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Exchange Publications & Educational Resources
Chicago Board of Trade® Chicago Mercantile Exchange®
Eurex® US Futures Exchange®
New York Board of Trade® New York Mercantile Exchange®
Name File Size File
CME Brochures
CME® Globex® eTrading
CME Globex Reference Guide 756 kB
CME Globex Brochure 530 kB
CME Globex Access Directory 4,789 kB
CME Equity Index Products
CME E-miniTM Stock Index Futures 1,021 kB
CME E-mini NASDAQ Composite® Futures 1,827 kB
CME Equity Index Futures & Options Information Guide 428 kB
CME GSCI® Futures & Options Information Guide 693 kB
CME GSCI Manual 558 kB
Hedge Your Portfolio Using CME Equity Index Futures 577 kB
CME Nikkei 225TM Futures & Options 167 kB
CME S&P/TOPIX 150TM Futures 317 kB
CME S&P SmallCap 600TM Futures 1,544 kB
CME Interest Rate Products
CME Interest Rate Product Guide 274 kB
CME Interest Rate - The Basics 540 kB
CME Interest Rate - Advanced Topics 753 kB
Block Trading, All-or-None, Exchange Basis Facility 789 kB
Implied Pricing for CME Eurodollar Futures on Globex 1,646 kB
How to Get Started Trading CME Interest Rate Products 1,099 kB
CME Eurodollar Futures & Options Q&A 514 kB
CME Swap Futures 832 kB
CME Euroyen 487 kB
Euroyen Highlights 45 kB
Gold Mid-Curve CME Eurodollar Options 271 kB
CME Foreign Exchange Products
Trading CME FX Futures 139 kB
CME FX Product Guide 4,967 kB
CME European FX Options Brochure 130 kB
Eastern European Currencies 314 kB
CME Commodity Products
Introduction to Livestock & Meat Fundamentals 871 kB
Moore Historical Report - Cattle 4,547 kB
Moore Historical Report - Lumber 2,265 kB
Moore Historical Report - Dairy 2,852 kB
Moore Historical Report - Pork 3,675 kB
AG Spread Board 1,115 kB
CME Fertilizer Futures 353 kB
CME Environmental Products
CME U.S. Weather Contracts 111 kB
TRAKRS®
TRAKRS - Futures Based Upon Total Return Indexes 2,007 kB
General Topics
Options on Futures Introductory Guide 285 kB
Futures & Options Strategy Guide 381 kB
Guide to Becoming a CTA 423 kB
Exchange-Traded Derivatives 505 kB
Trading for Mutual Funds 303 kB
Introduction to Futures & Options - Download All (.zip file) 4,9997 kB
Table of Contents 39 kB
Chapter 01: The Birth of Futures 99 kB
Chapter 02: The Futures Markets 107 kB
Chapter 03: Trading Venues: Open Outcry & Electronic Trade
Matching		 3,902 kB
Chapter 04: Terminology & Order Types 157 kB
Chapter 05: Hedging & Speculating 64 kB
Chapter 06: Arbitrage 40 kB
Chapter 07: Spreading 97 kB
Chapter 08: Fundamental & Technical Analysis 163 kB
Chapter 09: Futures & Exchange-Traded Options on Futures 62 kB
Chapter 10: Following Futures & Options Prices 70 kB
Glossary 37 kB
The Art of Hand Signals 454 kB
Answer Key 35 kB
CME Strategy Papers
Weather Papers
Introduction to Weather Derivatives 83 kB
Weather Risk Management 94 kB
Commodity Papers
Calculation of CME® Feeder Cattle IndexTM 11 kB
Final Settlement Price of a Live Cattle Delivery 12 kB
Primer for Class III & Class IV Milk Futures and Options Traders 55 kB
Hedging with Livestock Futures 355 kB
Forward Pricing with Livestock Options 291 kB
An Introduction to Lumber Options 51 kB
Hedging with Random Length Lumber Futures 270 kB
Introduction to Livestock and Meat Fundamentals 871 kB
Trading the Cattle and Hog Crush Spreads 124 kB
Foreign Exchange (FX) Papers
CME$INDEXTM Overview 139 kB
Comparing Futures and Forwards for Managing Currency Exposures 157 kB
Using Currency Futures to Hedge Currency Risk 114 kB
Basic Strategies for Managing U.S. Dollar/Brazilian Real
Exchange Rate Risk for Dollar-Denominated Investors		 133 kB
Equity Papers
Futures and Options Trading for Mutual Funds: The Regulatory Environment 35 kB
Determining the Relevant Fair Value(s) of S&P 500® Futures 70 kB
Index Arbitrage and Stock Price Volatility 93 kB
Open Interest Paper S&P 500 1,535 kB
Using S&P 500 Futures and Options 1,536 kB
Interest Rate Papers
Picking Your Spots on the ED Strip 238 kB
Comparing Eurodollar Strips to Interest Rate Swaps 231 kB
Eurodollar/Euroyen Interest Rate Spreads
vs. Yen Futures Calendar Spreads		 213 kB
Bundles and Packs 210 kB
What's New in CME Interest Rates, Part II 49 kB
Strips: Arbitraging the Eurodollar Cash and Futures Markets 97 kB
Forward Euro Pricing Revisited 92 kB
One Good Turn 375 kB
Institutional Papers
Derivatives: State of the Debate 79 kB
CME Hedge Fund White Paper 71 kB
EU Regulations to Have Significant Impact of Financial Services Firms 53 kB