Value investing in commodity futures [[electronic resource] ] : how to profit with scale trading / / Hal Masover

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910457255803321
• Autore: Masover Hal
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : John Wiley, c2001
• ISBN: 1-280-36471-8; 9786610364718; 0-471-43804-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (224 p.)
• Collana: Wiley trading advantage
• Disciplina: 332.63/28
• Soggetti: Commodity futures; Futures; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: VALUE INVESTING IN COMMODITY FUTURES; FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; CONTENTS; Introduction; PART I AN INTRODUCTION TO A BETTER METHOD OF TRADING; Chapter 1 Scale Trading: Elegance in Trading; Chapter 2 How to Know When to Start Scale Trading; Chapter 3 Why Is Scale Trading Better Than Other Types of Trading?; PART II LEARNING THE FUNDAMENTALS; Chapter 4 Fundamentals the Right Way; Chapter 5 Grain Market Fundamentals; Chapter 6 Livestock Market Fundamentals; Chapter 7 Metals Market Fundamentals; Chapter 8 Energy Market Fundamentals; Chapter 9 Softs Market Fundamentals; Chapter 10 Using Seasonal Information the Right WayPART III SCALE TRADING IN ACTION; Chapter 11 How to Construct a Scale; Chapter 12 Taking Profits; Chapter 13 The Dreaded Contract Rollovers; Chapter 14 Options; Chapter 15 Don't Skip This Chapter: Choosing a Broker; Appendix I Getting a Handle on Commodity Futures: A Primer for Beginning Traders; Appendix II Other Possibly Profitable Methods; Appendix III How to Construct a Scale on Your Computer; Glossary; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The only complete guide to an increasingly popular approach to futures ; trading This book outlines a highly successful alternative approach to trading commodity futures, specially tailored to today's low-priced commodities markets. Unlike technical analysis, which uses statistics to inform trading decisions, scale trading is a form of fundamental analysis in which a trader slowly buys prices as they reach bottom and sells them as they climb back up. Hal Masover describes scaling techniques that work in every commodity market, including metals, energies, utilities, and agriculture. And