Futures 101

Opportunity and Risk:  An Educational Guide to Trading Futures and Options on Futures

National Futures Association (NFA) Excerpt and Links:

"Beginning with agricultural futures contracts traded on the Chicago Board of Trade in 1865, the U.S. futures markets now list an everexpanding number of instruments, including metals, energy, financial instruments, foreign currencies, stock indexes, prediction markets and event futures."

Opportunity and Risk: An Educational Guide to Trading Futures

Opportunity and Risk: Glossary of Terms