Anonymous comment on CFTC-2026-1222, CFTC-2026-1222-0001
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Summary: An individual retail derivatives market participant supports the proposed 30 Percent Presumption for whistleblower awards, suggesting specific implementation disciplines to ensure predictability. The commenter also requests that the Commission acknowledge a specific eligibility question regarding retail self-clearing members and defer its resolution to a future focused public input process.
This comment concerns RIN 3038-AF74, Whistleblower Award Determination, 91 Fed. Reg. 35,914 (June 15, 2026). The complete comment is the attached file. In summary: the comment supports the proposed 30 Percent Presumption and recommends two implementation disciplines, a provision-specific written explanation when the presumption is not applied, and clarification that limited assistance may not be inferred solely from the absence of requests for supplemental cooperation. The comment separately raises one threshold eligibility question, whether a retail customer admitted directly by a designated contract market as a self-clearing member is a "member of a registered entity" under the award exclusion, and asks only that the final preamble acknowledge the question, state that the final rule expresses no view on it, and state that the Commission intends to solicit focused public input through a separate process.
Submitted by an individual retail derivatives market participant.