All About Futures

The Classic Futures Trader's Guidebook - Updated for Today's High-Tech, Global Trading ArenaFutures, by definition, are securities that provide protection against future price fluctuations. But it is the future traders - individuals who seek only to profit from those price fluctuations - who create the volume necessary to drive the marketplace.All About Futures, 2nd Edition is for those traders. Today's most straightforward, honest explanation of the potential rewards and risks of futures trading, this all-in-one futures trader's tool - comprehensively revised and updated - describes everything you need to know to:

• Understand the futures contract
• Know the types of orders and their uses
• Learn technical analysis concepts
• Locate the right broker
• Develop your own trading system
• Master electronic day trading
• Employ arbitrage
• Trade profitably in up, down, and sideways markets

Contents

• Chapter 1: Is Futures Trading For Your?
• Chapter 2: Understanding the Basics for Future Trading.
• Chapter 3: Settings Goals and Creating a Portfolio.
• Chapter 4: Placing Trades and Working With a Broker.
• Chapter 5: Overview of Some of the Active Markets.
• Chapter 6: Understanding Analysis.
• Chapter 6: Breaking Into Futures Trading With Options.
• Chapter 7: Developing Your Own Trading System.
• Chapter 8: Using Advanced Trading Strategies.
• Chapter 9: Giving Trading Discretion to Someone Else.
• Chapter 10: Knowing Your Rights and Resource As An Investor In the Futures Market