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| Table of Contents | Corporate Finance Course |

 
• The Basics of Futures 
• What is a Futures Contract? 
• What are the Mechanics of a Futures Trade? 
• Futures as an Investment 
• Understanding a Futures Price 
• How Futures and Options Markets Work 
• Margin: The Power of Leverage  
• Why Trade Futures and Options?
• Offsetting Contracts
• Common Types of Orders 
• Volume and Open Interest 
• Who Uses Future Contracts?