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An Introduction To Options
Up to certain level, options are pretty easily understood. Options -- which are "derivatives" because their value is derived from an underlying stock -- are divided into two basic types: calls and puts.
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Derivatives Dictionary
Options Education at CBOE
Derivative Products from A to Z. Do Derivative Products confuse you sometimes? Become literate in Derivatives lingo, have fun, and increase your income up to 10,000% by browsing the Derivatives Dictionary. A major advantage of options is their versatility. They can be as conservative or as speculative as your investing strategy dictates. Options enable you to tailor your position to your own circumstances.
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The Chicago Mercantile Exchange offers a wide variety of educational programs and materials through the Education Center and the CME Library.

  • Glossary of Futures and Options This glossary was extracted from the Chicago Board of Trade's Commodity Trading Manual, which is produced by the Market Development Department of the exchange.

  • Real Options Real Options Online Multimedia Material. This site gives you a thumbnail presentation on Real Options.

  • Currency Trading at CME Electronic trading is changing the face of global financial markets. Now, you can gain direct access to the $1.5 trillion daily foreign exchange market with the CME E-Mini Japanese yen and E-Mini Euro FX futures contracts.
  • The Alliance for Investor Education is dedicated to facilitating greater understanding of investing in financial assets such as stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and derivatives such futures and options.

  • The Numa Derivatives Acronyms The FAST FOX SAFEly LEAPS over CHAPS with CHIPS on SWINGS but will DIE and ROT to the ECHO of the buddhist OM. Understood all that? If not, you need to visit this site.

  • Commodities, Futures, and Options A collection of sites with technical and mathematical analysis of derivatives including the Black-Scholes Options Pricing Model, calculator enables users to determine whether the price of an option is fairly valued, well-valued, or overpriced.

  • Financial Risk Management At Contingency Analysis you will find over 1,000 pages of information on financial risk management. Topics include: value at risk, derivative instruments, credit risk and financial engineering.
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