Rostin Behnam before the Energy and Environmental Markets Advisory Committee
06/03/2021 | 12:47pm EDT
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June 03, 2021 Good morning and welcome to the CFTC s Energy and Environmental Markets Advisory Committee (EEMAC or Committee) meeting. I want to thank Commissioner Berkovitz for his leadership, and extend a special thanks to Abigail Knauff who serves as the EEMAC s Secretary, and to Dena Wiggins who serves as the EEMAC s chairwoman. I also want to thank and acknowledge the EEMAC members and invited speakers, including our very own CFTC staff, who will participate on the panels today. And of course, a special thanks to the all the CFTC staff who help us bring these meetings together.
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Ted Butler No one has followed the silver market trading mechanics for as long or as closely as Ted Butler.
At just shy of the two-month mark, I received a response from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission yesterday to my letter of March 5. I had raised highly specific questions regarding the concentrated short position of the four largest traders in COMEX silver futures, both over the week ended Feb 2 in which these traders were the sole short sellers and on the broader basis of these traders holding the largest short position in any commodity in real world terms. As a refresher, here’s a copy of my original letter.