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| futures and options trading: Options on Futures John F. Summa, Jonathan W. Lubow, 2002-01-04 Increased marketplace volatility and the expanding size of capital markets have led to an explosion of interest in options on futures. What makes these instruments so attractive is that they allow traders to profit from movements in the markets using little up-front capital and plenty of leverage. At the same time, they provide an excellent hedge against the risks associated with capital market investments. This book demystifies these notoriously difficult-to-understand instruments and provides state-of-the-art strategies and tools for making the most of options on futures. John F. Summa (New Haven, CT) is a CTA and cofounder of OptionsNerd.com, an online service providing market commentary, trading advisories, and assistance with trading system development. Jonathan Lubow (Randolph, NJ) is cofounder and Vice President of Trader's Edge, a futures and options brokerage. |
| futures and options trading: Trading in Oil Futures and Options Sally Clubley, 1998-10-15 Trading in Oil Futures and Options, thoroughly revised and updated, provides practical advice on when to make the decision to use futures; choosing a broker; and the mechanics of futures trading. This new edition has been extended to include all oil market trading instruments, and also gas and electricity derivatives. Updates the only comprehensive guide to oil futures and options Presents an international outlook on the topic Features a chapter on technical analysis and an appendix on the costs of futures trading |
| futures and options trading: Options on Futures John F. Summa, Jonathan W. Lubow, 2002-01-04 Increased marketplace volatility and the expanding size of capital markets have led to an explosion of interest in options on futures. What makes these instruments so attractive is that they allow traders to profit from movements in the markets using little up-front capital and plenty of leverage. At the same time, they provide an excellent hedge against the risks associated with capital market investments. This book demystifies these notoriously difficult-to-understand instruments and provides state-of-the-art strategies and tools for making the most of options on futures. John F. Summa (New Haven, CT) is a CTA and cofounder of OptionsNerd.com, an online service providing market commentary, trading advisories, and assistance with trading system development. Jonathan Lubow (Randolph, NJ) is cofounder and Vice President of Trader's Edge, a futures and options brokerage. |
| futures and options trading: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Options and Futures Scott Barrie, Lita Epstein, 2006 Completely updated, this practical guide has the information investors need to keep up in the complex, fast-paced, and highly profitable world of options and futures, where everything is in play-from oil to diamonds, poultry to vaccines, franchises to coffee. Provides cutting edge information on energy futures and options Tools for creating flexible strategies that can move with the times New information on the solid standbys like livestock, precious metals, and equities Keyed to the new realities of the global economy, making this book vital for investors at all levels Highly respected expert author |
| futures and options trading: How to Start Day Trading Futures, Options, and Indices Jeffrey Katz, Jeffrey Owen Katz, Donna McCormick, 2001 The same electronic trading forces that are changing the face of stock trading, are moving into the futures and options market, where traders can trade the entire stock market rather than just one stock at a time. Some of the richest opportunities to trade the stock market can be found at the futures and options exchanges. This work aims to teach the novice trader everything necessary to get started in electronically day trading the equity index markets. |
| futures and options trading: Futures and Options Donald Spence, 1999 An overview of the current state of the futures and options markets, providing an introduction and overview of markets and industry practices, as well as guidance on a wide range of issues. Topics include markets, instruments, and trading; regulation and management; and the future of futures. Append |
| futures and options trading: Trading Commodities and Financial Futures George Kleinman, 2004-10-18 More fortunes are made and lost more quickly in the commodity futures markets than anywhere else. It is a game of consequence where profits won by one player are lost by another. The stakes are high, but for those who know how to play well, the rewards can be immense. Trading Commodities and Financial Futures shows you how to play the game to win. In this book, one of the world's most experienced traders introduces a new step-by-step methodology built on more than twenty-five years of success. George Kleinman begins with the basics—including a complete primer on how futures and options trading works, how traders' psychology impacts the markets, and how to avoid the pitfalls that trip up so many traders. This edition offers updated coverage of electronic trading, the latest contracts, and state-of-the-art trading techniques you won't find in any competing book. Previous editions of Kleinman's Commodity Futures and Options became international best sellers. This one offers even more insight for winning the commodities game—and winning big. Winning in a zero-sum game For every commodities winner, there's a loser: here's how to be the winner The trend is your friend How to use techniques designed to generate profits in a trending market The fundamentals: supply and demand in every key market Mastering the markets, from crude oil to soybeans, gold to coffee, foreign exchange to stock index futures TMVTT: The most valuable technical tool A unique trading methodology—how it works and how to use it When to get in, when to get out How to recognize the beginning—and end—of major market moves Twenty-five trading secrets of the pros A lifetime's experience, distilled into twenty-five crucial tips |
