The creation of fictitious transactions or the placing of orders which do not involve any change in ownership, or the execution of such an order with knowledge of its character by a Member, Approved Trader or Registered Representative is prohibited. A Member, Approved Trader or Registered Representative shall not accept buying and selling orders at the same time and price from a Customer for the same contract month of the same futures contract or in the case of option contracts, a put or call option contract with the same class of options, the same strike price and expiration month. This Rule does not apply if orders are entered in the following circumstances:
(a) the orders are from a fund manager whose instructions are intended to switch the contract from one (1) sub-account to another for legitimate commercial reasons;
(b) the orders will be booked out finally to different beneficial owners; or
(c) if the Member or the Approved Trader establishes to the Exchange that it was not a purpose of the orders to create a false market.
Refer to Practice Note 3.4.9.