StoneX to Roll Out Educational Course, StoneX School of Futures

StoneX Group Inc. (NASDAQ: SNEX), announced on Wednesday that StoneX Financial Europe S.A. and StoneX Financial Inc. – FCM Division, will join forces to host the StoneX School of Futures, a purely educational course to give a comprehensive introduction to futures and options trading.

According to the official press release, the School of Futures aims at retail traders, speculators, investors, proprietary traders and university students who are looking for new and unique trading or career opportunities. 

The comprehensive, 40-hour course will span 10 half-day sessions occurring every Tuesday and Thursday from June 1 through July 1, 2021. Each session will be conducted in an exciting, interactive and fun way, including a hands-on, practical Futures Trading Simulation.

More than 30 skilled international educators and savvy practitioners will present fundamental, technical and practical information on virtually every Futures industry concept, including trading applications. The School of Futures will delve deep into the world of commodities, so that participants can learn how to trade the products available in each of the major Futures industry complexes, including Currencies, Stock Indexes, Precious & Industrial Metals, Agricultural, Interest Rates, Softs, and Energy.

Some of the topics to be covered include Development of the Futures Industry, Unique Market Terminology, Types of Market Participants, Speculating & Risk Management Concepts, Futures & Option Contracts, Technical & Fundamental Analysis, Spreads, Volatility, Pricing, and Speculative Applications, among others.

The course will cost $500 per attendee, with discounted rates available to university students.

As Fazzaco previously reported, StoneX's London-based subsidiary has become a member of London Stock Exchange and Turquoise​, the pan-European MTF. This membership improves the company’s cross-border equities trading and cross-asset capabilities.