We’re celebrating Cinco de Mayo with a great slate of webinar presentations on Tuesday, May 5.

From the first light of manana to the dark of noche, we’ve got six live sessions covering everything from option basics to futures forecasts to complex trading strategies – all for FREE.

So set your five-for-five agenda and settle in for a big day of investing education (margarita optional):

6:00 AM – Intro to Equity Options

7:00 AM – Options 201 – Introduction to Spreads

12:00 PM – Monthly Futures Outlook

12:00 PM – The Butterfly Revolution

3:30 PM – Single-Stock Futures and Comparing Short Stock Positions on Margin

10:00 PM – Options 401 – Leveraging the Condor

(Note: All times CDT)

Tool Tip of the Day: All queries on the popular Dragon tool can now be filtered to exclude ETF and index options from the results, helping you to keep your search on the straight and narrow.

Get over the hump this Wednesday, May 13 with a full mid-week menu of FREE live educational webinars from optionsXpress.

From a wide array of option strategy discussions to a quick review of the latest and greatest on our trading platform, we’ve got eight great reasons – starting bright and early – to stay in front of your computer this Wednesday:

6:00 AM – Which Strike Price Should I Trade?

7:00 AM – Interest Rate Trading

11:00 AM – Selecting an Options Strategy – Points to Consider

11:00 AM – What’s New at optionsXpress

12:00 PM – Greek Neutral Trading

1:00 PM – Trading ETF Options

9:00 PM – Conservative Options Strategies for the Long-Term Investor

10:00 PM – The Index Simulation Concept

(Note: All times CDT)

What are you doing this weekend?

If you’re interested in learning how to take more control over your money, hearing from more than a dozen of the brightest minds in the business, and sharing ideas and experiences with fellow investors, then you should be making plans to join us for optionsXpo Chicago 2009 on May 16 and 17 at the Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel and Convention Center.

Don’t miss out on this FREE weekend of great investing education – grab one of the few remaining seats today!

Put your account organization on auto-pilot by simplifying the flow of money out of your accounts with the new Periodic Request Manager.

optionsXpress accountholders can now set the Money Manager system to automatically send a check or ACH payment from their accounts on a predetermined regular basis without having to pick up the phone or make a new request every time.

Log in or open an account today to start managing your money more efficiently.

Trading Patterns – our popular tool that allows users to enter a security symbol and find out what other anonymous like-minded investors in that security are trading – has been revamped to help make the process more visual.

Thanks to the new graphical display option allows, you can now view the complex interrelationships between securities that are traded across the optionsXpress universe in a concise and straightforward fashion. Check it out today!

This summer, spend some time paying as much attention to ROIs as you do to SPFs and ERAs. Start by finding new ways to get your investment portfolio in shape for the upcoming beach season on Tuesday, June 2 with a trio of great warm-weather webinars.

As the growing and driving seasons hit their strides, learn what to expect from the grains, energies and more as Jim Wyckoff presents his Monthly Futures Outlook at noon.

Then it’s time to think about the different ways that options might fit into your investment portfolio with Steve Meizinger from the International Securities Exchange during Selecting an Options Strategy – Points to Consider at 1:30 PM.

Later that evening, Gareth Ryan from Investix drops by to highlight a vital but often overlooked aspect of options trading during his presentation on Repair & Exit Strategies at 6:00 PM.

Summer school is in session – and it’s completely FREE! Sign up today!

(Note: All times CDT)