Download or read book Futures Spread Trading written by Courtney Smith and published by Wasendorf & Associates Incorporated. This book was released on 2000 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the definitive and complete guide to spread trading in futures. Covers spread trading methods -- analyzing spreads and spread price action, as well as discovering and executing profitable spread trades. Brings together various methods, such as analyzing prices combined with analyzing historical data on commodity price trends. Offers information on the following topics: Why Spread Prices Change, Carrying Charges, Historical Comparison Analysis, Seasonal Analysis, Chart Analysis, The Trading Plan, Trading Techniques, Sources of Information. This is a completely revised, updated, and expanded version o: Smith's earlier book, Commodity Spreads.

Download or read book Option Spread Trading written by Russell Rhoads and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-01-11 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A practical guide to unlocking the power of option spreads When dealing with option spreads your looking to purchase one option in conjunction with the sale of another option. If managed properly, these spreads can provide experienced investors with the potential for large returns without undertaking a great deal of risk. Option Spread Trading provides a comprehensive, yet easy-to-understand explanation of option spreads, and shows you how to select the best spread strategy for any given market outlook. Along the way, author Russell Rhoads discusses spread strategies that can be used to profit from a strong up or down directional move in a stock, a stagnant market, or a highly volatile market. He also details how you can harness the leverage of options to create a low-risk position that provides the potential for a big profit. All manner of spreads are covered, from calendar and horizontal spreads to vertical and diagonal spreads Highlights how you can monitor and adjust an existing spread position and provides tips on how to exit a spread trade Includes exercises and examples to test and reinforce your knowledge of the concepts presented Option spread trading has become increasingly popular with active traders and investors. Gain a better understanding of this powerful approach with Option Spread Trading as your guide.

Download or read book The Complete Guide to Spread Trading written by Keith Schap and published by McGraw-Hill Education. This book was released on 2005-07-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spread trading, a low-risk, high-profit technique, involves buying a contract in one market while selling a different contract in another market to profit from the imbalance between those markets. The Complete Guide to Spread Trading covers the step-by-step mechanics for successfully executing more than 25 calendar, intermarket, interest rate, volatility, and stock index spreads. It explains both basic and advanced spread techniques and strategies, revealing market situations where spreads are most appropriate as well as clarifying what it means to buy or sell a spread, and more.

Download or read book A Guide to Spread Trading Futures written by Rajen Kapadia and published by Rajen Kapadia. This book was released on 2013-06-01 with total page 53 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide is perfect to get you started into the world of Spread Trading. It looks at Spread Basics, Spread Strategies and money management in order to get you started into Spread Trading. In this time where Trading is becoming tougher with the wild gyrations of the market, a solid safe strategy, which gives us a more predictable trading pattern and hence increase profitability is what I have been striving for, and have been able to achieve with Spreading Futures. The guide is simple to follow with to the point information, on this exciting and highly profitable form of trading and it will equip you with the tools you need to face the challenge of Spread Trading.

Download or read book Spread Trading written by Greg Jensen and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-05-13 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A proven,easy-to-understandmethod for makingmoney with options "If you've never invested in the stock market,this is the book for you. If you've been investingfor years . . . this is still the book for you. A fantastic introduction to options." —Jon "DOCTOR J" Najarian, Co-founder, OptionMonster.com Spread trading-the practice of combining optiontrades and adjusting them over time-is being used successfullyby more and more professional traders. In this book, Greg Jensenshows nonprofessionals the tremendous advantages thissafe and profitable method offers. In simple and precise terms, Spread Trading providesreaders with all the essential tools to begin trading options.It explains, in nine simple steps, the basics of puts, calls,strike prices, and spreads-assuming no prior knowledge onyour part-and tells how to profit no matter what the market does.The author has helped thousands of people achieve successimplementing this approach, and with Spread Trading, hecontinues to educate individuals on the benefits of trading thisway, showing you how to make money while reducing risk. Building his lessons around the entertaining story oftwo ordinary guys figuring out how to trade options with each other,Jensen offers more than dry formulas-he relates the sense andthe intuition of trading options in a way that is simple,methodical, and easy to follow.

Download or read book Option Spread Strategies written by Anthony J. Saliba and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-05-20 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spread trading—trading complex, multi-leg structures--is the new frontier for the individual options trader. This book covers spread strategies, both of the limited-risk and unlimited-risk varieties, and how and when to use them. All eight of the multi-leg strategies are here: the covered-write, verticals, collars and reverse-collars, straddles and strangles, butterflies, calendar spreads, ratio spreads, and backspreads. Vocabulary, exercises and quizzes are included throughout the book to reinforce lessons. Saliba, Corona, and Johnson are the authors of Option Strategies for Directionless Markets.

Download or read book Trading Spreads and Seasonals written by Joe Ross and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Advanced Commodity Spread Trading written by Harold Goldberg and published by Windsor Books/Probus. This book was released on 1985 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A full scale trading method is taught. This Twin-Line Method has shown phenomenal profits both historically and in real-time.

