Futures Trading Courses and Certifications

Futures Pricing and Commodity Futures

20 ratings at Corporate Finance Institute

Get an overview of different futures and forward contracts, how they are priced, and various trading strategies in CFI’s Futures Pricing course.

• Corporate Finance Institute
• 1 hour 46 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Advanced Futures & Forwards

4 ratings at Corporate Finance Institute

Learn about basis, hedging, and trading with futures and forwards

• Corporate Finance Institute
• 1 hour 49 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Futures/Commodity Training (Basics)

1612 ratings at Udemy

An introductory course for those wishing to know more about the commodities futures trading business.

• Udemy
• 1 hour 15 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

EDUCBA

Futures & Options Trading for Beginners

11 ratings at Coursera

Learn how futures and options work: contract mechanics, expiration, pricing and volatility, plus spread, straddle and butterfly strategies analyzed through payoff diagrams.

• Coursera
• 3 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

New York Institute of Finance

Forwards and Futures

Develop a comprehensive, practical understanding of forwards and futures including market conventions, contract specifications, valuation, and trading strategies

• edX
• 3 weeks, 1-2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Stock Index, Oil and Other Futures Markets - Lecture 22

Explore how futures markets price financial securities, oil, and home prices through fair value, contango, backwardation, and the S&P/Case-Shiller index.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 11 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

AnalystPrep

Futures Markets - FRM Part 1 2025 Book 3 Chapter 7

Explains how futures contracts work, from margining and clearing to price convergence, settlement, and comparison with forwards.

• YouTube
• 10 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

AnalystPrep

Pricing Financial Forwards and Futures - FRM Part 1 2026 Book 3 Chapter 10

Master forward and futures pricing fundamentals including arbitrage strategies, cost of carry models, and valuation techniques for FRM Part 1 exam success.

• YouTube
• 47 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

AnalystPrep

Futures Markets - FRM Part 1 2025 Book 3 Chapter 7

Learn how futures contracts are structured, margined, cleared, quoted, settled, and compared with forwards for FRM exam preparation.

• YouTube
• 51 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Coberturas de riesgo con futuros y opciones para agrobusiness

124 ratings at Coursera

Coberturas del riesgo precio de granos mediante futuros y opciones, con simulaciones de mercado para productores y consumidores.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 5 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Commodities Fundamentals

57 ratings at Corporate Finance Institute

Commodities categories, drivers, derivatives, and trading strategies

• Corporate Finance Institute
• 1 hour 24 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Equity, FX, and Rate Futures

14 ratings at Corporate Finance Institute

This course teaches an overview of currency futures, equity index futures, and interest rate futures and forwards

• Corporate Finance Institute
• 1 hour 8 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Advanced Fixed Income

13 ratings at Corporate Finance Institute

Part of CFI's CMSA® program, this Advanced Fixed Income course explores advanced topics within fixed income capital markets

• Corporate Finance Institute
• 1 hour 19 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Interactive Brokers

Derivatives - Options & Futures

278 ratings at Coursera

Trade options and futures: distinguish calls and puts, apply put-call parity and the Greeks, and set up bull, bear, and neutral strategies in Trader Workstation.

• Coursera
• 5 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Professional Futures & Options Guide for Investors 2026

1942 ratings at Udemy

Understand how derivatives, hedging, speculation, and risk management shape modern portfolios.

• Udemy
• 4 hours 45 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course