| futures and options trading: Fundamentals of Futures and Options Markets John C. Hull, 2007-05-29 This new edition presents a reader-friendly textbook with lots of numerical examples and accounts of real-life situations. |
| futures and options trading: Trading in Options on Futures James T. Colburn, 1990 Well-written, comprehensive guide to all the essentials of trading in options on futures contracts. Includes thorough discussion of futures options strategies, criteria for evaluating option premiums, including historical and implied volatility, and sensitivity measures (delta, gamma, vega, theta). The best book for those interested in learning about futures options. |
| futures and options trading: The Technical Analysis of Stocks, Options, & Futures William F. Eng, 1988 Examines fifteen trading systems, discusses the principles and background of each system, and explains when to apply each technique. |
| futures and options trading: Commodity Options Carley Garner, Paul Brittain, 2009-01-23 Don’t Miss out on Today’s Hottest Trading Arena: Commodity Options! “The authors have written the definitive work on trading commodity options. Their in-depth knowledge of this subject is legendary among industry professionals and expert traders alike, and their ability to relay their knowledge through text, pictures, and the spoken word is unparalleled in our industry.” –Lan Turner, CEO, Gecko Software, Inc. “This book captures the realities of commodity option trading in a simple and easy- to-read presentation that will be beneficial for traders of all sizes and skill levels.” –Chris Jarvis, CFA, CMT, Caprock Risk Management, LLC “Even the most experienced investors often overlook the fact that options on futures are fundamentally different from options on stocks. This book fills that gap and sets the record straight with clear and concise descriptions that are easy to understand. Guaranteed to become a true source of value creation for anyone interested in trading commodity options.” –Jeff Augen, author, The Volatility Edge in Options Trading “Commodity Options arms readers with the strategies and tactics needed to take a more active approach to managing risk in today’s turbulent markets. The authors exhaustively break down every component of a commodity option to its lowest common denominator, making this book an essential piece of information for those looking to expand their trading tool box or further build on existing option strategies.” –John Netto, Chief Investment Strategist, NetBlack Capital and author, One Shot–One Kill Trading Investors worldwide are discovering the enormous opportunities available through commodity options trading. However, because commodities have differing underlying characteristics from equities, commodity options behave differently as well. In this book, two of the field’s most respected analysts present strategies built from the ground up for commodity options. Carley Garner and Paul Brittain begin with a quick primer on how commodity options work, how they evolved, and why conventional options strategies often fail in the commodity options markets. Next, using detailed examples based on their own extensive research, they show how to leverage the unique characteristics of commodity options in your own trades. You’ll walk through trades from “top to bottom,” master both long- and short-option approaches, and learn powerful strategies usually ignored in options books. For example, the authors introduce synthetic swing trading strategies that systematically reduce volatility from the market. This book’s easy-to-use trading strategies are strategically employed by the author’s clients every day: With Commodity Options, you can work to put the odds in your favor, too! • Why commodity options are different—and what it means to you Understand key differences in the underlying assets and the logistics of market execution • Systematically rewrite the odds in your favor Four ways to make winning trades more likely—and losing trades less common • When to trade short options—and how to manage the risk Why careful option selling may improve your odds of success • Master strategies designed for diverse market conditions Combine long and short options to create the right strategy for any market opportunity • Exploit short-lived trends through “synthetic” swing trading Get the advantages of futures contracts without the volatility |
| futures and options trading: Mastering Commodity Futures and Options George Kleinman, 1997 The only predictable thing about commodity markets is that they're unpredictable. Writing for both novice and seasoned trader, veteran master trader George Kleinman leads the reader step-by-step through the markets and strategies, from the foundations to the trading frontiers. A practical and comprehensive guide to winning the great commodity markets game. |
| futures and options trading: Fundamentals of Trading Energy Futures & Options Steven Errera, Stewart L. Brown, 2002 In today's changing political and economic environment, it is increasingly important that companies learn to properly use the various trading instruments to protect themselves against price volatility. Since the first successful energy futures contract was introduced almost a quarter century ago, trading in energy futures and options has played an important role in hedging against fluctuations in the price of petroleum products, crude oil, natural gas, propane, electricity, and most recently, coal. In this 2nd edition of their best-selling primer, authors Errera and Brown explain how exchange traded futures and options markets work, and how companies can successfully use the markets in their overall strategy to increase profitability. They cover everything from market mechanics, hedging, spread trading, and technical trading to history and growth of the markets. Also included is an extensive appendix detailing contract specifications for 13 energy futures/options contracts. BONUS: A summary of the rules of the most active energy futures and options contracts is included! |
