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Margin Requirements

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Contract Specifications

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Futures 101

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Educational & Reference Information

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About Online Trading    www.about-online-trading.com
Investor Map    www.InvestorMap.com
Quote Links     www.QuoteLinks.com

Domestic Exchanges

Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT)    www.cbot.com
Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME)    www.cme.com
Kansas City Board of Trade (KCBT)    www.kcbt.com
Minneapolis Grain Exchange (MGE)    www.mgex.com
New York Board of Trade (NYBOT)    www.nybot.com
New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX)    www.nymex.com

International Exchanges

Bolsa de Mercadorias & Futuros (BM & F), San Paulo    www.bmf.com.br
Bourse de Montreal, Montreal    www.boursedemontreal.com
Budapest Commodity Exchange (BCE), Budapest    www.bce-bat.com
Eurex, European Derivatives Mkt. (EUREX), Frankfurt    www.eurexchange.com
Euronext Amsterdam, Amsterdam    www.euronext.com
Helsinki Exchange Group (HEX), Helsinki    www.hexgroup.com
Hong Kong Exchange (HKFE), Hong Kong    www.hkex.com
International Petroleum Exchange (IPE), London    www.ipe.uk.com
Korea Stock Exchange (KSE) Seoul    www.kse.or.kr
London Int'l Financial Futures Exchg. (LIFFE), London    www.life.com
London Metal Exchange (LME), London    www.lme.co.uk
Malaysia Derivatives Exchange (MDEX), Kuala Lumpur    www.mdex.com.my
MATIF, Paris    www.matif.fr
MEFF Renta Fiji, Madrid    www.meff.es
Mercado a Termino de Buenos Aries (MAT), Buenos Aries    www.matba.com.ar
OM Stockholm Exchange (OME), Stockholm    www.omgroup.com
Osaka Mercantle Exchange (OME), Osaka    www.osamex.com
Singapore Exchange (SGX), Singapore    www.sgx.com
South African Futures Exchange (SAFEX), Johannesburg    www.safex.co.za
Sydney Futures Exchange (SFE), Sydney    www.sfe.com
Tokyo Commodity Exchange (TOCOM), Tokyo    www.tocom.or.jp
Tokyo Grain Exchange (TGE), Tokyo    www.tge.or.jp
Tokyo Int'l Financial Futures Exchange (TIFFE), Tokyo    www.tiffe.or.jp
Tokyo Stock Exchange (TOSE), Tokyo    www.tse.or.jp
Winnipeg Commodity Exchange (WCE), Winnipeg    www.wce.ca

Associations

National Futures Association (NFA)    www.nfa.futures.org
National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD)    www.nasd.org
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)    www.cftc.gov

C&S Grain Market Consulting     www.cs-grainmarketconsulting.com
CTCR Commodity Futures Trading    www.ctcr.investors.net
Direct-Equity.Net     www.direct-equity.net
Fierce Finance    www.fiercefinance.com
Forex.Com    www.forex.com
FuturesInvestors.co.uk     www.futures-investor.co.uk
Futures Magazine    www.futuresmag.com
Smotass     www.smotass.net
TradingEquity.Com     www.tradingequity.com