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Futures Trading Sample Assignments and Resources
Futures Products
Instruct your students to familiarize themselves with futures products available through IB.
Assignment
Trader CME Leading Products
Equity Index, Agriculture, Interest Rates, Energy.
For instance, student can trade the following futures:
- CL - Light sweet crude Oil futures NYMEX
- ES - E-Mini S&P 500
- YM - Mini-Sized Dow Jones Industrial Average $5
- NQ - Emini NASDAQ 100
- GE – Eurodollar
- ZC - Corn
Resources
Futures Products web pages - CME Group futures
SpreadTrader
SpreadTrader helps you quickly and easily manage futures spreads from a single screen.
Assignment
Create and manage calendar spreads for futures from a single screen.
They can check the margin impact of any order before it is placed.
Trading Futures
Instruct your students to learn about trading futures by placing futures orders.
Assignment
Place a futures order. For example, place a stop limit order. Students can view the Margin Impact value before they submit the order.
Market Scanner - Futures
Instruct your students to use the TWS Market Scanners to quickly and easily scan markets for the top performing futures contracts.
Assignment
- Scan multiple products.
- Scan for top contracts on US futures.
- Choose from popular scan parameters
- Create custom scans - Variables, filters and parameters allow you to create unique, completely customized scans.
Monitor Margin Requirements
Learn how to monitor margin requirements.
TWS Users' Guide
Trading Futures on Margin
Instruct your students to familiarize themselves with our margin requirements for futures and how to monitor the margin requirements for their own accounts.
Assignment
Learning About Margin
Learn the basics of trading futures on margin.
Resources
TWS Users' Guide
IB Website
Monitor Margin Requirements
Learn how to monitor margin requirements.
TWS Users' Guide
US Futures Commissions
Instruct your students to familiarize themselves with our commissions.
Assignment
Review IB's futures commissions and other pertinent pricing information.
Additional Reference Material
Assignment
Read the latest Futures-related articles from IBKR's Traders' Insight, a Global market commentary from Interactive Brokers Group traders and market participants.
View additional webinar recordings that IB has co-sponsored events with CME Group and ICE Futures.
Disclosure: Margin Trading
Trading on margin is only for sophisticated investors with high risk tolerance. You may lose more than your initial investment.
For additional information regarding margin loan rates, see ibkr.com/interest
Disclosure: Futures Trading
Futures are not suitable for all investors. The amount you may lose may be greater than your initial investment. Before trading futures, please read the CFTC Risk Disclosure. A copy and additional information are available at ibkr.com.
