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This is Virtual Trading University's comprehensive resource list of futures and option trading web sites. You will find everything from commodity quotes to trading courses and books. Each section is divided for easy reference. There is also a brief description of each site in order to save your online time.
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COMMODITY EXCHANGES
Chicago Board of Trade
http://www.cbot.com/
Products traded at the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT)
CBOT Dow Jones Industrial Average
Agricultural Contracts
Corn, Oats , Rough Rice ,Soybeans ,Soybean Oil , Soybean Meal , Wheat
, Corn Yield Insurance
Financial Contracts
U.S. Bonds , 10 Year US Notes , 5 Year US Notes , 2 Year US Notes
, 30 Day Fed Funds, etc.
Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME)
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http://www.cme.com
Products traded at the (CME)
Live Cattle, Feeder Cattle, Lean Hogs, Frozen Pork Bellies, Fresh
Pork Bellies, BFP Milk, Mini BFP Milk, Butter, Cheddar Cheese, Random Length
Lumber, Oriented Strand Board, Australian Dollar, Brazilian Real, British
Pound, Canadian Dollar, Deutsche Mark, European Currency Unit, French Francs,
Japanese Yen, Mexican Peso, New Zealand Dollar, Russian Ruble, South African
Rand, Swiss Franc, Eurodollars, 13-Week U.S. T-Bill, 1 Year U.S. T-Bill,
One-Month Libor, Federal Funds Rate, Mexican Par Brady Bonds, Argentine FRB
Bonds, Argentine Par Brady Bonds, Brazilian C Bonds, Brazilian EI Bonds,
Standard & Poor's 500, E-Mini S&P 500 Stock Price Index, Standard
& Poor's MidCap 400, Nikkei 225 Stock Average, Goldman Sachs Commodity
Index, Russell 2000 Stock Price Index, Major Market Index, S&P 500/BARRA
Growth Index, S&P 500/BARRA Value Index, NASDAQ 100 Index®, IPC Stock
Index, Quarterly Bankruptcy Index,
Coffee, Sugar & Cocoa Exchange, Inc.(CSCE)
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http://www.csce.com/
Products traded at the (CSCE)
Coffee, Sugar #11, Sugar #14, Cocoa
Kansas City Board Of Trade (KCBT)
http://www.kcbt.com/
Products Traded at the (KCBT)
KCBT Wheat, Value Line, Mini-Value Line, Western Natural Gas
Minneapolis Grain Exchange
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http://www.mgex.com
Products traded at the (MGEX)
Spring Wheat, White Wheat, Barley, Black Tiger Shrimp, White
Shrimp
New York Cotton Exchange (NYCE)
http://www.nyce.com/
Products traded at the (NYCE)
Cotton #2, Orange Juice, Potatoes, NYSE Composite, NYSE Small Composite
(NYFE), NYSE Large Composite, CRB Index, PSE 100 Tech Index
New York Mercantile Exchange (NYME)
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http://www.nymex.com/
Products traded at the (NYME)
Gulf Coast Unleaded Gasoline, Heating Oil, Light Sweet Crude Oil,
Henry Hub Natural Gas, New York Harbor Unleaded Gas, Propane, Sour Crude
Oil, Crack Spreads, Palo Verde and California/Oregon Border Electricity,
Cinergy and Entergy Electricity, Permian Basin Natural Gas, Alberta Natural
Gas, FT-SE Euro Top 100 Index, Gold, Silver, Copper, Palladium,
Platinum
Mid-America Commodity Exchange (MID AM)
http://www.midam.com/
Products traded in reduced size contracts
Corn , Oats , Wheat , Soybeans , Soybean Meal , Soybean Oil , Cattle
, Lean Hogs , New York Gold , New York Silver , Platinum , Australian Dollar
, British Pounds , Deutsche Marks , Japanese Yen, Swiss Francs ,Canadian
Dollars , Eurodollars , 5-Yr..Treasury Notes , 10-Yr..Treasury Notes ,
U.S..Treasury Bonds , U.S..Treasury Bills
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) TOP INDEX
Official site of this independent agency (created by Congress) to regulate commodity futures and option markets in the United States. http://www.cftc.gov
CFTC - Commitment of Traders Reports
http://www.cftc.gov/dea/cot.html
Commitments of Traders and other reports from the Division of Economic
Analysis.
CFTC
http://www.cftc.gov/proc/repar.html
Resolving customer/broker disputes.
