Futures/Commodities

Futures Basics

• An Online Learning Guide to Trading Futures (NFA)
• 30 Minutes on Futures (CME)
• Futures for the Individual Trader (CME)
• Trading Options on Futures (CME)
• Agricultural Conversion Calculator (CME)
• Futures Market Reference Guide (CME)

Managed Futures

• Managed Futures: Portfolio Diversification Strategies (CME)
• Why Managed Futures? (CME)
• Lintner Revisited:  The Benefits of Managed Futures 25 Years Later (CME)
• Lintner Revisited:  A Quantitative Analysis of Managed Futures in an Institutional Portfolio (CME)

Strategies

Hedging

• Self-Study Guide to Hedging with Grain and Oilseed Futures and Options (CME)
• Managing Price Risk with Grain and Oilseed Futures and Options (CME)
• Self-Study Guide to Hedging with Livestock Futures and Options (CME)

Recommended Reading

• Futures Magazine
• How the Futures Markets Work – Jake Bernstein (2000)
• Building Wealth with Managed Futures – Kim Avery (2006)
• Trading Commodities & Financial Futures – George Kleinman (2005)
• The New Commodity Trading Guide – George Kleinman (2009)