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New to futures or looking for a refresher?  This course is designed for you. Dive into the basics of futures contracts, how contracts trade on a futures exchange, the different ways customers use these instruments and the benefits that futures provide. Gain a stronger understanding of how futures work and why more market participants are using derivatives in their trading strategies today.
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Today’s markets are full of options. Discover how options on futures from CME Group can help you mitigate downside risk and diversify your portfolio across major asset classes such as interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, energy, agriculture and metals. Get acquainted with the basic fundamentals, strategy and vocabulary of our options markets, providing a solid base of knowledge that will prepare you to tackle these opportunities.
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Curious about what futures can bring to your portfolio? Discover 8 advantages you can enjoy from day one when you insert futures into your trading strategy in this easy-to-complete, multi-part online course. Learn how to instantly enhance your diversification opportunities and access with more hours to trade, in deeply liquid markets with fewer day trading restrictions than equity markets. Learn how to harness the power of leverage to expand your investment’s reach, enabling you to control a large notional value with a relatively small amount of capital. Free up capital for other uses with lower margin requirements and enjoy flexibility and ease for entering and exiting the markets when you need to, without worrying about inflated costs. Get started today.
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Both Futures and Exchange Traded Funds are popular products for a variety of investors. Many traders use ETFs as a way to diversify their portfolios. What you might not have known is just one futures contract, the E-mini S&P 500, trades more average daily dollar volume than all 6,800 ETFs around the globe. In this course we’ll explain the similarities and differences between futures and ETFs. You’ll also learn about the benefits of futures that include margin and capital efficiency, tax considerations, and market liquidity.
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Option Strategies are an integral part of a trader’s routine.  Learn about common option strategies utilized by traders that express their view of market direction and expected volatility. Some option strategies are designed to mitigate risk while others are designed to profit by accepting risk.  Whether you are hedging a position or speculating on market outcomes, these common option strategies should be understood.
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Option prices are driven by multiple variables including changes in the underlying price, interest rates, passage of time, and changes in the expected volatility in the market. Collectively, these are called “the Greeks” because the symbols used to represent the sensitivities of these complex derivatives come from calculus and use the Greek Alphabet. Gain a basic understanding of how “the Greeks” are integral to managing a portfolio of options.
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