Download or read book A Futures Trading Experiment written by David T. Mitchell and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 9 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper presents a classroom experiment where students participate in a simulated futures market. This experiment can be run in about an hour and allows students to interact, negotiate, try different strategies, see how their accounts are closed, and observe how spot and futures markets relate. After participating in the futures experiment, students participate in a debriefing session to help them solidify their learning. This experiment can be successfully adopted in undergraduate finance education.