National Futures Association (NFA)
http://www.nfa.futures.org
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Since our founding in 1982, National Futures Association has been
responsible for protecting the rights of investors in the futures markets.
To this end, we seek to ensure that the firms and individuals who trade futures
with the public are Members of NFA and that they adhere to the highest standards
of professional and financial responsibility.
FOREX
Commodity Futures & Option Price Quotes & Charts (Free and Fee Based)
This is a comprehensive list of web sites that offer free quotes and fee based quotes and Charts. Most free quotes are at least 10 minuet delayed, and most charts are updated daily unless other wise noted. It is also important to note that all of the commodity and option exchanges listed have free delayed quotes and end of day charts for each product traded at that particular exchange.
Web Sites Offering Free Price Quotes and Charts
www.SpeedTrader.com - Offers FREE streaming real-time Level II quotes, intra-day charting, point and click trading, fast confirmations, and low commissions. Trade with SPEED!
Site-By-Site !
http://www.site-by-site.com/usa/optfut.htm
Options & Futures provides comprehensive coverage (quotes, charts,
news, analyses and reports) of the domestic derivative markets, free of
charge.
TFC Commodity Charts
http://www.tfc-charts.w2d.com/
The free source of daily commodity futures and financial market
information.
These sites are fee based sites for futures & option quotes and charts and also for other studies.
Grain Market
Research http://www.grainmarketresearch.com/
is a supplier of research quality data used by leading global financial
institutions and professional traders worldwide.
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Market Research Inc.
http://www.barchart.com/
Futures charts and data. Trend Spotter available to subscribers End
of day data deliverable by email 12 Month daily charts available Intraday
charts and analysis Extensively covering over 100 markets worldwide All prices
are updated daily.
Inter Quote
http://www.interquote.com
The Internet's most popular tick-by-tick real-time market quote service,
and is the most affordable source of real-time tick-by-tick quotes and graphs
available.
Brokerage Firms: This Section Contains Some of The Most Popular Firms.
FULL-SERVICE AND DISCOUNT BROKERS TOP INDEX
Orion FuturesGroup, Inc.
http://www.orionfutures.com
Full, discount, online and managed futures & options brokerage
services. Free java charts, real time quotes, market research/reports, 24
hour online account review, daily/weekly trade recommendations, papertrading
assistance and our monthly seasonal trading newsletter. Great service, order
execution and rates!
Bright Commodity Broker http://www.brightcommoditybroker.com
A discount online
commodity broker offering several user friendly and lightning fast online
commodity trading platforms and specializing in commodity futures and all
other exchange traded futures markets that can possibly be offered by a
commodity broker.
Grants Pass Futures and Options
http://www.gpfo.com/
Full services commodity brokerage. Free interactive charts, historical
futures and options data and a daily market wrap-up.
Alaron
Trading -
www.futurestraining.com As
one of the largest Futures and Option Clearing Firms worldwide, we offer among
the latest technologies for trading, competitive rates and a full array of
brokerage services and resources. For more information, beginners and seasoned
professionals alike may call: 800.542.1022
Compass Financial
http://www.compassfinancial.com/
Full service and discount futures and options trading. 24 hour trade
desk with full support and research. Free quotes, charts and toll free
hotlines.
Fox Inc. http://www.foxfutures.com provides Full Service, Discount and On-Line trading at competitive rates. Clients receive FREE The Riordan Report (a $399 value), Daily Hotline with exact entry, exit and stop loss recommendations, real-time quotes, charts and news. We e-mail clients nightly with specific up to the minute technical analysis. We specialize in working with clients one-on-one to Teach them, not Tell them, how to trade. For your FREE Trial to our client's services and The Riordan Report, Call Danielle Bourbeau at 1-800-281-3654 or sign up for a FREE starter kit.
Man Financial - Retail Futures Division
http://www.manfutures.com
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Holds a solid position in the futures industry as one of the world's
largest discount futures brokerage firms.
Marin Financial, LLC. http://www.marinfinancial.com
Provider to Institutional, and Individual Commodity Traders who desire High
Speed Online Access to the Online Commodity Markets..
Pro E-mini http://www.proemini.com
We are a online futures broker offering 4 online trading platforms.
TradePro
http://www.thetradepros.com
TradePro LLC offers direct access trading software for equity, futures, and
option trading. We specialize in fast executions, institutional trading, and low
commission costs. Our motto is "You
focus on the markets, we'll focus on you"!
