A Complete Guide to the Futures Markets: Fundamental Analysis, Technical Analysis, Trading, Spreads, and Options | 
 enlarge | Author: Jack D. Schwager
Publisher: Wiley
Category: Book
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Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 344586
Media: Paperback
Pages: 760
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 9.7 x 7.5 x 1.7
ISBN: 0471893765
Dewey Decimal Number: 332.644
EAN: 9780471893769
ASIN: 0471893765
Publication Date: June 1984
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Condition: HARDCOVER! Prev owner name, great shape.
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Product Description
Focusing on price-forecasting in the commodity futures market, this is the most comprehensive examination of fundamental and technical analysis available. Treats both approaches in depth, with forecasting examined in conjunction with practical trading considerations.
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A Complete Guide to the Futures Markets October 21, 2008
Bobby L. Burns
This book is a must read for anyone interested in starting a trading business. While it is an old book it provides an excellent and objective look at the different methods of analysis (Technical and Fundamental.) The emphasis is on the futures market. In my view it provides and excellent introduction to this market but, I find the techniques applicable to stocks and currencies.
I only wish I had discovered this book 15 years before.
 A "must-read" for any investor October 2, 2007
G. Burnett (Australia)
Schwagers book is captivating and informative. The discussion on regression provides useful insight for people interested in fundamental and technical analysis but may offend random walkers. Overall the book will enhance any readers understanding of the stockmarkets.
Classic, encyclopedic in scope. July 1, 2004
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
Schwager is the starting point for any serious reading on futures and options trading. Disregard comments below on its being to quantitative. No, you don't need a Ph.D. in math nor high school calculus (there isn't a single integral or differential equation in the whole book). You should have a starting basis in statistics as well as some pre-existing intuition about markets.It is well-written and clear,and truly encyclopedic in scope : every conceivable options trade, with all permutations thereof, is discussed and dissected, even inadvisable ones (they too are informative). A classic book whose age (mine is copyright 1984!) testifies to its enduring worth. To summarize, you can't really trade futures or options and expect to make money without it.
Futures Textbook November 6, 2001
-oo0(GoldTrader)0oo- (Honolulu)
2 out of 10 found this review helpful
Schwager's textbooks while not specifically about spreads are comprehensive and complete about futures. This book has a small section about trading commodity futures spreads.
A good reference for traders who like Math/Stat August 7, 2001
Robert Goodman (NY, USA)
8 out of 14 found this review helpful
This book could be renamed as "The Mathematics of Trading". The traget readers are traders who use lots of Mathematics and Statistics. The experience of Schwager helped me a lot. He said he was good in analysis but not trading. Many people, including me, thought Mathematics, Statistics and Economics were essential for good trading. So they went to college, studied hard, got a degree and hope they could make money in the market. This simply never happen! Otherwise everyone should got a PhD before trading. You still need to develop a method or system. But what is vital is to control your ego. Admit mistakes quickly. This was the most interesting and useful conclusion that I got from Schwager.
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