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Index
Cover
Table of Contents
Title Page
Foreword
About the author
Acknowledgements
Foreword
Preface
Part I: Trading futures - principles and practice
Chapter 1: The history and evolution of futures exchanges
Forward contracts
The development of futures exchanges
Controversy
Hand signals
Electronic markets
From forwards to futures
Chapter summary
Chapter 2: How futures work
What exactly is a futures contract?
Role of the clearing house
Price discovery process
Minimum price changes and daily price limits
Rollovers and delivery dates
A typical futures contract
Leverage
Chapter summary
Chapter 3: Who trades futures and why
Hedging
Speculating
Chapter summary
Chapter 4: Trading mechanics
Trading futures contracts - long and short
Order types
Placing an order verbally
Choosing a broker
Hardware, software and data providers
Chapter summary
Chapter 5: Risk and money management
Shares vs futures - six common fallacies
Using leverage to your advantage
Using stop-losses and position sizing
Learning to lose
Chapter summary
Part II: Natural commodity futures contracts
Chapter 6: Grains
Bushel weights
Corn
Wheat
The soybean complex
Soybeans
Soybean meal
Soybean oil
Chapter 7: Food and fibre - the ‘softs'
Cocoa
Coffee
Cotton
Orange juice
Sugar
Chapter 8: Livestock - the meats
Feeder cattle
Live cattle
Lean hogs
Chapter 9: Energy markets
Crude oil
RBOB gasoline
Heating oil
Natural gas
Mini-sized energy contracts
Chapter 10: Metals
Gold
Silver
Copper
Part III: Financial markets futures contracts
Chapter 11: Interest rates futures
Eurodollars
US 30-year Treasury bonds
Treasury notes
Chapter 12: Equity index futures
S&P 500
E-mini S&P 500
Euro Stoxx 50
FTSE 100
Nikkei 225
Share Price Index (SPI)
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