Links from The Investment FAQ: Information about Derivatives

• Information, guides, analysis, quotes, etc.
• Brokerage houses for various derivatives.

Information Sources

• Big Horn Financial Services helps investors build, manage and preserve their investment goals in the commodities industry.
  http://www.bighornfinancial.com/

• Derivatives One offers a comprehensive derivatives valuation service aimed at the non-professional user. It has over 50 derivatives models and provides help on every input to every model. Free trials available.
  http://www.derivativesone.com

• The Futures & Options Trading Group offers information about futures.
  http://www.teleport.com/~futures/

• Futures Guide offers a futures and options Digest, free commodity charts, settlement prices, and market updates.
  http://futuresguide.com/

• Futures.Net offers an electronic community for the futures industry.
  http://futures.net

• FuturesWeb is an information portal for futures, options, and stock traders.
  http://www.futuresweb.com

• INO Global Markets is an umbrella site for futures and options information. Houses more than 50 organizations.
  http://www.ino.com

• Jake Bernstein offers information about futures and the futures markets.
  http://www.trade-futures.com/

• Lind Waldock offers information about futures trading.
  http://www.lind-waldock.com/

• Numa Financial Systems Ltd. offers information on derivatives, archives of Finance NetWatch newsletter covering Internet financial developments, directory of investment software companies, etc.
  http://www.numa.com

• The Option Fool, Hubert Lee, offers a collection of wisdom about options trading on his web site. Optimal use of his site requires the Shockwave Director plugin for your browser.
  http://optionfool.com

• Option Trading Pedia promises to provide the most authoritative option trading information and education for free and to unite option traders globally. Optiontradingpedia.com is MastersoEquity.com's free option trading education initiative.
  http://www.optiontradingpedia.com/

  Peter McPhee offers a free option pricing spreadsheet, real-time trading tutorials, and other free information for the savvy investor.
  http://www.optiontradingtips.com

• R. F. Potts maintains a page with historical futures price data, including tables of futures symbols
  http://www.teleport.com/~rpotts/prices/prices.html

• Rand Financial Services serves the global futures markets.
  http://www.rand-usa.com/

• TransWorld Futures offers detailed discussions of futures and options. Look for the links to Futures 101 and Options 101.
  http://www.transworldfutures.com

Brokerage Houses

Bright Commodity Futures Broker

Service name: Vision Express, Jtrader, Vision Pro, Talon Web
Commission: $3-$9 for active traders, $10.00 for others
Service fees: 0 fees on most trading platforms
http://www.brightcommoditybroker.com

Cannon offers assistance in your futures trading, whether you are a newcomer to the market, an experienced trader, a hedger, or an institution in the USA or overseas.
http://www.cannontrading.com/

Expo Futures and Options

features: 24 hr order and support desk, streaming quotes, daily research, two free proprietary trading platforms, real time charts, up to the minute news.
http://www.expofutures.com/

Futuresweb Trading

Service name: FuturesInvesting.Com
Features: Commodity brokerage firm offers online trading, real time paper trading, and educational resources.
http://www.futuresweb.com

Heritage West Futures Brokers

Offers full-service online and managed commodity brokerage services, as well as single stock futures and Forex.
http://www.heritagewestfutures.com/

Klute Investment Services Inc.

Features: Services for the agriculture industry and investors
http://www.aginvestor.com/

Linn Group IB Services

Full service, family run, FCM located in the CBOT. Introducing Broker services include high end technology, quality research and time-tested knowledge of trading futures and options markets.
http://www.linngroupibservices.com/

MyFuturesOnline

MyFuturesOnline is a commodity broker with services tailored to the individual's future trading needs, regardless of experience level.
http://www.myfuturesonline.com/

Orion Futures Group

http://www.orionfutures.com

RB&H Financial Services, L.P.

Features: A full clearing member of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange offering full and discount commodity brokerage.
http://www.rbhlp.com/

Sonic Futures & Options

A discount futures and options brokerage.
http://www.sonicfutures.com/

United Futures Trading

A futures broker offering 4 online futures trading platforms. Free quotes, charts, market reports. Discount online trading.
http://www.unitedfutures.com/

U.S. Securities and Futures

http://www.futuresweb.com/