| futures and options trading: Futures & Options For Dummies Joe Duarte, 2006-05-11 The days of buying and holding stocks and mutual funds for years are gone; nowadays, futures and option markets offer some of the best opportunities to make money trading in volatile times. But like all investments, high risk is involved, and in order to become a successful trader you must be prepared to work as a geopolitical analyst, a money manager, and an expert in all types of commodity markets. Futures & Options For Dummies will show you how trading is done and how to survive and succeed in these ever-changing markets. Filled with nuts-and-bolts advice, you’ll soon discover how to manage the risks involved and reap the rewards of futures and options trading. This straightforward guide gives you the tools you need to understand: Ins and outs of trading futures and options How to analyze the markets and develop strategies Interest-rate futures and speculating with currencies How to stock up on indexes The direction of commodity futures Organizing your financial data and calculating your worth Developing strategies now to avoid pain later The execution of successful trades Trading takes an iron-cast stomach and nerves of steel to perform, and this book features ways to keep yourself sane and secure. It also lists resourceful Web sites, commodity exchanges, books, newsletters, and magazines to assist in your trading endeavors. From technical analysis to finding a broker, Futures & Options For Dummies has all the information you need to capitalize on these markets! |
| futures and options trading: Trading Commodity Options...with Creativity: When, Why, and how to Develop Strategies to Improve the Odds in Any Market Environment and Risk-reward Pr Carley Garner, 2020-07-24 |
| futures and options trading: Trading and Pricing Financial Derivatives Patrick Boyle, Jesse McDougall, 2018-12-17 Trading and Pricing Financial Derivatives is an introduction to the world of futures, options, and swaps. Investors who are interested in deepening their knowledge of derivatives of all kinds will find this book to be an invaluable resource. The book is also useful in a very applied course on derivative trading. The authors delve into the history of options pricing; simple strategies of options trading; binomial tree valuation; Black-Scholes option valuation; option sensitivities; risk management and interest rate swaps in this immensely informative yet easy to comprehend work. Using their vast working experience in the financial markets at international investment banks and hedge funds since the late 1990s and teaching derivatives and investment courses at the Master's level, Patrick Boyle and Jesse McDougall put forth their knowledge and expertise in clearly explained concepts. This book does not presuppose advanced mathematical knowledge, though it is presented for completeness for those that may benefit from it, and is designed for a general audience, suitable for beginners through to those with intermediate knowledge of the subject. |
| futures and options trading: Trading Options For Dummies Joe Duarte, 2015-02-05 Navigate options markets and bring in the profits Thinking about trading options, but not sure where to start? This new edition of Trading Options For Dummies starts you at the beginning, explaining the common types of options available for trading and helps you choose the right ones for your investing needs. You'll find out how to weigh option costs and benefits, combine options to reduce risk, build a strategy that allows you to gain no matter the market conditions, broaden your retirement portfolio with index, equity, and ETF options, and so much more. Options are contracts giving the purchaser the right to buy or sell a security, such as stocks, at a fixed price within a specific period of time. Because options cost less than stock, they are a versatile trading instrument, while providing a high leverage approach to trading that can limit the overall risk of a trade or provide additional income. If you're an investor with some general knowledge of trading but want a better understanding of risk factors, new techniques, and an overall improved profit outcome, Trading Options For Dummies is for you. Helps you determine and manage your risk, guard your assets using options, protect your rights, and satisfy your contract obligations Provides expert insight on combining options to limit your position risk Offers step-by-step instruction on ways to capitalize on sideways movements Covers what you need to know about options contract specifications and mechanics Trading options can be a great way to manage your risk, and this hands-on, friendly guide gives you the trusted and expert help you need to succeed. |
| futures and options trading: A Trader's First Book on Commodities Carley Garner, 2017-10-31 A Trader's First Book on Commodities is guaranteed to shorten the learning curve for beginning traders while offering seasoned traders a new perspective on familiar topics. There's more to trading than oscillators and trendlines; profitable trading is only possible in a conducive environment (brokerage, platform, mindset, support, and awareness). |
| futures and options trading: The Option Trader's Hedge Fund Dennis A. Chen, Mark Sebastian, 2012-05-18 In this book, a hedge fund manager and an option trading coach show you how to earn steady, reliable income selling options by managing your option trades and running your option portfolio as a real business with consistent, steady returns. Packed with real-world examples, the authors show you how to manage your own “one man” hedge fund and make consistent profits from selling options by applying the basic framework and fundamental business model and principles of an “insurance company”. This framework helps you to apply your option trading strategy to a solid, predictable, business model with consistent returns. For someone who has some knowledge of trading options and wants to become a consistent income earner. The authors provide a complete “operations manual” for setting up your business. Gain pearls of wisdom from both a professional options trader and coach, and from a hedge fund manager focused on managing an options based portfolio. |
