CFTC Approves Stock Perpetual Futures, Introducing Controversial Trading Model to Wall Street

11/03/2026

CFTC Chair Michael Selig said the move gives U.S. traders a regulated alternative to "offshore, and often unregulated, venues."

11/03/2026

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has taken a step that could reshape how US investors access derivatives exposure in equities: it says perpetual futures tied to individual stocks...

11/03/2026

A day after Better Markets referred to single-stock perpetual futures as "another gambling product," the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has announced that single-stock perpetual...

11/03/2026

A group backed by Citadel Securities and other firms sued the U.S. derivatives regulator for opening a path for perps that it argued belong in the SEC's hands.