This class covers the use of Stock-Trak website.  Describes the origins of futures 
and how the development of futures options reduced the seasonal price 
swings of agricultural commodities and encouraged the storage of grain. 
 Answers how to read futures contract price quote tables, what is the 
opening price, settlement price, lifetime high and low prices?
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ARE139: Lecture 5, Fall 2015

This course focuses on the institutional structure and economic functions of futures and options markets. Price formation in both commodity (e.g., corn, crude oil, cotton, and cattle) and financial (e.g., Eurodollar, Treasury Bonds, and stock indexes) futures and options markets will be examined in detail. The theory and practice of hedging will be explored in depth. Additional topics include: the theory of inter-temporal price formation for commodities and financials, common approaches used to forecast prices, statistical analysis of historical price behavior, and futures and options market regulation.