The mission of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission is to protect market users and the public from fraud, manipulation, and abusive practices related to the sale of commodity futures and options and to foster open, competitive, and financially sound commodity futures and option markets. The Commission's objectives are to: (1) Foster futures and option markets that accurately reflect the forces of supply and demand for the underlying commodity and are free of disruptive activity; (2) oversee markets which can be used effectively by producers, processors, financial institutions, and other firms for the purposes of price discovery and risk shifting; (3) promote compliance with, and deter violations of, Federal commodities laws; (4) require commodities professionals to meet high standards; (5) provide a forum for effectively and expeditiously handling customer complaints against persons or firms registered under the Commodity Exchange Act; (6) ensure sound financial practices of clearing organizations and firms holding customer funds; (7) promote and enhance effective self-regulation of the commodity futures and option markets; (8) facilitate the continued development of an effective, flexible regulatory environment responsive to evolving market conditions; and (9) promote markets free of trade practice abuses.