• Learning tools and simulations
  • Axone-Tradition Financial Terminology Database - Tradition/Axone Financial Glossary Use this to quickly look up the meaning of a financial term (4 languages supported).
  • Wiener process simulation DeTurck's lognormal simulator. An interactive Java program for simulating stock prices. It is sufficiently fast that you can run lots of simulations, and build their histogram for comparison with the appropirate lognormal distribution.
  • Mathematics in Finance Applets
  • E*Trade E*trade's home page. Note their Knowledge Center and the E*trade game.
• Market Information
  • Financial market information A collection of links to information regarding financial markets.
  • markets: international quotes CNN's quote and chart service. A good source of free stock charts, quotes, and other information.
  • Silicon Investor Historical Quotes Pacifice Brokerage historical data service. Free access to historical quotes, including close, open, high, low, and volume, back to 1968 (you must first choose a current quote).
• Futures
  • Commodity Futures Charts & Futures Quotes Menu TFC-charts free futures chart service Free futures charts and quotes on a large variety of futures contracts, a very wide variety. Much more more extensive than the corresponding CBOT service--it's worthwhile just to look at all the choices available.
  • CBOT The Chicago Board of Trade is where much of the world's futures trading takes place. Lots of charts and quotes are available here, including historic volatility charts.
  • Iowa Electronic Markets Real-money futures markets in which contract payoffs depend on events such as elections.
    • The Presidential Market A nice article from the Post on the IEM
• Options
  • All about listed options - CBOE - quotes - equity - index options trading, LEAPS, FLEX - education, strategies for investors Chicago Board of Options Exchange (CBOE). A wealth of materials on options, including stock and option symbols, strike price and calendar month codes, and quotes.
  • War Room . . . covered calls and credit spreads CoveredCall.com's War Room. This is a free collection of links useful when thinking about trading, such as when you are doing your hedging project. It includes links to news, charts, option prices, analyst's estimates, etc.
  • CBOE Bibliography An extensive listing of research articles and general purpose articles on a variety of topics relating to options