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What you need to know about event contracts and how to use them.
Get comfortable with event contracts before you start your trading journey. Our extensive library of educational resources can help streamline your learning curve and better position you for success.
Break down the basics
Watch videos that break down key concepts into smaller steps to help you understand the basics more quickly and set your own pace for learning.
What are event contracts?
Explore what the contracts are, when they expire, how to enter/exit trades, and more.
Review a profitable event contract trade
How can you profit from event contracts? We take you step by step through a winning trade example.
Analyze an unprofitable trade in event contracts
How do event contracts minimize your potential loss? We take you step by step through an unsuccessful trade example.
Explore the markets you can trade
Learn about futures markets you can access using event contracts.
Find more answers
Learn more about the different features of event contracts and how they work by reading through our expanded Q&A section.
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CME Group reminds all market participants that they are required to abide by applicable local regulations with respect to trading, sale or distribution of Event Contracts. Market participants that trade or wish to trade Event Contracts, and brokers that seek to sell or distribute such products, must therefore comply with any applicable restrictions or prohibitions imposed by such market participant’s home jurisdiction, including where applicable, and without limitation, the prohibitions on marketing, offering or distribution of such products to retail customers in the United Kingdom and the European Union.