A Complete Guide to the Futures Market: Technical Analysis, Trading Systems, Fundamental Analysis, Options, Spreads,and Trading Principles: 2017

by Mark Etzkorn Jack D. Schwager, Mark Etzkorn

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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.

Genres: Finance, Business, Nonfiction, Unfinished

720 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1984

Reviews

[Pat Murphy · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is supposed to be one of the investment bibles that the millionaire investors require their employees to read. I am not well versed enough in probability, and investment and economic terminology to just up and read and get this book right away. It is a heavweight, but it requires a certain amount of knowledge to be able to take advantage of its content.

[Bookich Store · Rating 5 out of 5]

Mr. Schwager does it again. Here's a no-nonsense guide on how to really approach commodity trading, outlining both technical and fundamental approaches. Since ultimately we are the ones who have to figure out which strategy works best for us his decades-long experience in the sector - along with dialogues and relationships with the world's top traders - provides an invaluable toolbox for novice and experienced traders alike. Very much recommend the book.

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[Kurishin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Designed to be an intro guide to futures markets, and more specifically commodity futures markets, this book provides valuable factual insight as well as trading advice. Few traders will find all if the information relevant but skipping amonst chapters is easy.

[Sjors · Rating 2 out of 5]

A rather monumental effort: 906 pages (in my kindle format anyways) of which 42 pages consisting of front matters such as tables of contents / author bios etc. Most of the Parts in this doorstopper volume are steeped in charting and technical analysis and even the ones called "fundamental analysis" are fundamental in name only.

Since I do not believe in the efficacy of charting or technical analysis, Part II "chart analysis and technical indicators", Part III "applying chart analysis in trading", Part IV "trading systems", and all the appendices A-F were , while competently written and well-presented, of scant use to me. Part I "preliminaries" and Part VII "practical trading guidelines" were of some use, while Part V "fundamental analysis" was not really very fundamental, soon resorting to technical arguments after the briefest of discussions regarding supply / demand / price dynamics, and Part VI "options on futures" was just the bog-standard 'options 101' that I knew from elsewhere. So mwah Yawn.

So, readers who share my scepsis re. "technical analysis" in all its forms - leave this book be. Others may find this opus of use - the authors write clearly and at length about the various technical tools.

[Serhii Kushchenko · Rating 3 out of 5]

I am disappointed with this book.

I was hoping to gain insight into the fundamental factors influencing commodity prices. Yet to my disappointment, the book barely addressed this topic.

Its introduction to regression analysis is impractical. To learn this tool, you must get your hands dirty. In most cases, people use Excel or Python for that. However, the book does not provide any practical tutorials.

The chapters on technical analysis and general trading principles are OK.

[Javier Villar · Rating 3 out of 5]

A consultation guide. Very detailed.

[Shravankumar · Rating 4 out of 5]

good book