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MGEX Resources

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MGEX Wheat Wire - May 11, 2012

MGEX Wheat Wire - April 18, 2012

MGEX Schedule of Events

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Date
Where
Event

June 12

8:15 a.m.

Conference Call Commentary will be provided following the USDA release of the WASDE report. Email us.

MGEX Webinars

Spring Wheat Weather and Market Outlook, April 4, 2012

With planting season upon us, eyes are turned to the long term weather forecast and spring wheat market outlook. Joe Victor, Business Development Specialist at MGEX, and Bryce Anderson, Telvent DTN Cheif Agriculture Meteorologist, team up to discuss these topics, offering valuable information for producers, merchandisers, end usuers and investors.

Spring and Wheat Market Outlook, Tools and Strategies, March 29, 2012

MGEX Business Development Specialist Joe Victor and DTN's Darin Newsom discuss the spring and durum wheat markets. In addition to strategies, you will see the similaries between the two wheat classes as well as protein basis spreads and the correlations between spring and durum wheat respective cash market and the MGEX North American Hard Red Spring Wheat contract.

Trading on MGEX using OptionsCity Metro with Joe Victor from MGEX and Matt Licata from OptionsCity in mp4 format.  This webinar shows you how you can trade three different types of wheat, with a focus on high protein Hard Red Spring Wheat on MGEX using Metro, OptionsCity’s electronic trading platform.

Server Side Spreading Success with MGEX and CQG   

Joe Albrecht, Vice President, Business Development, MGEX and Jim Stavros, Product Specialist, CQG explore applications of CQG front end software with MGEX contracts. 

MGEX Agricultural Index Trading Strategies Webinar with Jim McCormick

To learn more about trading strategies with the five MGEX financially settled agricultural index products, simply click the link above and view the 29-minute DTN-MGEX sponsored webinar with Jim McCormick, commodity broker at Allendale Inc.

MGEX Educational Materials

MGEX offers several educational materials including brochures, workbooks, webinars and videos. 

Hard Red Spring Wheat White Paper

Learn the basics of Hard Red Spring Wheat updated for the 2011 crop year. 

This white paper outlines the prominence of our wheat class by production and export values.  Further, it documents what makes our wheat different from other active wheat futures traded in the U.S.  Whether you are a hedger or speculator, this paper provides the principles which make our contract unique

MGEX Corporate Brochure - provides an overview of MGEX.

Spring Wheat Futures & Options Brochure - provides an overview of the hard red spring wheat futures and options contract.

MGEX Financially Settled Agricultural Index Contracts Brochure - provides an overview of the five financially settled agricultural index contracts.

Futures and Options Workbook (32 pages) - provides an overview of MGEX and gives trading scenarios designed to introduce the beginning trader or interested observer to futures and options trading.


To order copies of these materials, contact MGEX at (612) 321-7101 or submit a request to mgex@mgex.com. Some materials are available on this website--simply follow the link.  MGEX reserves the right to charge a nominal fee for orders.

 

Additional Resources

The National Futures Association (NFA) provides many resources and services to the futures industry. One resource is a great booklet on trading futures and options called Opportunity and Risk: An Educational Guide to Trading Futures and Options on Futures. You may download the publication here or call NFA at 1-800-621-3570 and request a complimentary copy.






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