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Start learning about the futures and options markets with a variety of courses designed to help you at each stage of your trading journey. Whether you are brand new to the derivatives market, or an experienced trader looking to sharpen specific skills, our courses will help you deepen your knowledge and improve your understanding of our markets.
Featured Courses
Introduction to Equity Index Products
Equity Index futures and options on futures provide you with the ability to express your views across major equity markets, gaining broad exposure, without trading individual stocks. With a single futures transaction, you can manage risk or express an opinion on market direction.
Introduction to Options
Learn how options work, how they are constructed, what key option terms mean and which features make options on futures unique.
Introduction to FX
Review everything you need to know about the foreign exchange (FX) markets, including where FX futures fit within the ecosystem of buying, selling and exchanging of currencies.
Trade and Risk Management
Get an introduction to trading and risk management, the key to successfully managing risk, knowing where you will exit before you enter and more.
Trading and Analysis
Once you have developed a trading plan, you are ready to determine how to make buy and sell decisions. Learn how to judge those decisions here.