Commodity Futures Trading Advisory Services.
A Commodity Trading World
http://www.acommodity.com
A commodity trading advisory newsletter for swing traders and live
signals for day trading the SP500 E-Mini.
C&S Grain Market Consulting http://www.cs-grainmarketconsulting.com/ specializes in the current and historical analysis of December Corn and November Soybean futures prices. Specific projections and recommendations are made that enable farmers and traders to have better insights about the patterns and movement of prices.
Dailyfutures.com http://www.dailyfutures.com/- An online source of news and information for commodity futures traders. Receive our daily commodity news by email. Visit us today for a two-week trial of the Dailyfutures Report.
Futures Option Advisory Services TOP INDEX
Optionetics -
http://optionetics.com/
The Science of Low Risk Trading A resource for traders looking for
non-directional strategies for trading in any market.
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Alaron Trading Academy http://www.alarontradingacademy.com is a new site sponsored by the well respected futures and options company of Alaron Trading.
CommoditiesLinks.com http://www.commoditieslinks.com
Email: commoditieslinks@yahoo.com
Directory of Commodities, Futures and Options Websites, where you can find
Brokers, Market Commentary, Trading Articles and other useful Market
Information.
Futures Trading Directory http://www.future-trading-directory.com
Trading Directory http://www.alltradinginfo.com/ Your one-stop destination for anything you can think about trading. This Trading Directory is designed to help its users find the trading information, articles, source, companies, products and services.
Day Trading .http://www.tradejuice.com/ The largest collection of FREE day trading articles in the world.
Futurestraining.com - Go to http://www.futurestraining.com or call 800.542.1022 to receive FREE trading courses, quotes, charts, booklets, newsletters and much, much more! For the beginner and seasoned trader alike! All the tools necessary to trade the futures and options markets effectively!
CONSENSUS National Futures and Financial Weekly:
http://www.consensus-inc.com
Your research library online! CONSENSUS is one of the largest online
resources of in-depth research for trading the markets. CONSENSUS is The
Investment Newspaper used daily by stock and futures traders
Futures Magazine
http://www.futuresmag.com/index.html
News, analysis and strategies for futures, options and derivatives
traders.
FX Week
http://www.fxweek.com/
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The quick and easy way to keep track of the industry. If your schedule
doesn't allow you to attend a meeting or conference, or keep up with what's
happening on exchanges such as the Merc, Finex or Matif, you can read about
it in FX Week.
Traders World Magazine http://www.tradersworld.com - the official magazine of technical analysis.
Chat Rooms, Discussion Forums, Message Boards TOP INDEX
CommodityTraders Chat
http://www.tfc-charts.w2d.com/chat/
Commodity futures live chat room. The free and friendly meeting place
for commodity traders and brokers.
Discussion Forum Directory http://www.discussiondirectory.com/ A complete listing of all types of forums and discussion groups.
Commodity and Futures Forecasting
Agriculture Online
http://www.agriculture.com/
Seven day weather forecasts. Information, news for agricultural
commodities.
Commitment Of Traders http://www.commitmentoftraders.com The COT reports provide a breakdown of each Tuesday's open interest for the futures markets in which 20 or more traders hold positions equal to or above the reporting levels established by the CFTC.
Commodity Compass
http://www.fettnet.com/compass1.htm
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Uncannily accurate forecast of commodity futures markets' price direction.
Great by itself, or along with your other indicators and data.
Predictions for Traders
http://www.voicenet.com/~mitochon/
Stock, index, and commodity price pattern prediction using artificial
neural networks, genetic algorithms, and nearest neighbor modeling, for domestic
and foreign markets.
Grains Newsletter
http://www.grainsnewsletter.com/
Futures prices forecasting newsletter for wheat, soybeans and corn
using Wm. Grandmill's proven successful methods.
Harris-Mann Company
http://www.quiknet.com/harris/
Weather predictions for U.S. and international agriculture. Also forecasts
for agricultural commodities silver, gold, stocks, bonds.
Reuters
http://www.commods.reuters.com/
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Commodities, energy and financial futures. Weather, shipping, forums,
news.
Trendy Systems
http://www.trendysystems.com/
A neural network enhanced, short-term Position Trading and Day Trading
system for S&P 500 and NYFE futures.
University of Maryland Grain Market Forecasts
http://www.arec.umd.edu/areces/grain/grainmkt.htm
Updated analysis on fundamental and technical trends in grain futures
markets. Forecasts and educational information provided.
