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Here you can find more than 80 resources in pdf format, available to print or read right from your computer. Topics range from beginner-level futures training to futures markets and products.

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Introduction Guides

 An Introduction to Futures and Options.pdf
 CBOT - How the e-cbot Market Works.pdf
 CME Options on Futures - The Basics.pdf
 Futures and Options Startegy Guide.pdf
 Trading The Markets Measure.pdf
 Understanding Futures and Options.pdf
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Markets

Currencies
 Derivatives on the Swiss Market Index SMI.pdf
 Eurodollar Futures & Options Q&A.pdf
 EUROYEN.pdf
 U.S. Dollar Index Futures and Options.pdf
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Energies
 A Guide to Energy Hedging.pdf
 Energy Complex.pdf
 Ethanol Futures and Options.pdf
 ICE WTI Crude Futures Contract.pdf
 IPE Brent Crude Futures Contract.pdf
 IPE Gas Oil Futures Contract.pdf
 IPE Natural Gas Futures Contract.pdf
 Risk Management with Natural Gas Futures and Options.pdf
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Equities
 An Introduction to CME Equity Products.pdf
 CBOT Dow Complex Futures.pdf
 CBOT Dow Complex Options.pdf
 CME E-Mini S&P Asia 50 Futures.pdf
 CME E-Mini Stock Index Futures and Options.pdf
 CME Nikkei 225 Futures and Options on Futures.pdf
 Determining the Relevant Fair Value(s) of S&P 500 Futures.pdf
 Dow Jones EURO STOXX 50 Index Futures.pdf
 Equities - CBOT mini sized Dow Futures and Options.pdf
 Equity products - Summary of futures and options contracts.pdf
 FTSE 100 Index Contract.pdf
 NYBOT Russell 2000 Index.pdf
 OPEN INTERESTS - Using S&P 500 Stock Index Futures and Options.pdf
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Forex
 An Introduction to CME Foreign Exchange Products.pdf
 CME FX Futures - Maximizing the Opportunity for Individual Investors.pdf
 TRADIN~1.PDF
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Grains
 CBOT Agricultural and Metals Complex.pdf
 CBOT Agricultural Futures and Options Crop Report Opportunity.pdf
 CBOT Agricultural Products - Grain and Soybean Futures and Options.pdf
 CBOT Agriculture Futures and Options - Managing Feed Costs.pdf
 US Corn USDA Production History.pdf
 US Soybean USDA Production History.pdf
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Interest Rates
 3 and 10 Year Australian Treasury Bonds Futures and Options.pdf
 3 Year Commonwealth Treasury Bond Futures.pdf
 10 Year Commonwealth Treasury Bond Futures.pdf
 90 Day Bank Accepted Bills Futures.pdf
 An Introduction to CME Interest Rate Products.pdf
 Australian 90 Day Bank Accepted Bill Futures and Options.pdf
 Bond Futures and Options.pdf
 CB2FB4~1.PDF
 CBOT Interest Rate and Equity Complex.pdf
 CBOT Treasury Futures - A Simple Treasury Duration Adjustment.pdf
 CBOT Treasury Futures - A Simple Treasury Long Hedge.pdf
 CBOT Treasury Futures - A Simple Treasury Short Hedge.pdf
 CBOT Treasury Futures - Trade The Market The World Knows Best.pdf
 CME Interest Rate Products - Advanced Topics.pdf
 CME Interest Rate Products - The Basics.pdf
 How To Get Started Trading CME Interest Rate Products.pdf
 Interest Rate Products Summary of Futures and Options Contracts.pdf
 SHORTT~1.PDF
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Meats
 An Introduction to Trading CME Dairy Futures and Options.pdf
 CMELIV~1.PDF
 Same Contracts, New Venue - CME E-Livestock.pdf
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Metals
 A Guide to Metals Hedging.pdf
 CBOT 100oz. Gold Futures and Options Strategies.pdf
 CBOT mini sized Metals Benefits.pdf
 CBOT mini sized Metals Futures.pdf
 CBOTPR~1.PDF
 COMEX on Globex Moving Metals Online.pdf
 Metals Complex.pdf
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Softs
 Cocoa Futures & Options.pdf
 Cocoa Futures and Options Summary.pdf
 Cocoa Futures Contract (London).pdf
 Coffee Futures & Options.pdf
 Cotton Futures & Options.pdf
 Robusta Coffee Futures and Options Summary.pdf
 Robusta Coffee Futures Contract (London).pdf
 Sugar Futures & Options.pdf
 White Sugar Futures and Options Summary.pdf
 White Sugar Futures Contract (London).pdf
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Miscellaneous
 DAX Futures.pdf
 Trading Options on CME Random Length Lumber Futures.pdf
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Futures Industry Regulatory Entities

Commodity Futures Trading Commision (CFTC)
 Economic Purpose of Futures Trading
 What You Should Know Before You Trade
National Futures Association (NFA)
 The Story Behind the Financial Integrity of the U.S. Futures Markets
 Understanding Opportunities and Risks in Futures Trading
 Understanding Opportunities and Risks in Futures Trading
 Futures Trading in the retail Off-Exchange Foreign Currency Market
Other Publications
 The Tactical and Strategic Value of Commodity Futures, Erb & Harvey, Feb 11, 2005
 Facts and Fantasies About Commodity Futures, Gorton & Rouwenhorst, June 14, 2004
 The Benefits of Commodity Investment
 Comparisons of Commodity and Managed Futures Benchmark Indices
 Conditional Means, Volatilities, and Correlations in Commodity Futures Markets
 Commodity Futures Price Prediction, an Artificial Intelligence Approach
 Stochastic Convenience Yield implied from Commodity Futures and Interest Rates
 Memory in Returns and Volatilities of Futures’ Contracts
 Stochastic Volatility and Seasonality in Commodity Futures and Options
 The Benefits of Managed Futures
 The Foreign Exchange Market in the US, New York Federal Reserve
 Commodity Futures Terminology
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