Dan Sheridan – Pairs Trading Futures

Instructor: Dan Sheridan
Course Format: On-Demand Video Training (Recorded Live Sessions)
Skill Level: Intermediate to Advanced Futures and Options Traders

Course Overview:
In Pairs Trading Futures, veteran trader Dan Sheridan unveils a unique, lower-risk approach to trading futures through statistical arbitrage and mean reversion principles. This course focuses on pairing two correlated futures contracts—such as ES vs. NQ, or Crude Oil vs. Heating Oil—with the goal of capturing profit from the relative movement between the two, rather than directional betting on one market.

Dan brings his decades of trading experience and risk management expertise to this powerful strategy, showing you how to construct and manage pairs trades using both futures and options, in a way that’s adaptable to various volatility environments and market conditions.

Whether you're looking to diversify your income strategies, hedge broader exposure, or explore an edge rooted in statistical behavior, Pairs Trading Futures offers a structured, practical framework with real-world application.

What You’ll Learn:
✔️ What is pairs trading and why it’s effective in the futures market
✔️ How to identify strong correlations and divergences between futures contracts
✔️ Setting up long/short pairs trades: when to go long one and short the other
✔️ Risk management techniques for pairs positions
✔️ How to use statistical indicators (Z-score, correlation coefficients, spread charts) to time entries and exits
✔️ Examples of popular futures pairs:

• ES (S&P 500) vs. NQ (Nasdaq)
• Crude Oil (CL) vs. Heating Oil (HO)
• Gold vs. Silver
• Bonds vs. Notes
  ✔️ Using options on futures to construct pairs trades with defined risk
  ✔️ Managing margin, volatility, and sizing in a pairs portfolio
  ✔️ Building a mechanical process for scanning and selecting pairs
  ✔️ Trade journaling and performance tracking for long-term success

Course Includes:
✔️ Complete access to all video sessions (recorded live with Dan)
✔️ Live trade examples and walkthroughs of real market pairs
✔️ Downloadable spreadsheets and tracking tools
✔️ Dan’s personal checklist for evaluating and entering a pairs trade
✔️ Z-score calculators, spread charts, and correlation templates
✔️ Bonus Q&A sessions where Dan reviews trades and answers student questions

Who This Course Is For:

• Traders who want to minimize directional market risk while still generating consistent returns
• Experienced futures or options traders looking to expand into mean-reversion strategies
• Anyone interested in applying statistical trading techniques with a simple, repeatable setup
• Portfolio managers and income traders seeking non-correlated strategies to complement existing positions
• Retail traders who want to learn a professional-style edge used by hedge funds and proprietary firms

About the Instructor:
Dan Sheridan is a former CBOE floor trader with over 30 years of experience in options and futures markets. As the founder of Sheridan Options Mentoring, Dan has mentored thousands of retail and institutional traders with a focus on risk-managed, income-generating strategies. In this course, Dan combines the structure of options trading with the statistical edge of pairs trading to deliver a unique, highly adaptable strategy.