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Commodity pool operator quarterly report (Form CPO-PQR)

A regulatory return listed by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), United States.

Collects identifying and risk information about a commodity pool operator (CPO) and each pool it runs, including assets under management, net asset value, monthly rates of return, the pool's investments, and its service providers, so the Commission can monitor risk in the commodity pool industry. Source

Official title: Form CPO-PQR

The facts

Who files
Every CPO registered with the Commission, including one relying on the regulation 4.7 exemption for sophisticated investors, must file Form CPO-PQR for each pool it operates. A reporting CPO may instead file the National Futures Association's materially identical Form PQR with NFA; Form PF is no longer accepted in lieu of Form CPO-PQR. Source
How often
Quarterly for every reporting CPO since the Commission's 2020 amendment took effect for the quarter ended 31 March 2021, which redefined 'Reporting Period' to mean a calendar quarter for all filers. Before that, only Large CPOs (at least $1.5 billion in aggregated pool assets under management) filed quarterly; Small and Mid-Sized CPOs filed once a year. Source
Deadline
Sixty days after the end of the calendar quarter (for example, 30 May 2021 for the quarter ended 31 March 2021). Source
Format
Web form. Filed electronically; the Commission allows a reporting CPO to file this information through the National Futures Association rather than directly with the Commission. Source
How it is filed
Filing routes recorded for the CFTC: CFTC Portal; WinJammer; NFA EasyFile (Form PQR and Form PR). See how firms file with the CFTC.
Status
In force
Legal basis
Group
Commodity pools and trading advisors

Templates (2)

The tables and forms inside the return. Plain name first, the CFTC's code in brackets.

  • Information about the commodity pool operator (Schedule A, Part 1)
  • Information about each operated pool, including the Pool Schedule of Investments (Schedule A, Part 2)

The Commission's 2020 amendment eliminated Schedules B and C except for the Pool Schedule of Investments, which it folded into Schedule A; Form CPO-PQR now consists of Schedule A alone. Source

Validation rules

No published validation rules were found for this return. No published, field-level validation ruleset for Form CPO-PQR was found on the pages read. Source

Public data

No published data from this return was found. Form CPO-PQR data is collected for the Commission's own risk monitoring; no public Commission dataset built from it was found on the pages read. Source

Official documents (2)

The CFTC's own files, with the size and SHA-256 fingerprint of each as downloaded on 13 November 2026, so anyone can tell whether a copy is the same version.

Sources

Every page and document this return's facts were read from.

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Last checked 13 November 2026.