Complete guide to the futures markets : fundamental analysis, technical analysis, trading, spreads, and options

By:

Schwager, Jack D.; Etzkorn, Mark

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: 2017 Wiley New DelhiEdition: 2nd EdDescription: Pbk xiv,704pISBN:

978-8126567270

Subject(s):

Commodity exchanges Futures market Hedging - Finance

DDC classification:

332.644 SCH

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Contents:

Preliminaries. For Beginners Only -- The Great Fundamental versus Technical Analysis Debate -- Chart Analysis and Technical Indicators. Charts -- Types of Charts -- Linking Contracts for Long-Term Chart Analysis: Nearest versus Continuous Futures -- Trends -- Trading Ranges -- Support and Resistance -- Chart Patterns -- Is Chart Analysis Still Valid? -- Technical Indicators -- Applying Chart Analysis to Trading. Midtrend Entry and Pyramiding -- Choosing Stop-Loss Points -- Setting Objectives and Other Position Exit Criteria -- The Most Important Rule in Chart Analysis -- Trading Systems and Performance Measurement. Technical Trading Systems: Structure and Design -- Examples of Original Trading Systems -- Selecting the Best Futures Price Series for System Testing -- Testing and Optimizing Trading Systems -- How to Evaluate Past Performance -- Fundamental Analysis. Fourteen Popular Fallacies, or What Not to Do Wrong -- Supply-Demand Analysis: Basic Economic Theory -- Types of Fundamental Analysis -- The Role of Expectations -- Incorporating Inflation -- Seasonal Analysis -- Analyzing Market Response -- Building a Forecasting Model: A Step-by-Step Approach -- Fundamental Analysis and Trading -- Futures Spreads and Options. The Concepts and Mechanics of Spread Trading -- Intercommodity Spreads: Determining Contract Ratios -- Spread Trading in Stock Index Futures -- Spread Trading in Currency Futures -- An Introduction to Options on Futures -- Option Trading Strategies -- Practical Trading Guidelines. The Planned Trading Approach -- Seventy-Five Trading Rules and Market Observations -- 50 Market Wizard Lessons -- Introduction to Regression Analysis -- A Review of Elementary Statistics -- Checking the Significance of the Regression Equation -- The Multiple Regression Model -- Analyzing the Regression Equation -- Practical Considerations in Applying Regression Analysis -- References and Recommended Readings.

Summary: ocusing on price-forecasting in the commodity futures market, this is the most comprehensive examination of fundamental and technical analysis available. This guide treats both approaches in depth, with forecasting examined in conjunction with practical trading considerations including spread trading, option trading and more. Schwager is the starting point for any serious reading on futures and options trading. Well-written and clear, and truly encyclopedic in scope: every conceivable options trade, with all permutations thereof, is discussed and dissected, even inadvisable ones.

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Gratis

Preliminaries. For Beginners Only --
The Great Fundamental versus Technical Analysis Debate --
Chart Analysis and Technical Indicators. Charts --
Types of Charts --
Linking Contracts for Long-Term Chart Analysis: Nearest versus Continuous Futures --
Trends --
Trading Ranges --
Support and Resistance --
Chart Patterns --
Is Chart Analysis Still Valid? --
Technical Indicators --
Applying Chart Analysis to Trading. Midtrend Entry and Pyramiding --
Choosing Stop-Loss Points --
Setting Objectives and Other Position Exit Criteria --
The Most Important Rule in Chart Analysis --
Trading Systems and Performance Measurement. Technical Trading Systems: Structure and Design --
Examples of Original Trading Systems --
Selecting the Best Futures Price Series for System Testing --
Testing and Optimizing Trading Systems --
How to Evaluate Past Performance --
Fundamental Analysis. Fourteen Popular Fallacies, or What Not to Do Wrong --
Supply-Demand Analysis: Basic Economic Theory --
Types of Fundamental Analysis --
The Role of Expectations --
Incorporating Inflation --
Seasonal Analysis --
Analyzing Market Response --
Building a Forecasting Model: A Step-by-Step Approach --
Fundamental Analysis and Trading --
Futures Spreads and Options. The Concepts and Mechanics of Spread Trading --
Intercommodity Spreads: Determining Contract Ratios --
Spread Trading in Stock Index Futures --
Spread Trading in Currency Futures --
An Introduction to Options on Futures --
Option Trading Strategies --
Practical Trading Guidelines. The Planned Trading Approach --
Seventy-Five Trading Rules and Market Observations --
50 Market Wizard Lessons --
Introduction to Regression Analysis --
A Review of Elementary Statistics --
Checking the Significance of the Regression Equation --
The Multiple Regression Model --
Analyzing the Regression Equation --
Practical Considerations in Applying Regression Analysis --
References and Recommended Readings.

ocusing on price-forecasting in the commodity futures market, this is the most comprehensive examination of fundamental and technical analysis available. This guide treats both approaches in depth, with forecasting examined in conjunction with practical trading considerations including spread trading, option trading and more. Schwager is the starting point for any serious reading on futures and options trading. Well-written and clear, and truly encyclopedic in scope: every conceivable options trade, with all permutations thereof, is discussed and dissected, even inadvisable ones.

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