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 To purchase a video copy of OPEN OUTCRY, contact Direct Cinema, phone: 800-231-0003; fax: 310-636-8228; email: dclvideo@aol.com Web Sites and Organizations: Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. The Merc's newly designed site boasts lots of bells and whistles, from currency aptitude tests to step-by-step instructions through the trading process. It also provides a glimpse into the manic world of CME's two trading floors. The Options Industry Council A nonprofit formed to educate the public about exchange-traded options, the OIC's Web site provides valuable information for both novices and advanced options traders, including a guide to understanding quotes, an online options calculator, trading tips and interactive classes. American Stock Exchange: Understanding Options An overview of options types and how these investments work from the American Stock Exchange. This site includes an analysis of the benefits and risks of options investing, a comparison between stocks and options and ways to buy and sell. Pacific Exchange The Web site for the third largest exchange in the country and one of the few other open outcry trading floors around, the Pacific Exchange trades options on more than 800 stocks. Office for Futures and Options Research, University of Illinois OFOR aims to enhance scholarly research and learning of futures, options and derivative markets. To this end, their Web site features working papers and hundreds of web resources, including links to world commodity futures exchanges, research, government sites and bibliographies. "The Trillion Dollar Bet," NOVA Online A companion piece to NOVA's show on the stock market, this site examines the impact of online trading and allows users to experience "playing a virtual market" with stocks and options. Books: Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives by John Hull (New York: Prentice Hall, 2000). The History of Money: From Sandstone to Cyberspace by Jack Weatherford (New York: Three Rivers Press, 1998). Escape to the Futures by Leo Melamed (New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1996). Devil Take The Hindmost: A History Of Financial Speculation by Edward Chancellor (New York: Plume, 2000). Economics Explained: Everything You Need to Know About How the Economy Works and Where It's Going by Lester Thurow and Robert Heilbroner (New York: Touchstone Books, 1998). |
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