| futures and options trading: CBOT Handbook of Futures and Options CBOT, 2006-04-14 CBOT trading volume is exploding from over 400 million contracts traded in 2003 to more than 599 million in 2004 The handbook details how electronic trading is overtaking and surpassing traditional open outcry trading, and details specific issues and obstacles for trading in this transformed marketplace Traders receive essential data on major futures contracts, including volume, contract specifications, and key exchanges |
| futures and options trading: A Complete Guide to the Futures Market Jack D. Schwager, 2017-01-03 The essential futures market reference guide A Complete Guide to the Futures Market is the comprehensive resource for futures traders and analysts. Spanning everything from technical analysis, trading systems, and fundamental analysis to options, spreads, and practical trading principles, A Complete Guide is required reading for any trader or investor who wants to successfully navigate the futures market. Clear, concise, and to the point, this fully revised and updated second edition provides a solid foundation in futures market basics, details key analysis and forecasting techniques, explores advanced trading concepts, and illustrates the practical application of these ideas with hundreds of market examples. A Complete Guide to the Futures Market: Details different trading and analytical approaches, including chart analysis, technical indicators and trading systems, regression analysis, and fundamental market models. Separates misleading market myths from reality. Gives step-by-step instruction for developing and testing original trading ideas and systems. Illustrates a wide range of option strategies, and explains the trading implications of each. Details a wealth of practical trading guidelines and market insights from a recognized trading authority. Trading futures without a firm grasp of this market’s realities and nuances is a recipe for losing money. A Complete Guide to the Futures Market offers serious traders and investors the tools to keep themselves on the right side of the ledger. |
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| futures and options trading: Options Trading Crash Course: The #1 Beginner's Guide to Make Money with Trading Options in 7 Days Or Less! Frank Richmond, 2018-01-04 Do You Want to Know How to Trade Your Way to Success on the Options Market? For a beginner, the options market is incomprehensible. All that jargon, all those calculations - it's a hard game to break into and even harder to get right from the start. On the other hand, learning the ropes opens the door to an exciting new way to calculate risk, find the right investments and ultimately make your bank balance happy. This book is here to teach you how to understand the options market from scratch. By the time you finish reading, you'll know exactly how to navigate your choices - and how to make them with wisdom. Let's Get Started With Option Trading! Options trading is all about understanding what lies beneath the market and this guide will walk you through that exciting process. Give it ONE WEEK and you'll TRIPLE your chances of making a profit on the options market. Give it a month and you'll see you're not just confident enough to make investments at will, you're doing so in the right way to make a tidy deposit into your trading account. In this book, we'll cover: · The types of trade and how each one can bring you a profit. · Strategies to make the very best use of your investment capital. · How to see patterns in the market, how to spot great investments - and how to make money. · And much, MUCH more. If You Don't Read This Guide, You Risk LOSING YOUR LIFE SAVINGS on the Options Market These methods has been proven to work - a hundred times over. This book will show you that understanding the basic principles of the options market is not nearly so unfathomable as it appeared from a distance. All it takes is a few easy steps and you'll start to feel a difference within a few short days - and all for less than the cost of a pocket calculator. See the Difference in Less Than a Week... or Your Money Back! If you follow the chapters in this guide and you find they don't work (not gonna happen) or you feel like they're not for you, simply click one button within 7 days and Amazon will return 100% of your money. That's how confident I am the answer to your problem is found inside - You will learn how to successfully trade options. Just scroll up now and click the BUY NOW button to start making a profit, today! |
| futures and options trading: Money Management Strategies for Futures Traders Nauzer J. Balsara, 1992-04-16 Distills complex theories for the benefit of the average trader with little or no background in finance or mathematics by offering a wide range of valuable, practical strategies for limiting risk, avoiding catastrophic losses and managing the futures portfolio to maximize profits. Numerous topics are explored including: why most traders lose at the futures game most of the time; why most mechanical trading systems are apt to fail; the probabilistic approach to trading; how to make stop-loss orders work for, rather than against you; the pros and cons of options versus futures trading; and how to limit risk through diversification. |
| futures and options trading: Fundamentals of Futures and Options Markets John Hull, 2005 For undergraduate courses in options, futures, and derivatives . This introduction to futures and options markets is ideal for those with limited background in mathematics. It does not include the use of calculus. |
| futures and options trading: Futures and Options Markets Colin Andre Carter, 2012-10-11 Futures and Options Markets: An Introduction provides the reader with an economic understanding of the development and operation of global futures and options markets, where everything from coffee to gold to foreign currencies are traded. Starting with the fundamentals of commodity futures, the text advances the reader through the exciting world of financial futures and options, including currencies and equity indexes. Utilizing real-world examples, this text brings the markets to life by explaining how and why these markets function, how they indirectly affect us in our daily lives, and how they are used to manage market risk--Page 4 of cover. |
