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Key takeaways:

- The US remains by far the world's largest stock market, covering over 60% of global float-adjusted equity market value.

- US stocks are well-tracked by many of the world's best known and most liquid indexes: the S&P 500, Nasdaq 100, Russell 2000, and Dow Jones Industrial Average.

- In this webinar, we cover the essentials of what these indexes are and how they differ, and how to use liquid futures on these indexes as part of your global stock strategy.

Key takeaways:

- Bitcoin remains by far the world's largest crytpocurrency, with its $1.2 trillion market cap dwarfing #2 Ether's $300 billion.

- One big story this year has been the launch of physical Bitcoin ETFs in the US, with advantages over earlier futures-based ETFs.

- On September 30th, CME is launching new "Bitcoin Friday" futures, providing better capital efficiency than the ETF, and tighter tracking than monthly futures.

- In this webinar, we review the basics of Bitcoin and Bitcoin futures, and explore strategies using the new Bitcoin Friday futures.

Key takeaways:

- The "energy transition" has been slower than anticipated because liquid fuels, and the infrastructure supporting them, still offer significant advantages over batteries and fully electric engines.

- Biofuels, such as biodiesel, provide an economical and environmentally friendly solution to maintain existing liquid fuel infrastructure.

- Recent estimates show that over 40% of soybean oil, and nearly 100% of its demand growth, is driven by biofuel production.

- This webinar explored the relationship between crude oil and soybean oil, highlighting strategies futures traders can use to profit from the price spread between these two commodities.

Agenda Highlights:

Panel 1: Pathways and Challenges for Financial Independence

• Enhance your financial literacy.
• Overcome barriers to financial independence.
• Discover the power of small business initiatives for women.

Panel 2: ESG Investing Opportunities

• Dive into the rise of ESG investments.
• Learn from women-led ESG funds.
• Boost female participation in ESG-focused roles.

Key takeaways:

·        Thinking about the Markets

·        Rational vs Behavioral Models

·        Cognitive biases, how do weprocess them?

·        Trends and the power of price

·        Risk and money management

·        Journey from the trading floorsto the screen—lessons on trading edges

·        Current state of the goldmarket—the recent shift in price drivers

·        Using COMEX futures andoptions—concepts and tools

Key takeaways:

• Current Market Themes (macro fundamentals)

• Key Correlations driving markets

• Market Consensus Positioning

• Key tradeable opportunities

• Upcoming Risks

Key takeaways:

• Current Market Themes (macro fundamentals)

• Key Correlations driving markets

• Market Consensus Positioning

• Key tradeable opportunities

• Upcoming Risks

Key takeaways:

Current Market Themes (macro fundamentals)

Key Correlations driving markets

Market Consensus Positioning

Key tradeable opportunities

Upcoming Risks

Key takeaways:

- LME introduction;

- Understanding LMEs market structure;

- Navigating liquidity points;

- Growth in ferrous;

- What's next for the LME.

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This event is intended only for Professional Clients and no other Person should act upon it.

Webinar's agenda:

• Basic of options related to short-dated options.
• Options on Futures at CME Group.
• American vs European Options.
• Short vs long dated options.
• Examples: precious metals, energy, equity indices.

Agenda:

• Economic release calendar
• CFTC Commitment of Traders Report
• Price charting function
• QuikStrike tools
• CVOL tool

Key takeaways:

1. Contract specifications: E-Minis

2. Spread Trading: Futures vs Options:

a) Energy

b) Metals

c) Equities

Key takeaways:

• Participants: the role of hedgers and speculators.
• Technology: An electronic marketplace.
• Risk: The function of the clearing house.
• Liquidity: What makes a market.
• The journey of a trade: From execution to settlement and a lot more.

Key takeaways:

1. An overview of macroeconomic factors driving the market

2. Understanding how macroeconomics affects the correlation between asset classes.

Key takeaways:

• Directional trades
• Volatility trades
• Hedging Adverse Price Risk
• CMED Demo
• CMEGroup.com Tools and Resources

Key takeaways:

• The “greeks”: delta, gamma, vega, theta

• Put/call parity

• Volatility skew

Key takeaways:

• Options versus futures

• Definitions of options terms

• Moneyness of an option position

• Exercise and assignment, margining

• Volatilities, defined

• Risk/reward structure

Key takeaways: 

• Will the Fed’s tightening cycle create an explosion of volatility in 2023?
• Could the Fed slash rates in 2023 and send gold & silver soaring?
• How China’s crosscurrents (slowing property sector versus easing COVID restrictions) could impact commodities? 
• Are vegetable oils leading indicators of crude oil prices?
• How concerned should we be about the inventories of crude oil and crude oil products?

Ket takeaways:

• Are U.S. equity markets overvalued? If so, by how much?

• What is the relationship between equity and bond markets?  How do they influence one another?

• Is the traditional 60/40 equity/bond portfolio dead?

• How could U.S. mid-term elections impact the U.S. equity markets?

• How could small caps (Russell 2000) and tech stocks (NASDAQ 100) perform relative to the S&P 500?

Key takeaways: 

• The evolution of production and inventories in the crude oil market including the U.S. Petroleum reserve.
• The relationship between crude oil and agricultural goods prices.
• The impact of highly varied natural gas prices - Lithium, cobalt, and storing energy from solar and wind. 
• China’s influence on the price of oil and other commodities.
• The relationship between oil and metals prices.