E-Mini Futures
Learn about the E-mini Nasdaq-100, E-mini Dow, and E-mini S&P 500 futures contracts.
Finance Courses
Learn about the E-mini Nasdaq-100, E-mini Dow, and E-mini S&P 500 futures contracts.
Fundamental analysis is the process of determining the model price of a futures contract, now and in the future, using factors like micro economic data, macro-economic data, and industry financial conditions.
Today’s energy crude oil market is truly global. From West Texas Intermediate (WTI) to Brent and DME Oman, the crude oil market fuels many of the world’s leading economies and impact nearly every nation. Energy crude oil futures and options provide the tools the industry needs to manage risk. Explore the key concepts and structure of today’s energy markets, including the factors that affect supply and demand and move prices. Learn how to use these instruments to hedge exposure and unlock opportunities.
As a central counterparty, CME Clearing acts as the buyer to every seller and seller to every buyer to ensure the financial security of the marketplace and reduce clearing participants counterparty risk and achieve operational and financial efficiency. Gain an understanding of how the Clearing market structure is defined, risk management policies and procedures, and the activities of CME Clearing.
CME Group (NYMEX) offers numerous cash-settled futures and option contracts for various electricity markets across North America. The contracts cover both hubs and zones in regional transmission organization (RTO) and independent system operator (ISO) service areas. Learn how this dynamic market is structured and how market participants use power contracts to mitigate price risk in the day-ahead and real-time markets.
The structure of the natural gas market has evolved over time and become one of the most competitive, efficient, transparent, and liquid natural gas futures and options market in the world. Explore the basics of natural gas infrastructure, key impacts like seasonality that affect supply and demand, as well as hedging physical product using futures and options products.
Livestock buyers and sellers face ever-increasing levels of price risk. CME Group Livestock futures and options provide livestock buyers and sellers with valuable tools to manage price risk and get greater control over their bottom line. This course details how to use futures and options for risk management in the livestock markets, focused on enhancing the hedger’s knowledge base.
CME Group is launching a new, smaller sized option contracts on its global WTI Crude Oil benchmark. Micro WTI Crude Oil options will be 1/10th the size of the standard sized WTI Crude Oil option, providing market participants an efficient and cost-effective method to gain exposure to the crude oil market.
Great ideas transcens asset classes. CME Group is launching a new, smaller-sized futures contract on its global benchmark, WTI Crude Oil.
Are you looking for the opportunity to trade Gold or Silver futures? Would smaller size contracts suit your trading strategies or upfront capital availability better? Micro Gold and Micro Silver futures contracts may be the alternative for you.
Gain an understanding of Options on Micro E-mini futures contracts. This course will review information including contract specifications, product listings, and expirations. Even get examples of how Micro E-mini options can be incorporated into your portfolio.
This course will provide insight into the Micro E-mini futures, including a size comparison to classic E-mini contracts, a look at enhanced exposure and the benefits Micro E-mini futures can offer you.
Learn about micro futures and futures options on CME Group’s Micro WTI Crude Oil contracts, and understand how they can be used to trade and hedge with respect to the price of crude oil.
This course will provide an overview of various products including Micro FX Futures, Gold, Silver, Copper, and more.
Lumber futures and options provide risk management instruments for a constantly evolving marketplace. Learn more about this smaller sized contract designed to offer a more precise and accessible tool to manage price risk and tailor trading strategies. This course discusses Lumber future and options, their delivery process, and their common uses.
The livestock complex consists of Lean Hogs, Feeder cattle, and Live Cattle. Livestock futures and options provide the tools the industry needs to manage risk and help put food on the table for a growing global population. Gain an understanding of the fundamentals that affect supply and demand in the livestock markets. Find out how futures and options provide critical price discovery and risk management roles for a variety of market participants, from farmers, processors, distributors, wholesalers, retailers, traders and more. Learn about the ways these contracts can be utilized in your portfolio.
Financially settled South American Soybean futures will offer a more precise tool to manage exposure to the Brazilian soybean market. Brazil plays a key role in the global soybean market as the largest producer and exporter of soybeans, driving the need for a regional benchmark for price discovery. Learn how South American Soybean futures work and how the spread trade works with our existing North American Soybean futures to easily manage pricing differences between regionally grown soybeans.
Today's agriculture markets are highly complex. Agricultural grain futures and options provide the tools the industry needs to manage risk and help put food on the table for a growing global population. Gain an understanding of the fundamentals that affect supply and demand in the grain and oilseed markets. Find out how futures and options provide critical price discovery and risk management roles for a variety of market participants, from farmers, ranchers, processors, distributors, wholesalers, retailers, traders and more. Discover the ways these contracts can fit into your portfolio.
Gain an understanding of how buyers and sellers of grains and oilseeds utilize futures and options to hedge their position to manage price risk. This course will enhance the hedger’s understanding of the different strategies available as well as how the basis affects prices.
