Online Courses

• 10 Reasons to Trade Stock Index Futures - from Lind-Waldock
  Investing in products that track stock indexes, which provide exposure to the whole market or a sector of the market rather than a few individual stocks, has become increasingly popular.
• A Plain English Handbook: How to Create Clear Disclosure Documents - from The Securities and Exchange Commission
• A Step-By-Step Guide to Order Placement - from Lind-Waldock
  How to place orders by phone or online.
• Agricultural Futures and Options: A Hedger's Self-Study Guide. - from The Chicago Board of Trade
  For Agriculture Futures and Options
• Agricultural Futures for the Beginner - from The Chicago Board of Trade
• An Educational Guide to Trading Futures and Options on Futures - from National Futures Association
  This booklet provides you with the kinds of information you should obtain—and the questions you should seek answers to—before making any decision to trade futures and/or options on futures.
• Buy a Spread? Sell a Spread? Take Your Pick - from The Options Industry Council
• Buying Stock with a Ratio Call Spread - from CBOE
  Learn the basics and details of buying stock with a ratio call spread.
• CBOT Trading in Futures - An Introduction - from The Chicago Board of Trade
• CME Weather Futures and Options Block Trading: Step-By-Step Guide - from The CME
• Crack Spread Handbook - from NYMEX
• Educational Resources - Options - from The Options Industry Council
  Educational Resources - Options
• Examining Futures and Options Workbook - from Minneapolis Grain Exchange
  A great tool for classroom, seminar and marketing club use, this workbook defines futures and options with examples, worksheets and self tests, using the MGEX hard red spring wheat contract as the example. 
• Expiration, Exercise and Assignment - from CBOE
  For investors who choose to use options, it is important to understand how to manage options positions. Approx. 15 minutes in length.
• Facts and Fantasies About Commodity Futures - from Yale International Center for Finance
• Forex Educational Content - from Forex.com
  History of the Forex Market, Understanding Forex Quotes, Forex vs. Equities, Forex vs. Futures, Calculating Profit & Loss, Introduction to Technical Analysis, and Understanding Margin
• Forex Online Learning Program - from The National Futures Association
  An interactive, self-directed program designed to help individuals understand the retail off-exchange foreign currency (forex) market.
• Futures and Options Trading for Mutual Funds: The Regulatory Environment - from
• Hedging with CME Livestock Futures: A Self Study Guide to Hedging with CME Livestock Futures - from The Chicago Mercantile Exchange
• How a Trade is Made: Market Controls - from CBOE
  Learn about fast markets and unusual trading situations.
• How to Trade Futures: Trading Strategies of Leading Brokers - from NYBOT
  Requires Flash Player.
• Introduction to Hedging with Futures and Options - from The Chicago Board of Trade
• Introduction to the Futures and Options Markets - from The Institute for Financial Markets
  This online course allows you to test your futures and options IQ, discusses what you should know about futures and options contracts, and more.
• Margins Handbook - from The National Futures Association
• Oil Market Basics - from EIA
  Primer on oil markets combined with hotlinks to oil price and volume data available on the Internet.
• Options Online Quizes - from The Options Industry Council
  Test your options knowledge by answering some or all options related questions in this comprehensive quiz application with Basic, Ingternediate and Advanced modules.
• Options Overview - from CBOE
  Learn the fundamentals of listed options.
• Options Pricing 1 - from CBOE
  Learn about options pricing and the fundamentals of determining the option price.
• Options Pricing 2 - from CBOE
  Learn about pricing components and changes.
• Quick Guide - Options Strategies - from The Options Industry Council
• Selling Hedge With Futures - from The Texas A&M University Service
• Selling Puts - from CBOE
  Learn how and why you sell puts.
• The Complete AP Handbook - from Melinda Schramm, published through The CME
• The Complete IB Handbook - from Melinda Schramm, published through The CME
• The Fundamentals and Techniques of Trading Futures - from The Center for Futures Education
• The Mechanics of the Commodities Futures Markets: What They Are and How They Function - from Mount Lucas Management Corp.
• Tips for Online Investing - from The Securities and Exchange Commission
  What You Need to Know About Trading In Fast-Moving Markets
• Tips for Online Investing: What You Need to Know About Trading In Fast-Moving Markets - from U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
• Trade Execution: What Every Investor Should Know - from U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
• Understanding Basis - from The CBOT
• Understanding Basis (Spanish) - from The CBOT
• Understanding Stock Options - from The Options Industry Council
• Understanding Stock Options (Chinese) - from The Options Industry Council
• Understanding Stock Options (Spanish) - from The Options Industry Council
• Understanding the Special Opening Quotation (SOQ) - from CME Research & Product Development
• Variable Annuities - from The Securities and Exchange Commission