The Eurodollar Futures and Options Handbook

The Eurodollar Futures and Options Handbook
Author: Galen Burghardt
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
Total Pages: 513
Release: 2003-07-14
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0071707697

Eurodollar trading volume is exploding, with no end in sight tools phenomenal growth. The Eurodollar Futures and Options Handbook provides traders and investors with the complete range of current research on Eurodollar futures and options, now the most widely traded money market contracts in the world. The only current book on this widely-followed topic, it features chapters written by Eurodollar experts from JP Morgan, Mellon Capital, Merrill Lynch, and other global trading giants, and will quickly become a required reference for all Eurodollar F&O traders and investors.

STIR Futures

STIR Futures
Author: Stephen Aikin
Publisher: Harriman House Limited
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2012-11-16
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0857192655

Short term interest rate futures (STIR futures) are one of the largest financial markets in the world. The two main contracts, the Eurodollar and Euribor, regularly trade in excess of one trillion dollars and euros of US and European interest rates each day. STIR futures are also unique because their structure encourages spread and strategy trading, offering a risk reward profile incomparable to other financial markets. STIR futures are traded on a completely electronic market place that provides a level playing field, meaning that the individual can compete on exactly the same terms as banks and institutions. The sheer number of trading permutations allows traders to find their own niche. 'STIR Futures' is a handbook to the STIR futures markets, clearly explaining what they are, how they can be traded, and where the profit opportunities are. The book has been written for aspiring traders and also for experienced traders looking for new markets. This book offers a unique look at a significant but often overlooked financial instrument. By focusing exclusively on this market, the author provides a comprehensive guide to trading STIR futures. He covers key points such as how STIR futures are priced, the need to understand what is driving the markets and causing the price action, and provides in-depth detail and trading examples of the intra-contract spread market and cross-market trading opportunities of trading STIR futures against other financial products. An essential read for anyone involved in this market.

Futures and Options

Futures and Options
Author: Hans R. Stoll
Publisher: Thomson South-Western
Total Pages: 440
Release: 1993
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

Presents a simple, integrative approach to understanding the nature and use of derivative asset contracts. The authors combine their expertise and comprehensible writing style in this new book to convey technical material in an applied manner.

Interest Rate Markets

Interest Rate Markets
Author: Siddhartha Jha
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 373
Release: 2011-02-11
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 111801779X

How to build a framework for forecasting interest rate market movements With trillions of dollars worth of trades conducted every year in everything from U.S. Treasury bonds to mortgage-backed securities, the U.S. interest rate market is one of the largest fixed income markets in the world. Interest Rate Markets: A Practical Approach to Fixed Income details the typical quantitative tools used to analyze rates markets; the range of fixed income products on the cash side; interest rate movements; and, the derivatives side of the business. Emphasizes the importance of hedging and quantitatively managing risks inherent in interest rate trades Details the common trades which can be used by investors to take views on interest rates in an efficient manner, the methods used to accurately set up these trades, as well as common pitfalls and risks?providing examples from previous market stress events such as 2008 Includes exclusive access to the Interest Rate Markets Web site which includes commonly used calculations and trade construction methods Interest Rate Markets helps readers to understand the structural nature of the rates markets and to develop a framework for thinking about these markets intuitively, rather than focusing on mathematical models

Managed Futures for Institutional Investors

Managed Futures for Institutional Investors
Author: Galen Burghardt
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 373
Release: 2011-05-03
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1576603741

A practical guide to institutional investing success Managed Futures for Institutional Investors is an essential guide that walks you through the important questions that need to be addressed before investing in this asset class and contains helpful direction for investors during the investing process. Backed by years of institutional experience, the authors reveal the opportunities offered by managed futures. They also include information on practices in the managed futures area and present the various analytical tools and building blocks required to use managed futures effectively. The book also contains insight on the issues that must be addressed when building and evaluating portfolios. Shows where to find data to evaluate managed futures and explains how managed futures are regulated Offers guidance on how to apply classic portfolio construction tools to managed futures Reveals how managed futures investments can help investors evaluate and meet risk, return, and liquidity objectives Managed Futures for Institutional Investors provides all the practical information to manage this type of investment well.

Past, Present & Futures

Past, Present & Futures
Author: Jeffrey L. Rodengen
Publisher: Write Stuff Syndicate
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2008
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781932022223

Commodity Options

Commodity Options
Author: Carley Garner
Publisher:
Total Pages: 285
Release: 2009
Genre:
ISBN: 9788131744260

Investors worldwide are discovering the enormous opportunities available through commodity options trading. However, because commodities have differing underlying characteristics from equities, commodity options behave differently as well. In this book, two of the field's most respected analysts present strategies built from the ground up for commodity options. Carley Garner and Paul Brittain begin with a quick primer on how commodity options work, how they evolved, and why conventional options strategies often fail in the commodity options markets. Next, using detailed examples based on their.

Derivatives Demystified

Derivatives Demystified
Author: Andrew M. Chisholm
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 268
Release: 2010-06-10
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0470972955

The book is a step-by-step guide to derivative products. By distilling the complex mathematics and theory that underlie the subject, Chisholm explains derivative products in straightforward terms, focusing on applications and intuitive explanations wherever possible. Case studies and examples of how the products are used to solve real-world problems, as well as an extensive glossary and material on the latest derivative products make this book a must have for anyone working with derivative products.

The Trades of March 2020

The Trades of March 2020
Author: Alex Gurevich
Publisher:
Total Pages: 354
Release: 2022-01-18
Genre:
ISBN: 9781544525150

Have you ever wondered what happens in the command control of a global macro hedge fund when US stock markets plunge 35 percent in just three weeks? Welcome to the mind of Alex Gurevich, Founder and CIO of HonTe Investments. As tragic events unfolded around the world, the pandemic ruptured the sequence of price action and devoured financial markets like a black hole. Through Gurevich's personal narrative and the team's actual Slack messages, The Trades of March 2020 follows their frenetic efforts to survive the crisis. From the first terrifying days of loss, both personal and professional, to the team's redoubled attempts to identify emerging opportunities, this account of crucial, in-the-moment decisions is a faithful record of the trading moves made in the unprecedented month of March 2020. Discover the thinking and investment philosophy that led HonTe to survive and ultimately thrive during one of the most extraordinary challenges of our time.