Introduction to Futures(PDF)

Introduction to Options(PDF)

A Guide to Understanding Opportunities and Risks in Futures Trading

Characteristics & Risks of Trading Options(PDF)

Agricultural Futures for Beginners(PDF)

Agricultural Options for Beginners (PDF)

Foreign Exchange (FX) Products

• Foreign Currency Calendar

 

GLOBEX eTrading

• GLOBEX Brochure
• Eurodollar Spreading Functionality on GLOBEX

Intro to Futures & Options Manual

Looking to learn more about how futures and options function at CME? This 132-page book will broaden your knowledge on these markets, including topics like the birth of futures, terminology and order types, electronic trade matching and open outcry. A great deal of attention is also given to subjects like hedging and speculating, arbitrage, spreading, fundamental and technical analysis and futures and options pricing. Click here to download the manual free of charge.

 

About Futures

What Are Futures? History of Futures Futures vs. Stocks

 

About Trading

What is a Futures Exchange? Types of Futures Traders How Trades Take Place

 

CME Commodities

CME offers the following educational brochures.  Adobe Acrobat Reader® is required to view the PDF documents on this page. Educational Series Commodity Trading Manual

 

CME Equities

CME offers the following educational brochures.  Adobe Acrobat Reader® is required to view the PDF documents on this page. An Introduction to CME Equity Products CME E-mini® Stock Index Futures and Options on Futures CME E-mini® S&P Asia 50 Futures

 

CME Globex

CME offers the following educational brochures.  Adobe Acrobat Reader® is required to view the PDF documents on this page. CME Globex Reference Guide CME Globex Brochure CME Globex Access Directory

 

CME Interest Rates

CME offers the following educational brochures.  Adobe Acrobat Reader® is required to view the PDF documents on this page. An Introduction to CME Interest Rate Products CME Interest Rate Product Guide and Calendar CME Interest Rate – The Basics CME Interest Rate – Advanced Topics

 

Electronic Trading Web Guide

The CME® Electronic Web Guide is an ongoing, developing collection of external Web sites containing vital information about current topics in trading. Traders and those interested in the trading industry will find many links to essential information relating to charts and technical analysis, up-to-date news, online journals, trading communities and the latest developments in trading technology. Charts and Technical Analysis General News and Information

 

Cocoa:
NYBOT Agricultural Futures and Options Brochure: Overview of cash and futures markets. (pdf):

Coffee:
NYBOT Coffee Hedging Workbook: Overview of cash and futures markets. Futures and option hedging strategies and examples. (pdf):

Cotton: 
NYBOT Agricultural Futures and Options Brochure: Overview of cash and futures markets with a futures hedge. (pdf):

Energies  
(Crude Oil, Natural Gas and Refined Products):

NYMEX: A Guide to Energy Hedging: Overview of cash and futures markets. Basis discussion. Futures and option hedging strategies and examples. (pdf):

NYMEX: Risk Management with Natural Gas Futures and Options: Overview of cash and futures markets. Futures and option hedging strategies and examples. (pdf):

Sugar:
NYBOT Agricultural Futures and Options Brochure: Overview of cash and futures markets with an options hedge example on page 15. (pdf):

Collateral Materials in PDF format

• CBOT mini-sized Dow Leaflet  This leaflet highlights key features of CBOT mini-sized Dow futures and options and suggests how these contracts can benefit active traders.
• Trading the CBOT mini-sized Dow  Learn the the trading secrets and methods from some of the best mini-sized Dow traders.  Discover how the new CBOT trading platform and clearing link give you the trading edge.

 

Options For Everyone is a basic guide to trading options on futures contracts and introduces the concept of volatility trading. 19 pages.

Blueprint For Success outlines the fundamentals of order entry for futures, options, spreads and other multiple positions. A 'must have' for anyone trading online. 51 pages.

CBOT mini-sized Dow Leaflet

This brochure provides a brief overview of CBOT mini-sized DowSM Futures and Options.

Trading the CBOT mini-sized Dow

Learn the the trading secrets and methods from some of the best mini-sized Dow traders. Discover how the new e-cbot trading platform and clearing link give you the trading edge.

Grain and Soybean Futures and Options

This leaflet provides a brief discussion of the underlying markets, shows how the grain and soybean contracts can be used to achieve price stability, and reviews key benefits to using these risk management tools.

E-MINI S&P 500 BOOKLET; Easy to read and highly informative, the booklet contains practically everything you need to understand and trade the E-Mini S&P 500.

 

 

 

ClearTrade Commodities Contact & Phone Numbers
Toll-free: 800-493-4444 / Local: 773-561-9777 / Fax: 773-561-9775

Futures Brokers, Commodity Brokers and Online Futures Trading

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