Company

Our Mission

To operate the premier CFTC-regulated prediction market providing institutional event contract trading and clearing services to FCMs and Market Making firms.

An Ethos of Responsibility

Maintain Market Integrity

Commitment to ecosystem quality and strong protections against fraud and manipulation.

Put Compliance First

Strict limitation to event contracts compliant with the Commodities Exchange Act (CEA).

Preserve Reputation

Listings that consider reputational risk and market integrity with a view toward protecting our brand, and the brands of our customers.

Focus on Longevity

U.S. centered business under full U.S. legal and federal regulatory jurisdiction and backed by capital markets industry-native investors with a long-term commitment.

Why choose to work with us?

Alignment

  • No channel conflict
    • We do not compete with FCMs for the end retail or institutional customers.
  • No conflict of interest
    • We do not operate an in-house market maker.

Collaboration

  • We develop products & services with FCMs and market makers.
  • We promote ecosystem quality through market structure design.

Discipline

  • We selectively curate which event contracts to list.
  • We bring deep capital markets sensibilities to frontier markets.

Insight & Innovation

  • Product team with a rich history of designing and developing exchange listed contracts and electronic trading products.
  • Institutional domain expertise in exchanges, clearinghouses, prime brokerage, trading, market structure.

Experienced Operators

  • Professional management team with a proven track record of robust, compliant business practices.
  • Practitioner's understanding of the needs of FCMs and market makers.

Reputation & Relationships

  • Longstanding relationships with ISVs, infrastructure providers, buyside and sellside firms.
  • Reputations built on decades of business dealings in regulated capital markets.

Regulation

Rothera is a derivatives exchange and clearinghouse regulated by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).

Rothera holds the following CFTC registrations:
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  • Designated Contract Market (DCM)
  • Derivatives Clearing Organization (DCO)
  • Swap Execution Facility (SEF - Dormant)

Trading Hours

Rothera launched 24x7 trading on May 21, 2026.

Media Inquiries

For media inquiries, please contact: 
media@rothera.io