The commitments of traders bible : how to profit from insider market intelligence / / Stephen Briese

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910812726203321
• Autore: Briese Stephen E. <1948->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Hoboken, NJ, : J. Wiley & Sons, 2008
• ISBN: 9786611284923; 9781119201861; 1119201861; 9781281284921; 1281284920; 9780470267912; 0470267917
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (309 p.)
• Collana: Wiley Trading ; ; v.325
• Disciplina: 332.6; 332.64/4; 332.644
• Soggetti: Commodity exchanges; Stocks; Investment analysis
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The Commitments of Traders Bible: How to Profit from Insider Market Intelligence; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Tables; Preface; WHAT IS THE COMMITMENTS REPORT?; WHO USES THE COT DATA?; HOW THIS BOOK IS ORGANIZED; GETTING STARTED; Acknowledgments; Part I: COT Theory; Chapter 1: The COT-Assorted History; THE GRAIN FUTURES ADMINISTRATION; THE COMMODITY EXCHANGE AUTHORITY; THE COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION; THE MODERN COT DATA; COT OPTIONS AND FUTURES COMBINED REPORT; COT-SUPPLEMENTAL COMMODITY INDEX TRADER REPORT; A FABLE; Chapter 2: COT Reports-Counting 1, 2, 3; THE LONG FORM; THE SHORT FORMCOT-SUPPLEMENTAL COMMODITY INDEX REPORT; Chapter 3: Player Introductions; SIZING THEM UP; THE REPORTING ; SYSTEM; COMMERCIAL HEDGERS; LARGE SPECULATORS; COMMODITY INDEX TRADERS; SMALL TRADERS; Chapter 4: Fading Small Speculators and Other Half-Baked Schemes; TIP: ALWAYS FOLLOW COMMERCIALS; TIP: NET LONG IS BULLISH; NET SHORT BEARISH; TIP: ALWAYS FADE THE SMALL SPECULATOR; TIP: IT IS ONLY LOGICAL TO COMPARE HEDGING TO THE SEASONAL AVERAGE; TIP: THE COT IS OLD NEWS BY THE TIME IT IS RELEASED; Chapter 5: Net Positions; OPEN INTEREST; CONSTRUCTING NET POSITIONS CHARTS; LARGE SPECULATOR PATTERNSCOMMERCIAL PATTERNS; SMALL TRADER PATTERNS; COMMODITY INDEX TRADERS; Chapter 6: The COT Index; COT INDEX CALCULATION (COMMERCIALS); ALTERNATIVE LOOK-BACK PERIODS; THE COT INDEX AS THE GREAT NORMALIZER; INTERPRETING THE COT INDEX; HEAL THYSELF; Chapter 7: COT Movement Index; COMMERCIAL MOVEMENT INDEX; 40 POINT COT SURGE RULES (COMMERCIALS); COMBINING THE INDEXES; FUND MOVEMENT INDEX; Chapter 8: View from the Gallery; KEYNES'S THEORY OF NORMAL BACKWARDATION; CAN SPECULATORS FORECAST PRICES?; RETURNS TO SPECULATORS AND THE THEORY OF NORMAL BACKWARDATION; RETURNS TO INDIVIDUAL TRADERS OF FUTURES: AGGREGATE RESULTSLUCK VERSUS FORECAST ABILITY: DETERMINANTS OF TRADER PERFORMANCE IN FUTURES MARKETS; THE RETURNS AND FORECASTING ABILITY OF LARGE TRADERS IN THE FROZEN PORK BELLIES FUTURES MARKET; HEDGING PRESSURE EFFECTS IN FUTURES MARKETS; HEDGING DEMAND AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE RISK PREMIA; INVESTOR SENTIMENT AND RETURN PREDICTABILITY IN AGRICULTURAL FUTURES MARKETS; THE BEHAVIOR AND PERFORMANCE OF MAJOR TYPES OF FUTURES TRADERS; EXCHANGE RATE CHANGES AND NET POSITIONS OF SPECULATORS IN THE FUTURES MARKET; THE PROFITABILITY OF SPECULATORS IN CURRENCY FUTURES MARKETSSUMMARY; Chapter 9: View from the Pits; THE STUDY DATA; THE TRADING RULES; TRADING RULES TEST RESULTS; TRADING SYSTEM CONSIDERATIONS; Chapter 10: Chart Pattern Validation; A BRIEF CHARTING PRIMER; BOTTOM FORMATIONS; TOP FORMATIONS; CONTINUATION PATTERNS; Chapter 11: Getting Technical; COT-STOCHASTICS; COT MACD-HISTOGRAM; COT-RSI; STANDARD DEVIATION (BOLLINGER) BANDS; CONCLUSIONS; Part II: COT in Practice; Chapter 12: Crossing Currencies; COMMERCIALS; U.S. DOLLAR INDEX; CURRENCY CORRELATION TABLES; CURRENCY FUTURES HISTORICAL COT CHARTS
• Sommario/riassunto: Regardless of your trading methods, and no matter what markets you're involved in, there is a Commitments of Traders (COT) report that you should be reviewing every week. Nobody understands this better than Stephen Briese, an industry-leading expert on COT data. And now, with The Commitments of Traders Bible, Briese reveals how to use the predictive power of COT data-and accurately interpret it-in order to analyze market movements and achieve investment success.