Posts Tagged ‘Futures’

Seasonal Spread Trade for Consistent Returns


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Seasonal Spread Trade for Consistent Returns
Spread trading is a unique trading concept not all that familiar to the average commodity investor. The typical commodity trader analyzes a particular market, either from a technical or a fundamental standpoint, sometimes combining the two; makes a determination as to whether the market exhibits either a bullish or bearish [...]

Cross-hedging with futures and options: The effects of disappointment aversion [An article from: Journal of Multinational Financial Management] [HTML] (Digital)

This digital document is a journal article from Journal of Multinational Financial Management, published by Elsevier in . The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.Description: This article examines the effect of disappointment aversion on [...]

Managing Commodity Risk: Using Commodity Futures and Options (Kindle Edition)

Most businesses will face commodity risk in some form. It is how the company manages this risk that will help to determine the success of the firm. In this highly practical book, John J. Stephens explains in a clear concise manner the best techniques for managing such risks. Aimed at the ordinary businessperson, [...]

Hedging – What is It, and It’s Uses in Risk Management

The second of a two part article…. Before I discuss the use of hedging to off-set risk, we need to understand the role and the purpose of hedging. The history of modern futures trading begins in Chicago in the early 1800’s. Chicago is located at the base of the Great Lakes, close to the farmlands [...]

Trading In Future Options

A customized contract drawn between two parties to buy or sell a predetermined quantity of a particular commodity’s given amount at a predetermined future date is known as a forward contract. Exchange-trade forward contracts on futures for example are stock or commodity exchanges. The exchange standardizes the terms of the exchange.
There are several [...]

Currency Trading…There Is Money In Money

We Are Not Talking Chump Change Perhaps you have seen the recent  infomercial showing how easy it is to trade currencies, or you are a seasoned trader looking to branch out. It makes no difference about your experience, only your will to expand your scope of investments. For an awful long time the foreign exchange [...]

Futures Trading…Know The Market Before The Experts

You Don’t need a Crystal BallOne might say that there has to be some kind of mystical knowledge being used, considering the price for the commodity doesn’t yet exist. Commodities are any physical, tangible goods, such as crops like corn or wheat, to oil, gold, and currency, just to name a few. The futures market [...]

Trading and Hedging with Agricultural Futures and Options (Hardcover)

Today’s Premier Guidebook for Understanding Agricultural Options and Making Them a Key Part of Your Trading and Risk Management Strategy Agricultural futures and options represent a vital niche in today’s options trading world. Trading and Hedging with Agricultural Futures and Options takes an in-depth look at these valuable trading tools, and presents clear, [...]

Managing Commodity Risk: Using Commodity Futures and Options (Hardcover)

Most businesses will face commodity risk in some form. It is how the company manages this risk that will help to determine the success of the firm. In this highly practical book, John J. Stephens explains in a clear concise manner the best techniques for managing such risks. Aimed at the ordinary businessperson, [...]