Online News & Business Resources TOP INDEX
Barrons
http://www.barrons.com/
Current market news and statistics.
BizFN.com -
http://www.bizfn.com/
Business Financial Network Provides daily commentary on the market
and features numerous public companies. The site offers free bulletin boards,
investor relations services, and numerous free newsletters.
Bloomberg Business News http://www.bloomberg.com/
Businesswire
http://www.businesswire.com/
The leading electronic disseminator of financial and product news
releases, photos, advisories and features from large, medium and small companies
and organizations worldwide.
Canada NewsWire
http://www.newswire.ca/
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Over 170,000 news releases in a 2 year archive.
CBS MarketWatch
http://cbs.marketwatch.com/news/newsroom.htx
CBS Marketwatch turns out so many stories in a day that we can't possibly
list them all on our home page. Major categories are: News Index, Headlines,
Market Data, Portfolios, Mutual Funds and StockChat.
C|Net's News Website http://www.news.com/
CNNfn CNN Financial News Online. http://www.cnnfn.com/
Data Broadcasting/Knight Ridder http://www.dbc.com/
Financial Times
http://www.ft.com/
News comment and analysis about global companies, markets and finance,
and what makes them move.
Fortune Business Report http://pathfinder.com/fortune/fbr/
FutureSource
http://www.futuresource.com/
Your source for free futures news, quotes, and discussion groups.
Also available, real-time news for the futures and options industry.
Kiplinger
http://www.kiplinger.com/
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Online Business news and personal financial advice.
HotStock News
http://www.hotstocknews.com/
A free financial service that provides significant news announcements
to their subscribers, and posts these announcements on their website.
InvestorNet
http://investornet.com/
The link resource for financial and investment news.
Investor's Business Daily Online edition. http://www.investors.com/
Investor's Alley
http://www.investorsalley.com/
Stop by for daily news and commentary on Wall Street and stock markets
around the world. This is a must see resource for you, whether your considering
your next trade or just looking to get started.
Market News Online http://www.vlcn.com/ TOP INDEX
Newsbrokers
http://www.newsbrokers.com/
The financial news service provided by Global Newsbrokers Ltd. consists
of 19 reports throughout the day, covering the world's major financial markets.
The reports are updated from 07:45 until 22:45 BST.
Online Commodity Trading at HS Directory
Online Trading Class http://www.onceamonthtrading.com/ Once a Month Trading provides an online trading class which focuses on teaching you important investment principles, on giving you access to market professionals, and on providing a system that will outperform the market.
http://www.easystock.com/ Home of stock technical analysis, quotes, charts, java charts and more!
CONSENSUS National Futures & Financial Weekly www.consensus-inc.com Sign up for your free trial to CONSENSUS ONLINE, one of the largest ONLINE resources of in-depth market news and analysis for trading the markets. CONSENSUS has been providing its customers for over 35 years with the latest, most up-to-date market research in the stock and futures marketplace with fundamental and technical buy/sell advice from over 100 top national and international sources.
1SourceForStocks http://www.1source4stocks.com/index.asp 1source4stocks.com provides penny stock traders with online trading and investment tips, online trading strategies and penny stock picks
Stock Trading Secret http://www.stocktradingsecret.com- Stock research, stock trading and investing at its best, using the iDayo Indicator. Six year proven track record showing annualized results of over 57%.
Stock Trading Secrets http://www.investingmaster.com learn from the biggest investing master of all time!
Independent Stock Review http://www.stockreview.netfirms.com
Stock Market Newsletter Offering Unbiased and Independent Research.
Signal Logic: http://www.signallogic.net
Institutionally tested, easy to use, profitable. Now our proprietary MaxProfit
Technology is available to you. We supply the signals, you make the trades. FREE
trial membership and newsletter.
Beating The Trend:
http://www.beatingthetrend.com
Offers powerful guide to profitable online stock trading and options
trading system using technical analysis of charts. Free trading tips
A Variety of Investments
http://www.variety-of-investments.com
85% winning picks - 100% FREE! In our newsletter featuring "Short
Term Shorts" our highly profitable trading system. In addition you get market
commentary, top stories, research, splits and earnings alerts - 100% FREE.
Subscribe for FREE today!
