- CME’s Introduction to Agriculture – an online course
- A Guide to Price-Risk Management in Grain Marketing, by Piggott, Shumaker, and Curtis
- The Importer Manual from the U.S. Grains Council (2004).
See especially chapter 6, “Risk Management in U.S. Grains Markets.” - An overview, from the CME: A Trader’s Guide to Futures.
- A basic introduction to options in the Wikipedia article “Option.”
- Read from the beginning through the section “Basic Trades (American Style).” That section explains the fundamental payoff relations for calls and puts, both to buyers and sellers.
- The following, brief section on “Option Strategies” is also relevant but not the easiest to follow.