CFTC Deploys Nasdaq Surveillance Technology to Strengthen Fraud Detection and Market Oversight

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has announced the deployment of Nasdaq’s market surveillance technology suite to enhance its fraud detection and regulatory oversight capabilities across derivatives markets.

According to Acting Chairman Caroline Pham, the integration of Nasdaq Market Surveillance will, for the first time, provide the CFTC with automated alerts and cross-market analytics. The system is expected to benefit all CFTC operating divisions by improving the detection of fraud, manipulation, and unusual or disruptive trading activity.

Nasdaq Market Surveillance is the most widely adopted surveillance platform globally, currently used by more than 50 exchanges and 20 international regulators. Its technology enables regulators to monitor multiple asset classes, conduct transaction-level analysis, and generate real-time alerts across products and trading venues.

The CFTC oversees a broad scope of derivatives markets, including fixed income, commodities, currencies, crypto assets, and event-based markets. As these markets evolve, the need for sophisticated surveillance tools to prevent and detect potential market abuse has grown. Nasdaq’s platform offers scalable and resilient monitoring solutions.