Options, Futures & Derivatives
Lots of info on options, futures and derivative investments.

Bedford & Associates
Bedford is a paid subscription emailed service that ofers information with specific buy and sell recommendations for day traders and options players. Free trials available.

Bourse de Montreal - Canadian Derivatives Exchange
With the reorganization of Canada's stock markets, the focus of the Montreal Exchange is now on derivatives, futures and options.

Canadian Derivatives Clearing Corporation
The CDCC handles derivatives for both the TSE and MSE and the Toronto Futures Exchange. Site contains annual and quarterly reports and a listing of stocks eligible for optioning. Français

Canadian Dollar Futures Prices
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange updates Canadian dollar futures prices daily.

Canadian Option Quotes
Detailed options and futures quotes from the Montreal Exchange.

Cattle Industry Links to Options & Futures
This site has extensive links to cattle futures and options.

CBOE Options Calculator
If you know the right information about a stock you can calculate what the option price should be using this handy tool from the Chicago Board Options Exchange.

Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Lots of useful information at the site of North America's largest futures market including a corrspondence course on futures trading.

Commodity Futures & Financial Market Charts
This excellent new site is devoted to futures markets and includes listings of commodity brokers, online forums, chats, and of course, daily futures charts.

Daily Market Commentary
Daily commentary on the futures markets for commodities traded on the Winnipeg Commodities Exchange.

Getting Started With Stock Options
A superb introduction to options trading from OptionSource.com.

In the Money Newsletter
This quarterly newsletter from the TSE aims to educate investors on option trading strategies. Back issues available online.

Introduction to Exchange Traded Options & Futures
A handy online booklet from the TSE that explains everything you need to know about options and derivatives.

Motley Fool Options Page
The folks at Motley Fool explain options and then proceed to dump on them. They don't even like them as hedges or selling call options to increase returns. They explain why.

Numa Web
An excellent British website devoted to options and derivatives. Includes reference pages, bookstore, calculators and more.

Options Glossary
There's a huge specialized vocabulary attached to options trading. And it's all defined in this glossary from OptionSource.com.

Options Academy
The Options Academy offers courses in options trading at a fairly stiff price, but their website includes free tutorials as well as a lot of useful links to online resources.

Option Strategies
This excerpt from the TSE's introductory booklet explains various option trading strategies.

Options Strategy Guide
Seventeen options strategies are explained at the Numa Financial Systems website.

Schaeffers Research.com
An excellent American website devoted to options. Includes an introduction to options trading as well as a glossary of terms and American traded options quotes.

Speculating With Spreads
An article from the TSE's In the Money Newsletter explains how to speculate with options.

The Technical Trader
This New Zealand based site offers an e-mailed newsletter to help people trade futures and options. Free sample available from the site.

TSE List of Options
A list of the options traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange.

What Are My Options?
This article from the Investment .com website explains the tax consequences for Canadians of exercising their employee stock options.

Winnipeg Commodity Exchange
The Winnipeg Commodity Exchange trades futures contracts in agricultural products - wheat, oats, barley, canola, flax and peas.