Download or read book The Complete Book of Option Spreads and Combinations written by Scott Nations and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2014-10-08 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get a handle on option spreads to hike profit and squash loss The Complete Book of Option Spreads and Combinations is the definitive educational resource and reference guide for using option spreads and other common sense option strategies. This useful guide shows readers how to select the right strategy for their market outlook and risk/reward comfort level by describing the inner workings of each strategy and how they are affected by underlying market movements, implied volatility, and time decay. Even more importantly, readers will understand where each strategy performs well, and the market conditions where each should be avoided. Once the proper strategy is selected, readers will learn how to identify the best options to use based on "moneyness" and time to expiration. The companion website features tools including an option pricing tool and implied volatility calculator to help all traders implement these concepts effectively. There are many different types of spreads, and while less risky than other option strategies in general, they are more complex, with more variables to monitor. This guide serves as a handbook for the trader wanting to exploit options to the greatest possible benefit. Generate monthly income by selling covered strangles Use call spreads to recover from a losing stock position Protect an existing stock position using put diagonals Discover the best strategies for directional market plays Option spreads are a great tool for traders who would rather be an option seller but who need to limit their risk. The Complete Book of Option Spreads and Combinations identifies those strategies that benefit from option erosion but that limit risk. If managed properly, spreads can provide both novice and experienced investors with the potential for a large return while limiting risk. Electronic trading platforms and reduced brokerage commissions have increased option spread trading, which should occupy a spot in every savvy investor's toolkit. Comprehensive and authoritative, The Complete Book of Option Spreads and Combinations provides a valuable manual and lasting reference.

Download or read book Leg the Spread written by Cari Lynn and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2005 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Leg The Spread' tells the story of one woman's experience of surviving the stereotyping, stress and sexism of the ultimate boys club - the commodities trading floor.

Download or read book The Trader s Guide to Equity Spreads written by Randy Frederick and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2007-08-30 with total page 483 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Minimize risk and maximize your return with option spreads The Trader's Guide to Equity Spreads provides a complete introduction to option spread trading, offering detailed explanations of the most popular and useful option spreads. Covering all the major option spread families - Ratios, Bull/Bear, Butterfly/Condor, and Vertical/Horizontal - as well as more advanced strategies, this authoritative, hands-on resource gives you the tools to select the right spreads for the stocks you watch. Options expert Randy Frederick takes you through the pricing and movement of options, using sample stock charts, tables, and illustrations to pinpoint the profit and loss zones for each strategy. He reveals not only how the various spread strategies compare to similar strategies, but also ways to keep on top of the crucial pricing factors. Understand basic option mechanics: American vs. European, A.M. and P. M. settlement, rights and obligations, and more Identify the option spread strategies that are most appropriate for specific market conditions Set up and manage spreads using calls and puts Select the right strike prices Control risk and give your trades more leverage Maximize your ability to generate a consistent flow of profits with manageable risk

Download or read book Vertical Option Spreads written by Charles Conrick, IV and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2017-04-26 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Make trades on vertical options spreads with the precision of a laser beam Vertical Options Spreads is a combination of a bona-fide academic research-based study and a complete method to trade credit and debit spreads, along with other complex option combination trades such as iron condors and butterflies. Here, the author has accumulated five years of daily data on the ETF, SPY and provided historical evidence of actual win rates at specific multiples of entry points, both in time and price level. For example, traders will be able to use the weekly options, pick a level of risk and return desired, learn how to place the trade, and then discover the actual percent return that the trade would have yielded. This must-have resource includes the basics of option trading and contains references to many excellent works by other authors that explore more about the intricacies of option mechanics and trading. It is far more than an analysis of one specific asset, SPY, featuring a study of probability theory and how it has applied to trading over the past five years, including the highly volatile 2007 to 2009 time frame and the more "normal" 2010 to 2012 time period. The book offer a thorough understanding of how price movement, actual volatility, and implied volatility all provide a complex but workable web in which the informed trader can generate excellent returns. However, the trader must have the discipline to act within the confines of probability and the "law" of large numbers refusing to place trades based on gut feelings or hunches. Offers high-probability based trading that uses the new weekly options Contains handy interactive worksheets that allow traders to select their own risk/return with precision Includes a website with daily and weekly information on the estimate of the actual standard deviation points on the price spectrum Vertical Options Spreads offers traders a research-based guide for trading Standard & Poors 500 ETF, SPY using historic and estimated probabilities and returns that will give them an edge in the marketplace.

