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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.
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CME Group Futures – An Introductory Guide
"CME Group Futures - An Introductory Guide" is the beginning online course for those new to the futures industry. Including the colorful history, economics and terminology of futures markets, as well as practical hands-on examples of how futures work, this redesigned course provides a more interactive experience for learners.
Read MoreAbout Futures
Futures are contractual agreements made between two parties through a regulated futures exchange. The parties agree to buy or sell an asset - livestock, a foreign currency, or some other item - at a certain time in the future at a mutually agreed upon price.
About Trading
A futures exchange, legally known in the U.S. as a “designated contract market,” is, at its core, an auction market – highly regulated, technical and complex – but an auction market nonetheless.