Welcome to our CME E-mini™ Education Center. Learn valuable information pertaining to what E-mini futures are, and why you should consider trading these products.

CME Online Seminars

Building Your CME E-mini™ Futures Trading Strategy

In conjunction with Lind-Waldock and CME, Dan Gramza, President of Gramza Capital Management, leads you through an enlightening discussion of CME E-mini futures. Dan shows you how to trade stock index futures, and why he feels the dynamic CME E-mini markets are such compelling vehicles for traders large and small. This presentation is free to view but you must register through our Events area first.

A Beginners Guide to Trading E-mini S&P 500 and mini-Dow Futures

Substantial liquidity, Virtually 24-hour trading, Low trading cost. Learn more about trading E-mini futures in this online presentation.

Spreading and Hedging Strategies

Explains how the versatility of E-mini futures goes far beyond speculating on the upside or downside.  Professionals will often use these remarkable contracts for spreading and hedging purposes. Presented by the CME's Dave Lerman, it outlines some of the strategies that professionals use when trading in CME's E-mini complex. Begin presentation.

Technical Analysis: Market Profile

Reading Order Flow

Articles and Research

Comparing E-minis and ETFs

This research piece by John W. Labuszewski and Brett Vietmeier of CME Group analyzes the key differences between E-mini stock index futures and exchange-traded funds, and compares and contrast the advantages and disadvantages.