05414nam 2200757Ia 450 991081272620332120200520144314.01-119-20186-11-281-28492-097866112849230-470-26791-7(CKB)1000000000404797(EBL)335757(OCoLC)437204802(SSID)ssj0000125521(PQKBManifestationID)11139871(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000125521(PQKBWorkID)10047744(PQKB)10004862(MiAaPQ)EBC335757(Au-PeEL)EBL335757(CaPaEBR)ebr10296331(CaONFJC)MIL128492(OCoLC)1285724641(FINmELB)ELB177513(EXLCZ)99100000000040479720080229d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe commitments of traders bible how to profit from insider market intelligence /Stephen Briese1st ed.Hoboken, NJ J. Wiley & Sons20081 online resource (309 p.)Wiley Trading ;v.325Description based upon print version of record.0-470-17842-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 FORMTHE 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 CHARTSLARGE 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 BACKWARDATIONRETURNS 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 MARKETTHE 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 TABLESCURRENCY FUTURES HISTORICAL COT CHARTSRegardless 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.Wiley TradingTraders bibleCommodity exchangesStocksInvestment analysisCommodity exchanges.Stocks.Investment analysis.332.6332.64/4332.644Briese Stephen E.1948-1636954MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910812726203321The commitments of traders bible3978513UNINA