| futures and options trading: Trading Against the Crowd John F. Summa, 2004-10-27 Efficient market theorists contend that markets are random and thus not predictable. With the publication of Trading Against theCrowd, however, noted author, economist, and professional trader John Summa convincingly shows that investor sentiment can be incorporated into profitable stock and stock market trading systems. In this groundbreaking book, Summa explains how to use popular gauges of crowd psychology, such as put/call ratios, option-implied volatility, short sales, investor surveys, and advisory opinion to trade against, or contrary to, prevailing market sentiment. He also makes compelling arguments against the efficient markets hypothesis with the presentation of his own quantitative weekly bear and bull news-flow intensity indices, which he builds from news scans. This data series, and other popular measures of crowd psychology, are processed through custom indicators that are programmed into profitable trading systems, such as Squeeze Play I & II, Tsunami Sentiment Wave, and the Fourth Estate. Trading Against the Crowd is the first book to provide a comprehensive assessment of investor crowd psychology, offering valuable market timing tools and trading techniques, including: MetaStock and Trade Station system and custom indicator code; comparative statistical studies of CBOE, OEX, and equity-only put/call ratios; straightforward instructions for combining price triggers with sentiment indicators; a practical guide to understanding put/call ratios, short sales, investor surveys, newsletter opinion, and stock market news-flow intensity; how to use LEAP options as trading vehicles to avoid use of stop loss orders; use of put/call ratios for trading the Treasury bond futures market; and test results and evaluation of trading system performance. Many of today’s professional money managers rely on investor sentiment for improved market timing. They know that at extremes of market sentiment, markets tend to be the most predictable.Trading Against the Crowd shows how you can begin to profit from these short- to medium-term sentiment waves generated by the actions of the speculative crowd. Put into practice powerful sentiment data using thoroughly back-tested trading systems, and rise above the herd mentality of the investor crowd, where potentially large profits await. |
| futures and options trading: Option Volatility & Pricing: Advanced Trading Strategies and Techniques Sheldon Natenberg, 1994-08 Provides a thorough discussion of volatility, the most important aspect of options trading. Shows how to identify mispriced options and to construct volatility and delta neutral spreads. |
| futures and options trading: Derivatives Essentials Aron Gottesman, 2016-06-28 A clear, practical guide to working effectively with derivative securities products Derivatives Essentials is an accessible, yet detailed guide to derivative securities. With an emphasis on mechanisms over formulas, this book promotes a greater understanding of the topic in a straightforward manner, using plain-English explanations. Mathematics are included, but the focus is on comprehension and the issues that matter most to practitioners—including the rights and obligations, terms and conventions, opportunities and exposures, trading, motivation, sensitivities, pricing, and valuation of each product. Coverage includes forwards, futures, options, swaps, and related products and trading strategies, with practical examples that demonstrate each concept in action. The companion website provides Excel files that illustrate pricing, valuation, sensitivities, and strategies discussed in the book, and practice and assessment questions for each chapter allow you to reinforce your learning and gauge the depth of your understanding. Derivative securities are a complex topic with many moving parts, but practitioners must possess a full working knowledge of these products to use them effectively. This book promotes a truly internalized understanding rather than rote memorization or strict quantitation, with clear explanations and true-to-life examples. Understand the concepts behind derivative securities Delve into the nature, pricing, and offset of sensitivities Learn how different products are priced and valued Examine trading strategies and practical examples for each product Pricing and valuation is important, but understanding the fundamental nature of each product is critical—it gives you the power to wield them more effectively, and exploit their natural behaviors to achieve both short- and long-term market goals. Derivatives Essentials provides the clarity and practical perspective you need to master the effective use of derivative securities products. |
| futures and options trading: Trading VIX Derivatives Russell Rhoads, 2011-08-09 A guide to using the VIX to forecast and trade markets Known as the fear index, the VIX provides a snapshot of expectations about future stock market volatility and generally moves inversely to the overall stock market. Trading VIX Derivatives will show you how to use the Chicago Board Options Exchange's S&P 500 volatility index to gauge fear and greed in the market, use market volatility to your advantage, and hedge stock portfolios. Engaging and informative, this book skillfully explains the mechanics and strategies associated with trading VIX options, futures, exchange traded notes, and options on exchange traded notes. Many market participants look at the VIX to help understand market sentiment and predict turning points. With a slew of VIX index trading products now available, traders can use a variety of strategies to speculate outright on the direction of market volatility, but they can also utilize these products in conjunction with other instruments to create spread trades or hedge their overall risk. Reviews how to use the VIX to forecast market turning points, as well as reveals what it takes to implement trading strategies using VIX options, futures, and ETNs Accessible to active individual traders, but sufficiently sophisticated for professional traders Offers insights on how volatility-based strategies can be used to provide diversification and enhance returns Written by Russell Rhoads, a top instructor at the CBOE's Options Institute, this book reflects on the wide range of uses associated with the VIX and will interest anyone looking for profitable new forecasting and trading techniques. |
