Alpesh B. Patel on stock futures
Subtitle: strategies for profiting from stock futures
Publisher: Harriman House
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Petersfield
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9781435694699; 9781281893345
Subjects: Risk Assessment & Management; Risk management; Futures market; Insurance; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
Description: This book is for all stock traders, and some longer-term investors, who are interested in learning about one of the most efficient instruments for short-term trading: stock futures. Alpesh B. Patel explains everything you need to know about stock futures, from basic characteristics to practical trading strategies. He highlights their special advantages, especially as a low-cost way of gaining exposure to non-UK equities, and shows how they can be employed to enhance returns and control portfolio risk.
Notes: Includes index.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Cover; title: About the Authors; title: Dedication; title: Acknowledgements; title: Contents; title: Preface; title: Foreword; title: Introduction; title: Chapter One: Essentials of Stock Futures; title: What are stock futures?; title: Mechanics of stock futures; title: Data and software; title: Chapter Two: Trading Stock Futures; title: Because you can't just buy and hold; title: Why 90% of day-traders and futures traders fail; title: What is the essence of profit in the markets?; title: How do you know when to buy and sell?; title: Constructing a stock futures system; title: DIY trading strategy; title: Chapter Three: Trading Strategies 1; title: Trading Direction; title: Trading direction; title: Chapter Four: Trading Strategies 2; title: Diversification and Hedging; title: Diversification; title: Hedging; title: Chapter Five: Trading Strategies 3; title: Pairs Trading; title: Pairs; title: Pairs trading with different currencies; title: Pairs trading: stock vs market performance; title: Chapter Six: Risk and Money Management; title: Introduction; title: Calculating how much to risk; title: Other factors to consider; title: Chapter Seven: Directory of Stock Futures Resources; title: Exchanges; title: Brokers; title: Regulators; title: Industry associations; title: Industry information and educational resources; title: Market information; title: Other trading services; title: Appendices; title: Top 15 exchanges worldwide for stock futures trading; title: List of USFs traded on LIFFE; title: List of SSFs traded on OneChicago; title: List of SSFs traded on NQLX; title: List of SSFs traded on MEFF; title: List of SSFs traded on National Stock Exchange of India; title: Sample contract specifications; title: LIFFE; title: Sample contract specifications; title: OneChicago; title: Sample contract specifications; title: NQLX; title: Glossary; title: Euronext, LIFFE and Euronext.liffe; title: Index.