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US regulators approve futures exchange for individual traders

The Small Exchange faces big challenge, including initiatives by exchange giant CME

Regulators have given the green light to a startup exchange that wants to attract individual traders to the risky world of futures.

The Small Exchange, a venture led by a former executive of TD Ameritrade Holding won approval from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission on Tuesday to become the newest US futures exchange.

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