### Question
Can you define what commodity trading advisor means?


### Answer
**Commodity trading advisor** is defined as the following in *7 U.S.C. § 1a*:

> any person who—


(i) for compensation or profit, engages in the business of advising others, either directly or through publications, writings, or electronic media, as to the value of or the advisability of trading in—


(I) any contract of sale of a commodity for future delivery, security futures product, or swap

#### Citation:
  - *7 U.S.C. § 1a*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 1-COMMODITY EXCHANGES**