Betonmarkets.com. http://www.Betonmarkets.com offers fixed-odds trading - a pioneering new way of trading stock indices and foreign exchange. Speculate on the markets with limited risks and high payouts
ChartLiteracy.com http://www.chartliteracy.com/ "We make reading stock charts simple"
Expert Traders Stock Day Trading http://www.sptrading.com/html/register.html Day trading buy and sell signals for the E-mini, Futures and Cash S&P 500 stock index with a money-back guarantee. Minimal time commitment. Risk-free 1-week trial.
Hedge Fund http://www.hedgefundlounge.com Free and Open Hedge Fund forum providing hedge fund information, hedge fund news and articles on hedge funds, offshore hedge funds and alternative investment.
Online Trading Academy
http://www.tradingacademy.com/
Online Trading Academy is a cutting-edge training firm focusing on
day trading training products and services. Our professional trainers will
teach you to trade in any market condition!
Peter Leeds Penny Stocks http://www.peterleeds.com Penny stocks selected by the expert! Daily updates, 2 new selections per week, and special penny stock reports.
The Ultimate Stock Pick http://www.ultimatestockpick.com The Ultimate Stock Pick is a ground-breaking investment strategy that will change the way you think about investing!
Currency Rates http://www.discount-currency-exchange.com Sign up today with us and we will find you the best currency exchange rates for your business or personal needs.
Lending,
Real Estate Loans and Mortgage Loans http://www.lendinguniverse.com
Lending Universe is the marketplace
for Real Estate Loans and Mortgage Loans. Fill one easy application, and get
great rates and offers from multiple lenders, banks and hard-money private
investors.
Mr. Swing http://www.mrswing.com Want to learn how to trade? Looking for a website that will give you powerful day and swing trading education for absolutely no charge? www.mrswing.com is a place where you can get powerful stock and options picks, proven education, daily market commentary, excess to a trading forum, charts with multiple settings and a portfolio tracker...all for absolutely no charge. Come check us out...
MySecurityAnalyst.com
http://www.mysecurityanalyst.com
Mysecurityanalyst.com provides tools for investing in the stock market
and analyze securities for their portfolios. The site also reviews other
web sites, books and software that will help in the analysis of equities,
portfolio construction and on going management of their investments. The
site also looks at many different areas in the investment arena in order
to provide an in-depth view of markets and its many different facets.
What are mutual funds http://www.fundsavvy.com fundsavvy.com is a information portal where you can find out best mutual fund information to invest along with the classification based on its functioning and type which they offer to investors.
"SNIPER" - Market Timing. http://www.sniper.at Easy to understand market timing signals for stocks, bonds and mutual funds.
Stock Trading http://www.stocktrading.nu- Short term swing trading using our simple software can yield monthly returns of $2600+. See every past pick posted on our website.
SpeedResearch Market Browser
http://www.speedresearch.com/stockwatch
The SpeedResearch Browser is a web browser with a powerhouse collection of
active stock data links and research browsing wizards that will save you
hours researching your stocks online. It's customizable for any market and
easy to learn. Build multiple portfolios linked to hundreds of web sites
or directly to charts, after-hours data, real-time quotes, msg boards,news,
financials and more.
StockService http://www.ssnews.net - Best of Wall Street on the web!
STOCKSRALLY.COM http://www.stocksrally.com
Invest in the stock market with 80% accuracy with our investing and day trading
online newsletter . Free weekly trial!
Stocks Signal Pro http://www.stockssignalpro.com/ The Inexpensive Alternative to Overpriced Stock Trading Systems
The Trader's Depot http://www.tradersdepot.com
- Ranked among the internet's top performing investment web sites. Astounding stock selections and account management advice. Free trial subscription... Free software and data... Free reports about EXACTLY how we track down our Winning Stocks.
Research & Reference Internet Search Engines
Anzwers
http://www.anzwers.com.au/cgi-bin/print_search.pl
Search Engine 4.5 million Australian & New Zealand documents,
110 million wordwide.
The Argus Clearinghouse
http://www.clearinghouse.net/
A research library of internet topical guides.
Infoseek
http://guide.infoseek.com/
Guide Possibly the fastest search engine.
MetaCrawler
http://www.metacrawler.com/
Scans nine other search services in one click.
Alta Vista Web Search http://www.altavista.digital.com/
Yahoo
http://www.yahoo.com/
Most comprehensive. All links are listed within subject.
Excite Net Search http://www.excite.com/
WebCrawler http://www.webcrawler.com/
Contacts http://www.justlenses.com Just Lenses specializes in providing convenient and affordable branded contact lenses, you can also check the selection online.
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