| futures and options trading: Trading Options Greeks Dan Passarelli, 2012-10-02 A top options trader details a practical approach for pricing and trading options in any market condition The options market is always changing, and in order to keep up with it you need the greeks—delta, gamma, theta, vega, and rho—which are the best techniques for valuing options and executing trades regardless of market conditions. In the Second Edition of Trading Options Greeks, veteran options trader Dan Pasarelli puts these tools in perspective by offering fresh insights on option trading and valuation. An essential guide for both professional and aspiring traders, this book explains the greeks in a straightforward and accessible style. It skillfully shows how they can be used to facilitate trading strategies that seek to profit from volatility, time decay, or changes in interest rates. Along the way, it makes use of new charts and examples, and discusses how the proper application of the greeks can lead to more accurate pricing and trading as well as alert you to a range of other opportunities. Completely updated with new material Information on spreads, put-call parity and synthetic options, trading volatility, and advanced option trading is also included Explores how to exploit the dynamics of option pricing to improve your trading Having a comprehensive understanding of the greeks is essential to long-term options trading success. Trading Options Greeks, Second Edition shows you how to use the greeks to find better trades, effectively manage them, and ultimately, become more profitable. |
| futures and options trading: Option Trading Euan Sinclair, 2010-07-16 An A to Z options trading guide for the new millennium and the new economy Written by professional trader and quantitative analyst Euan Sinclair, Option Trading is a comprehensive guide to this discipline covering everything from historical background, contract types, and market structure to volatility measurement, forecasting, and hedging techniques. This comprehensive guide presents the detail and practical information that professional option traders need, whether they're using options to hedge, manage money, arbitrage, or engage in structured finance deals. It contains information essential to anyone in this field, including option pricing and price forecasting, the Greeks, implied volatility, volatility measurement and forecasting, and specific option strategies. Explains how to break down a typical position, and repair positions Other titles by Sinclair: Volatility Trading Addresses the various concerns of the professional options trader Option trading will continue to be an important part of the financial landscape. This book will show you how to make the most of these profitable products, no matter what the market does. |
| futures and options trading: Futures Trading in Onions United States. Commodity Exchange Authority, 1956 |
| futures and options trading: Trading in Oil Futures Sally Clubley, 1986-01-01 |
| futures and options trading: Handbook of Financial Engineering Constantin Zopounidis, Michael Doumpos, Panos M. Pardalos, 2010-07-25 This comprehensive handbook discusses the most recent advances within the field of financial engineering, focusing not only on the description of the existing areas in financial engineering research, but also on the new methodologies that have been developed for modeling and addressing financial engineering problems. The book is intended for financial engineers, researchers, applied mathematicians, and graduate students interested in real-world applications to financial engineering. |
| futures and options trading: Options, Futures and Other Derivatives John Hull, 2009 Updated and revised to reflect the most current information, this introduction to futures and options markets is ideal for those with a limited background in mathematics. Based on Hull's Options, Futures and Other Derivatives, one of the best-selling books on Wall Street, this book presents an accessible overview of the topic without the use of calculus. Packed with numerical samples and accounts of real-life situations, the Fifth Edition effectively guides readers through the material while providing them with a host of tangible examples. For professionals with a career in futures and options markets, financial engineering and/or risk management. |
| futures and options trading: Trading Options as a Professional: Techniques for Market Makers and Experienced Traders James Bittman, 2008-11-09 The options market allows savvy investors to assume risk in a way that can be very profitable, if the right techniques are used with the proper insight. In Trading Options as a Professional, veteran floor trader James Bittman provides both full-time and professional traders with a highly practical blueprint for maximizing profits in the global options market. This peerless guide helps you think like a market maker, arms you with the latest techniques for trading and managing options, and guides you in honing your proficiency at entering orders and anticipating strategy performance. Most importantly, it gives you access to one of the world's leading educators and commentators as he candidly defines the seven trading areas that are essential for successful options traders to master: Option price behavior, including the Greeks Volatility Synthetic relationships Arbitrage strategies Delta-neutral trading Setting bid and ask prices Risk management You will benefit from Bittman's exceptional understanding of volatility, his perceptive examples from the real world, and the dozens of graphs and tables that illustrate his strategies and techniques. Each chapter is a complete, step-by-step lesson, and, collectively, give you the best toolbox of profit-making solutions on the options trading floor. In addition, Trading Options as a Professional comes with Op-Eval Pro, a powerful software that enables you to analyze your trades before you make them by calculating implied volatility, graphing simple and complex options strategies, and saving analyses to review later. Don't be left guessing on the sidelines--trade with the confidence of a market maker by following the road map to higher profits in Trading Options as a Professional. |
