One of the best futures trading courses available
Welcome to RJO Futures University. We host a wide variety of online futures trading courses for everyone, from beginners to experts. This includes comprehensive futures market trading programs. For more than 100 years, RJO Futures has been teaching aspiring futures traders how to successfully learn and navigate the futures market, whether the conditions are fair or volatile. We help you manage both risk and reward. Our mission is to help traders who wish to learn how to successfully apply the same tools and techniques used by professional futures traders.
Introduction to Futures
Dive into the basics of futures contracts, how contracts trade on a futures exchange, the different ways customers use these instruments and the benefits that futures provide.
Start Introduction to FuturesIntroduction to Options
Discover how options on futures from CME Group can help you mitigate downside risk and diversify your portfolio across major asset classes such as interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, energy, agriculture and metals.
Start Introduction to OptionsIntroduction to Crude Oil
From West Texas Intermediate (WTI) to Brent and DME Oman, the crude oil market fuels many of the world’s leading economies and impact nearly every nation.
Start Introduction to Crude OilWhat are Bitcoin Futures
Bitcoin is a large portion of the growing digital asset market. Learn how BTC futures provide investors with transparency, price discovery and risk management capabilities.
Start What are Bitcoin FuturesUnderstanding the role of Speculators
All types of speculators bring liquidity to the market place. Discover how providing liquidity is a crucial market function that enables individuals to easily enter or exit the market.
Start Understanding the role of SpeculatorsWhat is an exercise price (strike)?
When an option is exercised, learn how this predetermined price is used to buy (in the case of a call) or sell (in the case of a put) an underlying futures contract.
Start What is an exercise price (strike)?Options on Futures vs. ETF’s
Purchasing ETF options is one way to gain leveraged exposure to the broad equity market, but savvy traders also understand that options on futures are another way to gain similar exposure to the same market.
Start Options on Futures vs. ETF’sUnderstanding option contract details
How an option contract gains or loses value, and therefore creates a benefit to you as the holder of the option, is dependent on key option contract details. Understanding the key contract details is essential to determining how and when an option will meet your financial objectives.
Start Understanding option contract detailsThe benefits of Day Trading Futures
Missed opportunities can be costly, so we will look at some of the restrictions in the United States for day trading cash equity products and compare that to day trading with futures.
Start The benefits of Day Trading FuturesTechnical Patterns Reversal
Learn how technical analysts look at patterns in price to determine whether a trend will continue or if a reversal in trend is possible.
Start Technical Patterns ReversalFutures Spread Overview
In this lesson, we will look at the various types of spread trades, including the features that make them valuable strategies for both hedgers and speculators alike.
Start Futures Spread OverviewOption strategies
Learn about common option strategies utilized by traders that express their view of market direction and expected volatility. Some option strategies are designed to mitigate risk while others are designed to profit by accepting risk. Whether you are hedging a position or speculating on market outcomes, these common option strategies should be understood.
Start Option strategiesComparing CTA Strategies
There are several ways for Commodity Trading Advisors to make money in the markets, but the two most common strategies fall under the categories of systematic and discretionary. While the purpose of this lesson is not to discuss which strategy is superior, investors in managed futures should have a good understanding of these two leading strategies employed by CTAs. Those new to managed futures should certainly comprehend the advantages and pit falls of each.
Start Comparing CTA StrategiesQualities of Successful Traders
Everyone is different, but certain qualities are common among all successful traders. Learn what those qualities are.
Start Qualities of Successful TradersIntroduction to Equity Index Products
With a single transaction, investors can use index-based contracts to manage risk or seek profits based on whether they think the stock market will rise or fall. Learn the basics of these contracts, including what they are, how they’re built and how many ways you can use them.
Start Introduction to Equity Index ProductsIntroduction to Treasuries
Learn the basics behind trading Treasury futures, from the delivery process, contract specifications, key concepts like basis and Cheapest to Deliver (CTD) and more. Discover the different ways these contracts are used, from price discovery to risk management to profit speculation, and how they are intertwined with other financial markets like stocks and currencies.
Start Introduction to Treasuries