Prepared as a service to the investing public by:
National Futures Association
300 S. Riverside Plaza, Suite 1800
Chicago, Illinois 60606

Opportunity and Risk
Excerpt:
"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."
An Educational Guide to Trading Futures and Options on Futures (1.8Mb pdf)
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An Educational Guide to Trading Futures (1.8Mb pdf)
An Educational Guide to Trading Options on Futures (1.5Mb pdf)