| futures and options trading: Commodity Options Carley Garner, 2009 Investors worldwide are discovering the enormous opportunities available through commodity options trading. However, because commodities have differing underlying characteristics from equities, commodity options behave differently as well. In this book, two of the field's most respected analysts present strategies built from the ground up for commodity options. Carley Garner and Paul Brittain begin with a quick primer on how commodity options work, how they evolved, and why conventional options strategies often fail in the commodity options markets. Next, using detailed examples based on their. |
| futures and options trading: All About Options Thomas A. McCafferty, 1998-08-21 To minimize risk and greatly increase return, lightning-fast options trading instincts are critical. All About Options, Second Edition is the ideal first step to developing these instincts. With its in-depth coverage of the basics of options and option trading, this new edition is perfect for beginners as well as traders going to the next level. It provides: Facts and figures updated from the first edition, with more on stock options Up-to-the-minute material on changes in the marketplace and technology In-depth explanations of options trading strategies from basic to complex Knowledgeable options trading is a key element of any effective strategy All About Options is the clearest, easiest-to-follow guidebook today on the pros, cons, risks, and rewards of using options. |
| futures and options trading: Student Solutions Manual for Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives, eBook [Global Edition] John C. Hull, 2021-01-22 For graduate courses in business, economics, financial mathematics, andfinancial engineering; for advanced undergraduate courses with students who have goodquantitative skills; and for practitioners involved in derivatives markets Practitioners refer to it as “the bible;” in the university and collegemarketplace it’s the best seller; and now it’s been revised and updated tocover the industry’s hottest topics and the most up-to-date material on newregulations. Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives by JohnC. Hull bridges the gap between theory and practice by providing a current lookat the industry, a careful balance of mathematical sophistication, and anoutstanding ancillary package that makes it accessible to a wide audience.Through its coverage of important topics such as the securitization and thecredit crisis, the overnight indexed swap, the Black-Scholes-Merton formulas,and the way commodity prices are modeled and commodity derivatives valued, ithelps students and practitioners alike keep up with the fast pace of change intoday’s derivatives markets. This program provides a better teaching and learning experience—for you andyour students. Here’s how: · NEW! Available with DerivaGem 3.00 software—includingtwo Excel applications, the Options Calculator and the Applications Builder · Bridges the gap between theory and practice—abest-selling college text, and considered “the bible” by practitioners, itprovides the latest information in the industry · Provides the right balance of mathematical sophistication—carefulattention to mathematics and notation · Offers outstanding ancillaries to round out thehigh quality of the teaching and learning package |
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FUNDAMENTALS OF FUTURES AND OPTIONS MARKETS
Hull’s Fundamentals of Futures and Options Markets simplifies financial mathematics, adopting a theory-based, calculus-free approach designed for non-specialized learners of the subject. The …
FUNDAMENTALS OF FUTURES AND OPTIONS - CFA Institute
Futures on U.S. Treasury bonds and notes began trading in the late 1970s, and options on individual stocks and equity indices began trading in the early 1980s.
OPTIONS AND FUTURE Hedging vs Speculation
A futures contract is a legal agreement between a buyer and a seller to buy or sell an underlying asset at a defined price at a specified date in the future. Futures are standardized in terms of …
25 Proven Strategies - CME Group
Sell out-of-the-money (lower strike) options if you are only somewhat convinced, sell at-the-money options if you are very confident the market will stagnate or rise.
Futures and Options (B40 - New York University
It combines theory, empirical findings and practical applications. The main applications include the markets for equities, fixed income, foreign exchange and commodities (e.g. oil, gold, silver). …
FuturesPlus - Adding Futures Options to Your Trading
Stock options and futures options are both priced in relation to the price at which the underlying is trading, along with time to expiration, and volatility. You can use these actions as building …
Options, Futures And Other Derivatives [With Student …
Delving into the intricate world of financial derivatives, Margaret Matthews' "Options, Futures And Other Derivatives [With Student Solutions Manual]" serves as an indispensable guide for both …
Options and Futures: A Tutorial - rpc.cfainstitute.org
addressing the fundamentals of the options and futures markets, valuation models, and strategies; others are quite technical, as befits the subject matter. Clarke adds to this literature a tutorial …
STRATEGY GUI F UTURES & OPTIONSDE - Lakefront Futures
Using futures and options, whether separately or in combination, can offer countless trading opportunities. The 21 strategies in this publication are not intended to provide a complete guide …
A Study on Futures and Options in Derivatives - Semantic …
Options and futures contracts account for the vast majority of derivatives. For eons, traders and manufacturers have protected themselves from the inevitable swings in commodity prices by …
CME Group Options on Futures
CME Group’s vast and liquid family of option contracts on futures can help you diversify your portfolio while helping to mitigate your downside risk.