Download or read book Spread Trading written by Andras M. Nagy and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2012-05-01 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spread trading offers many advantages, especially for beginners: easy to trade, nice trends, lower risk, and lower margin requirements. • Easy to trade - this makes spread trading perfect, especially for beginners.• Low margin requirements - you can trade spreads even if you have a small account ($10,000).• Possible High return on margin -increase your profits, trading the same account size.• Low time requirements - perfect if you are a part-time trader or still pre-retirement and working• Lower risk - use spreads to reduce risk (stress) and become a more relaxed trader.• Myriads of profitable trends - spreads trend more often and longer than outright futures. You can stay in a trade for weeks without being whipsawed by the noise of day traders and scalpers.• Best use of your money - spreads are the most cost efficient kind of trading.• No live quotes or expensive real-time software needed - save hundreds of dollars and reduce your costs.This book is a FULL COLOR Book for the tutorial of Spread Trading for the Commodities markets. Spread trading is a little known facet of futures and commodities speculation and it is mainly done by professionals. Now with this affordable digital version it is available for the common trader. The book contains 13 "lessons" covering basic charting, markets and a tutorial on options/spread trading (NEW updated - implied spread pricing now included).

Download or read book Leveraged Trading written by Robert Carver and published by Harriman House Limited. This book was released on 2019-10-29 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the right broker, and just a few hundred dollars or pounds, anyone can become a leveraged trader. The products and tools needed are accessible to all: FX, a margin account, CFDs, spread-bets and futures. But this level playing field comes with great risks. Trading with leverage is inherently dangerous. With leverage, losses and costs – the two great killers for traders – are magnified. This does not mean leverage must be avoided altogether, but it does mean that it needs to be used safely. In Leveraged Trading, Robert Carver shows you how to do exactly that, by using a trading system. A trading system can be employed to tackle those twin dangers of serious losses and high costs. The trading systems introduced in this book are simple and carefully designed to use the correct amount of leverage and trade at a suitable frequency. Robert shows how to trade a simple Starter System on its own, on a single instrument and with a single rule for opening positions. He then moves on to show how the Starter System can be adapted, as you gain experience and confidence. The system can be diversified into multiple instruments and new trading rules can be added. For those who wish to go further still, advice on making more complex improvements is included: how to develop your own trading systems, and how to combine a system with your own human judgement, using an approach Robert calls Semi-Automatic Trading. For those trading with leverage, looking for a way to take a controlled approach and manage risk, a properly designed trading system is the answer. Pick up Leveraged Trading and learn how.

Download or read book The Financial Spread Betting Handbook written by Malcolm Pryor and published by . This book was released on 2011-07-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pryor uses the model of climbing a mountain to explain a disciplined, winning approach to spread betting. This book is the essential guide to get to the top of the mountain.

Download or read book Spread Trading written by Howard Abell and published by Marketplace Books. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Spread Trading" explains the opportunities afforded by this hedge technique for beating the market by capitalizing on recognized relationships in the commodity and financial markets. Abell analyzes historical spread relationships, then details time-proven strategies.

Download or read book Commodity Spread Trading Take Advantage of the Seasonality written by David Carli and published by . This book was released on 2020-06-11 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At least once in your life, you have seen the movie "Trading Places", during the Christmas holidays it is a must. The trade on pork bellies at the beginning; the orange juice report, with which the two starring, Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy, take revenge on Duke cousins... priceless! Wheat, coffee, orange juice... not only you can use them to prepare a delicious breakfast, but also trade them with profit. Trading with commodities is the most fascinating and intriguing, as it includes uncommon characteristics to any other market: seasonality, correlations, and many other aspects which offers unique advantages. Spread trading is the best way to trade commodities and provides an excellent opportunity to diversify your portfolio, reducing the risks. Balancing, covering and protecting the portfolio should be the trader's first goal. "Take Advantage of the Seasonality" is the first volume of the series "Commodity Spread Trading." The book is a real and complete course on commodities and spread trading. You will learn aspects that you will not find in any other book or course, and they come from over 25 years of experience in financial markets, even as a fund manager for a small Italian investment bank. "Take Advantage of the Seasonality" is an eBook suitable for everyone, experienced traders and beginners, for those who have decided to invest in commodities and want to learn all there is to know about them. What you will learn by reading "Commodity Spread Trading - Take Advantage of the Seasonality": - what spread trading is (the best way to trade commodity futures); - how to use the main statistical software for your analyses (Moore Research, SeasonAlgo, SpreadCharts);- the most important reports, and how to read them; - the term structure to understand if you are facing an anomaly or a normal market movement; - how to use contango and backwardation to your advantage;- why you have to pay attention to the starting date of a seasonality;- multi-leg spreads; - why you have to take into account the First Notice Day (FND) and the Last Trading Day (LTD); - how to exploit the manipulation; - the subjective probability, for selecting the entries and exits; - the Value-at-Risk, to set the stop-loss. If you are a beginner and desire to learn to trade with raw materials, or you are a trader who wants to diversify his investments, "Commodity Spread Trading - Take Advantage of the Seasonality" is the best and cheapest way to achieve complete knowledge of commodities. You will not need other books or courses. All you need to know (even aspects that will never be explained to you because they are the result of my experience) are contained in "Commodity Spread Trading - Take Advantage of the Seasonality."