CME Group Education Days

Join CME Group education partners as they provide you with an in-depth exploration of the futures and options markets led by professionals who trade them every day. Learn techniques from more than 15 industry leaders at 22 educational sessions, including:

Saturday, February 21, 2009
Julliard Complex, 5th Floor

9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Spread Trading
David Lerman, Director, Broker Services, CME Group
Joe “JJ” Kinahan, Chief Derivatives Strategist, thinkorswim

9:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
Trading CME Group’s Stock Index Futures
Tom Sosnoff, Founder, thinkorswim

11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Experience the Latest in TOS Advanced Order Technology
Don Kaufman, Chief Derivatives Instructor, thinkorswim

12:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.               
CME Group Futures: Entry and Exit Criteria
Tom Sosnoff, Founder, thinkorswim

2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.                 
Futures Options: Greeks, Volatility, Skew and You!  Position Management Techniques for CME Group Products 
Joe "JJ" Kinahan, Chief Derivatives Strategist, thinkorswim

3:15 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.                 
Meet the Market Makers: Tom Sosnoff and Joe Kinahan
Hosted by Don Kaufman

Sunday, February 22, 2009
Julliard Complex, 5th Floor

8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.                
Commodities Trading in a Recessionary Environment
John Person, President, John Person Inc.

10:30 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.             
How to Day Trade CME Group E-mini Futures
Linda Bradford Raschke, President, LBR Group

11:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.             
Why Smart Money Trades Futures
David Lerman, Director, Broker Services, CME Group

1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.                 
Meet the Forex Pros: Dan Gramza, Markus Heitkoetter, Tim Morge and John Netto
Hosted by Mike Hohman, Associate Director, FX Products, CME Group

2:45 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.     
Identifying Trading Opportunities in Today’s Futures Markets
Dan Gramza, President, Gramza Capital Management

3:45 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.                 
Momentum Trading Patterns for CME Group FX Markets
John Person, President, John Person Inc.

Monday, February 23, 2009
Julliard Complex, 5th Floor

7:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.                 
Live Trading Using Volume Spread Analysis Techniques in CME Group's FX and E-mini S&P 500 Futures
Gavin Holmes, President, TradeGuider, LLC

10:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.              
Live Trading Techniques in CME Group’s E-mini S&P 500 Futures
Mike Coval, Editor, IncomeTrader.com
Stacy Acevedo, Contributing Editor, IncomeTrader.com

1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.                 
High Probability Set-ups for CME Group Stock Index and Commodity Futures
Robert Hoffman, Founder and President, PowerCharting.com

3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.                 
Carter’s Better, No Hubert’s Better, No Wait…
John Carter, President, Trade The Markets, Inc.
Hubert Senters, Co-Founder, Trade The Markets, Inc.

6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.                 
Conquering Greed and Fear
Markus Heitkoetter, CEO, Rockwell Trading

Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Empire Complex, 7th Floor

Futures: Markets, Analysis and Live Trading


7:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
Futures 101: An Introduction to the Markets
Stanley Dash, Director of Technical Analysis, TradeStation Securities, Inc.
Mark Omens, Associate Director, Broker Services, CME Group


9:15 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
On the Open: Live Trading of CME Group Futures
John Carter, President, Trade The Markets, Inc.
Hubert Senters, Co-Founder, Trade The Markets, Inc.


11:30 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.
Trading Futures with Automated Strategies
Michael Burke, Director of Institutional Training, TradeStation Securities, Inc.


2:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
A Technician’s View of Futures Trading
Stanley Dash, Director of Technical Analysis, TradeStation Securities, Inc.