A Trader's Guide to Futures: Guide - CME Group
This is your introductory guide to trading futures. If you’re a trader who is interested in branching out from equities or cash FX into futures, this guide will provide a great starting point. If you …
The Four Basic Options Strategies - Pearson
Steps to Trading a Long Call 1. Buy the call option. Remember that for option contracts in the U.S., one contract is for 100 shares. So when you see a price of $1.00 for a call, you will have …
Options on Futures: The Exercise and Assignment Process
This note describes the exercise and assignment process for the options on futures that trade on the CME Group designated contract markets — Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), Chicago …
021220-Brochure-FUTURE AND OPTION TRADING STRATEGIES
NSE Academy, in collaboration with Empirical F&M Academy, is offering a joint certified course on Futures & Options Trading Strategies". Financial Markets has revolutionized the way financial …
Fundamentals of Futures and Options (a summary) - CFA …
The focus of this book is simple financial derivatives—options and futures. The growth of these instruments began in the United States, largely in the 1970s with the organization of the …
Unlocking Futures Options: A Guide to Pricing and Trading
Futures and options on futures are both classified as derivatives because their value is derived from an underlying asset rather than having intrinsic value. In other words, these financial …
Options on Futures - CME Group
Since their launch more than 30 years ago, options on futures (OOFs) — also known as “futures options” — have gained steady traction, as evidenced by increasing year-over-year volumes …
NASDAQ-100 Futures and Options - CME Group
Access – Manage exposure to 100 large-cap non-financial companies in The Nasdaq Stock Market with a single transaction, and capture opportunities from volatility, index correlations, …
Options vs. Futures: What’s the Difference? - Investopedia
Jun 6, 2024 · Options and futures are two varieties of financial derivatives investors can use to speculate on market price changes or to hedge risk. Both options and futures allow an investor …
Futures vs Options | Definition & Key Differences - Finance …
Aug 10, 2023 · Futures and options are both financial derivatives used in trading, but they have distinct differences. Futures contracts let traders purchase or sell an asset at a predetermined …
Understanding futures vs. options: Which is better for you?
Jul 15, 2024 · Both futures and options let investors and others “lock in” a price for the underlying security, creating greater certainty. And they can both be highly profitable ways to trade in the …
Learn to trade futures and options - CME Group
Learn how futures and options on futures can help you reach trading objectives with greater ease and effectiveness, and potentially lower costs.
Futures And Options Trading - A Beginner's Guide - Forbes
Aug 27, 2021 · Futures and options are stock derivatives that are traded in the share market and are a type of contract between two parties for trading a stock or index at a specific price or …
Futures vs. Options: What's the Difference? | The Motley Fool
Jan 12, 2024 · The key difference between the two is that futures require the contract holder to buy the underlying asset on a specific date in the future, while options -- as the name implies -- …
What to Know About Trading Futures Options | Charles Schwab
May 29, 2025 · Learn the similarities and differences of trading options on futures versus stocks. Futures options can potentially offer some of the same flexibility and leverage for futures …
What is Futures and Options? - Definition and Types of F&O
Futures and options are the major types of stock derivatives trading in a share market. These are contracts signed by two parties for trading a stock asset at a predetermined price on a later …
Futures vs. Options: Which is Better? - Benzinga
Oct 9, 2024 · Futures and options are important financial tools. Investors use them for hedging, speculation, and improving portfolio performance. Both help manage risks from price changes …
How Options Trading Strategies Differ From Futures - Nasdaq
May 15, 2025 · At first glance, options and futures seem to have a lot in common. Both vehicles give you the opportunity to bet on the future performance of an underlying asset. Plus, both …
A Beginners Guide To Futures And Options Trading - Motilal Oswal
Discover essential tips for futures and options trading for beginners, covering strategies and risk management for successful investing at Motilal Oswal.
Futures vs. Options (2025): Analyzing the Key Differences
Futures contracts require buyers and sellers to complete the trade at a set price and date, making them binding agreements. Options, however, give traders the right—but not the obligation—to …
Futures vs Options Contract | Top 8 Differences (with Infographics)
Feb 26, 2018 · A futures contract is an agreement binding on the counterparties for buying and selling of financial security at a predetermined price at a specific date in the future. On the …
What Are the Differences Between Futures and Options? - SoFi
Jan 6, 2025 · Futures and options are both derivative contracts that enable an investor to buy or sell an investment for a certain price by a certain date. Although they share similarities, they …
Navigating the Markets: A Deep Dive into Futures vs Options
Jun 9, 2025 · Exploring Options Contracts Defining Options Rights and Flexibility. Okay, so options. They’re not as straightforward as just buying a stock. An option contract gives you the …
Future vs Option: Difference Between Futures and Options - 5paisa
Apr 7, 2025 · The prime difference between options and futures is that futures need the contract holder to purchase the underlying assets such as commodities or stocks on a respective date …
Key Differences Between Futures and Options: What Every …
Jun 24, 2024 · Both futures and options are powerful financial instruments that serve different purposes in the trading and hedging landscape. Futures provide a straightforward, high-risk …
Options On Futures: Definition, How They Work, and Example
Jun 18, 2022 · What Are Options On Futures? An option on a futures contract gives the holder the right, but not the obligation, to buy or sell a specific futures contract at a strike price on or before...
Futures vs Options: What's the Difference? - IG UK
Futures and options are both financial contracts used to trade on a wide variety of markets. Both futures and options are leveraged instruments with expiry dates. For futures, you’d settle the …
Futures vs Options: Learn the Key Differences | VT Markets
Jan 28, 2025 · In this article, we’ll explore the key differences between futures and options, helping you understand their unique features, benefits, and risks. Whether you’re looking to …
