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Commodity Product Overview
Commodity Product Overview
With growing global demand for commodities and increasingly volatile prices, the need for commodity risk management is greater than ever - and so is the need for education in this area. In addition to offering the largest electronically traded agricultural futures complex and the widest range of commodity futures and options available on any exchange, we also provide basic and ongoing education to help you trade our commodity products. Whether you are new to our markets or an experienced trader, our training sessions are designed to keep you abreast of market developments and opportunities.

Building A Solid Foundation

 

CME Group Commodity Overview
Speaker: Tom Clark

Detailed: Outline

  • Introduction
  • Product Line
  • Volatility
  • Volume
  • Why Grains?
  • Why Lean Hogs?
  • Resources

 

Developing a Profitable Trading Strategy in 6 Steps
Speaker: Markus Heitkoetter

Detailed: Outline

  • Start with an Idea
  • Select a Market
  • Select a Timeframe
  • Define Entry Rules
  • Define Exit Rules
  • Evaluate your System
  • Improving your System

 

Trading the Grains: Tools for Spotting Profit Opportunities
Speaker: James Wyckoff

Detailed: Outline

  • Why the keener interest in grains
  • Primary trading tools, secondary trading tools
  • The key longer-term view
  • Wyckoff's market rating system
  • Trading "set-ups"

 

Trading Opportunities in Electronic Ag Markets
Speaker: Scott Hoffman

Detailed: Outline

  • Markets
  • Trade gains
  • Daily trading ranges
  • Trade or fade trading methods
  • Indicators
  • Rules

 

Quick Reference Guide on CME Clearing (PDF)

 

CME Group Financial Safeguards (PDF)

 

Fundamental Considerations

 

A New Era for Grains & Oilseeds

Detailed: Outline

  • Introduction
  • Supply and Demand Fundamentals
  • Insights on Prospective Planting Report
  • Current and Future impact of Bio-Fuels

 

New Research on the Impact of Ethanol

Detailed: Outline

  • Overview of the Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD) model
  • Review of CARD evaluations regarding corn acres, production, exports and prices throughout production cycle
  • Analysis of the long-term implications for the livestock market