Khan Academy Tutorials

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We have included Khan Academy’s Forward and Futures Contracts and Put and Call Options tutorial videos right here on the Daniels Trading website for your convenience.

• Forward and Futures Contracts
  In many commodities markets, it is very helpful for buyers or sellers to lock-in future prices. This is what both forwards and futures allow for. This tutorial explains how they work and what the difference is between the two.
  • Forward Contract Introduction
  • Futures Introduction
  • Motivation for the Futures Exchange
  • Futures Margin Mechanics
  • Verifying Hedge with Futures Margin Mechanics
  • Futures and Forward Curves
  • Contango from Trader Perspective
  • Severe Contango Generally Bearish
  • Backwardation Bullish or Bearish
  • Futures Curves II
  • Contango
  • Backwardation
  • Contango and Backwardation Review
  • Upper Bound on Forward Settlement Price
  • Lower Bound on Forward Settlement Price
  • Arbitraging Futures Contract
  • Arbitraging Futures Contracts II
  • Futures Fair Value in the Pre-Market
  • Interpreting Futures Fair Value in the PreMarket
• Put and Call Options
  Options allow investors and speculators to hedge downside (or upside). It allows them to trade on a belief that prices will change a lot–just not clear about direction. It allows them to benefit in any market (with leverage) if they speculate correctly. This tutorial walks through option basics and even goes into some fairly sophisticated option mechanics.
  • American Call Options
  • Basic Shorting
  • American Put Options
  • Call Option as Leverage
  • Put vs. Short and Leverage
  • Call Payoff Diagram
  • Put Payoff Diagram
  • Put as Insurance
  • Put-Call Parity
  • Long Straddle
  • Put Writer Payoff Diagrams
  • Call Writer Payoff Diagram
  • Arbitrage Basics
  • Put-Call Parity Arbitrage I
  • Put-Call Parity Arbitrage II
  • Put-Call Parity Clarification
  • Actual Option Quotes
  • Option Expiration and Price

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