The Rob Booker Pivot Webinar Series .


Overview

On March 15, 2010, I did a webinar on the proposed CFTC regulations regarding retail forex trading, including the proposed rule to limit leverage in the U.S. to 10:1. This page contains resources and the archived webinar.

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Archived Webinar [also available by clicking here] | Download version for iPhone here

Resources:

Archived recording of the webinar (link coming soon)
Agenda for Webinar

Rob's notes on the regulations

Link to the proposed regulations by the CFTC (in HTML form here)
Comments on regulations
Link to the Farm Bill of 2008 that gave CFTC authority
Farm Bill Title XIII Overview

The Forex Dealers Coalition
IB Coalition

New York Times article on Gary Gensler: Goldman Dealmaker Now Advocates Regulation
New York Times archive on Gary Gensler: Gary Gensler
New York Times archive on CFTC: CFTC

CFTC v. Zelener (lawsuit that questioned CFTC authority)
CFTC v. Erskine (lawsuit that questioned CFTC authority)