Alpesh B. Patel on stock futures [electronic resource] : strategies for profiting from stock futures.
Material type: TextPublication details: Petersfield : Harriman House, 2004.Description: 1 online resource (xi, 176 p.) : illISBN:- 9781435694699 (electronic bk.)
- 1435694694 (electronic bk.)
- 128189334X
- 9781281893345
- 658.15/5 22
- HD61 .P38 2004eb
Includes index.
Cover -- About the Authors -- Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Preface -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Chapter One: Essentials of Stock Futures -- What are stock futures? -- Mechanics of stock futures -- Data and software -- Chapter Two: Trading Stock Futures -- Because you can't just buy and hold -- Why 90% of day-traders and futures traders fail -- What is the essence of profit in the markets? -- How do you know when to buy and sell? -- Constructing a stock futures system -- DIY trading strategy -- Chapter Three: Trading Strategies 1 -- Trading Direction -- Trading direction -- Chapter Four: Trading Strategies 2 -- Diversification and Hedging -- Diversification -- Hedging -- Chapter Five: Trading Strategies 3 -- Pairs Trading -- Pairs -- Pairs trading with different currencies -- Pairs trading: stock vs market performance -- Chapter Six: Risk and Money Management -- Introduction -- Calculating how much to risk -- Other factors to consider -- Chapter Seven: Directory of Stock Futures Resources -- Exchanges -- Brokers -- Regulators -- Industry associations -- Industry information and educational resources -- Market information -- Other trading services -- Appendices -- Top 15 exchanges worldwide for stock futures trading -- List of USFs traded on LIFFE -- List of SSFs traded on OneChicago -- List of SSFs traded on NQLX -- List of SSFs traded on MEFF -- List of SSFs traded on National Stock Exchange of India -- Sample contract specifications -- LIFFE -- Sample contract specifications -- OneChicago -- Sample contract specifications -- NQLX -- Glossary -- Euronext, LIFFE and Euronext.liffe -- Index.
This book is for all stock traders, and some longer-term investors, who are interested in learning about one of the most efficient instruments for short-term trading: stock futures. Alpesh B. Patel explains everything you need to know about stock futures, from basic characteristics to practical trading strategies. He highlights their special advantages, especially as a low-cost way of gaining exposure to non-UK equities, and shows how they can be employed to enhance returns and control portfolio risk.
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