What Constitutes Manipulation in the Commodity Markets? We're Still Waiting for an Answer
The Commodity Exchange Act in broad terms prohibits the use of any manipulative or deceptive device or scheme in connection with the contract of sale of any commodity in interstate commerce[1] and manipulation or attempt to manipulate the price of any swap or commodity in interstate commerce or for future delivery.[2] What began as a lawsuit instituted by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission[3] which promised to address the question of what constitutes manipulation in the

