Futures and Options Resources on the Web

The following links provide valuable information to the futures and options market trader, researcher, and enthusiast. ENJOY!

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Exchange Related Sites

U.S. & World Commodity Futures Exchanges

U.S. Stock & Options Exchanges

World Stock & Options Exchanges

Commodity Prices and Outlook

These sites contain prices, charts, and statistics on a variety of commodity futures and options contracts.

Research

AGRI-BIZ
AgriBiz (Frank Beurskens Consulting, Inc.) is an Internet Virtual Cooperative providing Consulting services, Resources, Links, and Home Pages for Agribusiness.
Check out the AgriBiz Virtual Research Department
Options Resources and Interactive Options Calculator: A Joint Project of AgriBiz and The Office for Futures and Options Research (OFOR).
AgMAS
The AgMAS (Agricultural Market Advisory Servicess) project is a joint effort bettween The Ohio State University and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The purpose of AgMAS is to investigate the performance of market advisory services. The AgMAS Consensus View is an indicator of the current average outlook of market advisory services. The indicator is calculated for corn, soybeans, wheat, cotton, hogs, and cattle. AgMAS is coordinated by professors Scott Irwin and Darrel Good (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign).
Agnet
Agnet provides links and information on U.K. and European Agriculture.
Agricultural Market Information Virtual Library.
Market Information Sources Available Through the Internet: Daily To Yearly Market and Outlook Reports, Prices, Commodities and Quotes.
The CIBC School of Financial Products
The CIBC School of Financial products was developed by CIBC World Markets to help educate individuals about the prudent and effective use of dervatives and financial risk management. Since its founding in 1995, the School has conducted sessions for over 7,000 clients in 22 countries. The School's new web site provides access to articles published by their staff, Managing Financial Risk Yearbooks, and derivatives calculators.
Compass Financial Links
This comprehensive page of finanical related links is brought to you by Compass Financial Commodity Futures and Options Trading.
The Center for International Security and Derivative Markets (CISDM)
The main purpose of CISDM, located at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, is to promote and facilitate research in international asset management especially as related to derivative markets and to increase interaction between the academic and business/finance community.
Columbia Asset Management: Reference Links.
Provides links to industry news, charts and quotes, contract specifications, and much more.
DTN FarmDayta On Line.
Provides subscribers with the latest agricultural market news, currents weather update, experienced commentary and more.
Derivates Research Unincorporated
Provides brief articles on various derivates research topics. Written by Don M. Chance, First Union Professor of Financial Risk Management at Virginia Tech.
Duke University Futures and Options Research Center (FORCE)
The Futures and Options Research Center (FORCE) at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business promotes greater understanding of the uses and applications of futures and options contracts as well as the functioning of the markets in which they trade.
The Electric Library
This is a fee based service that provides searches of newspapers, newswires, magazines, pictures, maps, books, and t.v. and radio transcripts on any topic immaginable. Great for research!
Equity Analytics, Ltd.
A comprehensive page for the financial analyst and investor.
European Derivative Investments & Funds Association.
A trade association promoting the understanding and use of derivative instruments and alternative techniques in fund management.
Financial Economics Network
FEN, an affiliate of the Social Science Research Network, gives subscribers instant access to on-line financial journals, abstracts, and other academic literature.
Futures Industry Institute
This site provides an excellent introduction to futures and options markets and an on-line tutorial. Great for testing your futures and options knowledge!
FinWeb (University of Texas at Austin)
The primary objective of FINWeb is to list Internet resources providing substantive information concerning economics and finance-related topics.
JSTOR (Journal Storage)
A non-profit organization providing online access to a variety of academic journals. The database can be browsed or specific searches can be performed.
Bibliographies
 
Futures and Options Reading List (PDF format)....
This comprehensive reading list was compiled by OFOR Director Professor Raymond M. Leuthold of the University of Illinois. It contains references to books, journals, and other publications. Most of the references are related to the agricultural futures markets.
Dr. Robert Daigler's Homepage...
This page constructed by Dr. Robert Daigler of Florida International University contains a comprehensive Futures and Options Bibliography, table of contents from all issues of the Journal of Futures Markets, and table of contents for the Review of Futures Markets.
IFCI: International Finance and Commodities Institute
Located in Geneva, IFCI provides member services through two main activities: Providing Training and Education material and Facilitating the access of information on risk management, derivative instruments, commodites and related theories and research.
inSight inFormation
This is a comprehensive page with many links to brokerage firms and market data. Check out the LINKS page.
Institute for Finance and Banking at The University of Gottingen
Provides access to many financial web sites.
The Mann Library, Cornell University
Provides access to USDA data base including commodity reports and several other valuable data sources.
NUMAWEB
NumaWeb, the internet investment site of Numa Financial Systems provides many financial related links with special emphasis on derivatives.
The Ohio State University Department of Finance Home Page Research Resources in Finance.
This page references aids for carrying out research in finance including journals, working papers, software and data. One of the most comprehensive research sites for finance on the World Wide Web.
Resources for Economists on the Internet
Lots of links to various economic related web pages.
Stratsoy
StratSoy (Strategic Soybean System) is a communication and information system for the U.S. soybean industry that provides for direct communications and the exchange of information. The goal of StratSoy is to promote better decisions by checkoff boards and other soybean related organizations by increasing the coordination, efficiency, and profitability of the U.S. soybean industry worldwide.
Stocks and Commodities Investment Research
Contains general information on stocks and commodities.
StreetEYE Financial Search Engine
StreetEYE indexes over 1400 relevant and up to date web sites for financial professionals, including sites from the financial news media, market data providers, brokers, banks, investment managers, government agencies, newsletters, academic institutions, and industry organizations.
Wall Street Network
Bridging Wall Street, Academic Research, and Technology

Government Resources

Central Intelligence Agency -includes the World Fact Book, information on all countries in the world FedWorld The World Bank Securities Commission of Brazil...e-mail address

Other Futures, Options, and Related Sites

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