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Getting Started in Futures
"If you've never traded futures but would like to, this book is highly recommended. An excellent introduction to the futures markets and also a useful reference source for the seasoned trader."
--Thomas E. Aspray, Editorial Director and Chief Analyst, Traders' Library "No one explains complex financial strategies as clearly and intelligently as Todd Lofton. If you're intrigued by the possibility of making money in the futures markets, Getting Started in Futures is the very best place to start your education."
--Karl Weber, coauthor (with Jonathan M. Tisch) of The Power of Succeeding Through Partnerships Getting Started in Futures explains in simple, easy-to-understand terms everything you need to know to start trading futures successfully. You'll learn how to forecast prices, how hedging works, and how to take advantage of new electronic trading opportunities. The updated Fifth Edition includes discussions on the increasingly important role of futures markets in foreign currencies, equity indexes, interest rates, and proper money management. You'll also fin a complete chapter on single-stock futures -- the newest financial futures market. Order your copy today!
--Thomas E. Aspray, Editorial Director and Chief Analyst, Traders' Library "No one explains complex financial strategies as clearly and intelligently as Todd Lofton. If you're intrigued by the possibility of making money in the futures markets, Getting Started in Futures is the very best place to start your education."
--Karl Weber, coauthor (with Jonathan M. Tisch) of The Power of Succeeding Through Partnerships Getting Started in Futures explains in simple, easy-to-understand terms everything you need to know to start trading futures successfully. You'll learn how to forecast prices, how hedging works, and how to take advantage of new electronic trading opportunities. The updated Fifth Edition includes discussions on the increasingly important role of futures markets in foreign currencies, equity indexes, interest rates, and proper money management. You'll also fin a complete chapter on single-stock futures -- the newest financial futures market. Order your copy today!
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304 pages, Paperback
First published March 1, 1989
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January 25, 2022
This has got to be the worst book of I've read in quite some time. Definitely in 2022 or even the last decade. The book is so elementary it's shocking that it's even in print format when everything in this book can be searched on google or investopedia.
For example, there is literally a section that suggests for further knowledge you can go to the mcgraw hill publishers website and just search 'futures'. Honestly is that WHOLE SECTION worth the paper that it is printed on?
Not trying to be too harsh here, but I would have appreciated at least SOME strategy in futures. Not things that I can google for free. Or at least provide some stories of some epic futures traders and some of the scenarios they encountered. Or a history lesson on some past futures activity and how to learn from them.
Super disappointing. Would give it a zero star rating if that was possible.
For example, there is literally a section that suggests for further knowledge you can go to the mcgraw hill publishers website and just search 'futures'. Honestly is that WHOLE SECTION worth the paper that it is printed on?
Not trying to be too harsh here, but I would have appreciated at least SOME strategy in futures. Not things that I can google for free. Or at least provide some stories of some epic futures traders and some of the scenarios they encountered. Or a history lesson on some past futures activity and how to learn from them.
Super disappointing. Would give it a zero star rating if that was possible.
June 12, 2020
Introducing a little bit of everything within the futures market, highly recommend for beginners
October 30, 2023
Having read this 21 years ago, I have little memory of it, good or bad—hence the rating.
October 24, 2009
I had this stage where I was doing a lot of reading about trading programs and investment psychology and it was all centered around futures contracts and I didn't know much about them. Hence, reading this book.
I did learn what I wanted to know about how the contracts work and I also got a history lesson in how they started, why they started and how they form an important part of the commodities markets. The book went on to detail other kinds of contracts including currency and livestock. After years of watching Nightly Business Report and noticing that they had switched from reporting on "pork bellies" to "live hogs", this book told me why. (oh, no --- you've got to read it for yourself.)
If you want a good introduction to the non-stock markets, this book is it.
I did learn what I wanted to know about how the contracts work and I also got a history lesson in how they started, why they started and how they form an important part of the commodities markets. The book went on to detail other kinds of contracts including currency and livestock. After years of watching Nightly Business Report and noticing that they had switched from reporting on "pork bellies" to "live hogs", this book told me why. (oh, no --- you've got to read it for yourself.)
If you want a good introduction to the non-stock markets, this book is it.
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