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Futures Made Simple Table of Contents 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 The clearing house Futures contracts today Chapter summary Chapter 2: How futures work What exactly is a futures contract? Fungibility Offsetting Cash settled or physical delivery Role of the clearing house Clearing house and OTC models compared Clearing house margin requirements Price discovery process Minimum price changes and daily price limits Minimum price moves (ticks) Maximum daily price limits Position limits Rollovers and delivery dates Monthly expiry and rollover First notice day and last trading day A typical futures contract Leverage Chapter summary Chapter 3: Who trades futures and why Hedging The ‘short’ hedge The ‘long’ hedge Who are hedgers? Speculating Buying a futures contract — ‘going long’ Short selling a futures contract — ‘going short’ Who are speculators? Speculative trading styles Fundamental or technical? Spreading Chapter summary Chapter 4: Trading mechanics Trading futures contracts — long and short Order types Market orders Limit orders for trade entry Stop orders for trade entry Limit orders for trade exit Stop orders for trade exit Using stop orders as trailing stops Slippage Lock-limit Stop limit orders Iceberg orders 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 Factors affecting price Pricing Trading examples Contract specifications Trading hours Wheat Factors affecting price Pricing Trading examples Contract specifications Trading hours Australian wheat futures The soybean complex Soybeans Factors affecting price Pricing Trading examples Contract specifications Trading hours Soybean meal Factors affecting price Pricing Trading examples Contract specifications Trading hours Soybean oil Factors affecting price The soybean crush spread and reverse crush spread Pricing Trading examples Contract specifications Trading hours Mini-sized corn, wheat and soybean futures contracts Chapter 7: Food and fibre — the ‘softs’ Cocoa Factors affecting price Pricing Trading examples Contract specifications Trading hours Coffee Factors affecting price Pricing Trading examples Contract specifications Trading hours Cotton Factors affecting price Pricing Trading examples Contract specifications Trading hours Orange juice Factors affecting price Pricing Trading examples Contract specifications Trading hours Sugar Factors affecting price Pricing Trading examples Contract specifications Trading hours Chapter 8: Livestock — the meats Feeder cattle Factors affecting price Pricing Trading examples Contract specifications Trading hours Live cattle Factors affecting price Pricing Trading examples Contract specifications Trading hours Lean hogs Factors affecting price Pricing Trading examples Contract specifications Trading hours Chapter 9: Energy markets Crude oil Factors affecting price Pricing Trading examples Contract specifications Trading hours RBOB gasoline Factors affecting price Pricing Trading examples Contract specifications Trading hours Heating oil Factors affecting price Pricing Trading examples Contract specifications Trading hours Natural gas Factors affecting price Pricing Trading examples Contract specifications Trading hours Mini-sized energy contracts Chapter 10: Metals Gold Factors affecting price Pricing Trading examples Contract specifications Trading hours Smaller size gold contracts Silver Factors affecting price Pricing Trading examples Contract specifications Trading hours Smaller size silver contracts Copper Factors affecting price Pricing Trading examples Contract specifications Trading hours Smaller size copper contract Part III: Financial markets futures contracts Chapter 11: Interest rates futures Eurodollars Factors affecting price Pricing Trading examples Contract specifications Trading hours US 30-year Treasury bonds Factors affecting price Pricing Trading examples Contract specifications Trading hours Treasury notes Factors affecting price Pricing Trading examples Contract specifications Trading hours Chapter 12: Equity index futures S&P 500 Factors affecting price Pricing Trading examples Contract specifications Trading hours E-mini S&P 500 Pricing Trading examples Contract specifications Trading hours Euro Stoxx 50 Factors affecting price Pricing Trading examples Contract specifications Trading hours FTSE 100 Factors affecting price Pricing Trading examples Contract specifications Trading hours Nikkei 225 Factors affecting price Pricing Trading examples Contract specifications Trading hours Share Price Index (SPI) Factors affecting price Pricing Trading examples Contract specifications

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The essential guide to trading futures, without all the fussThis uncomplicated guide for beginners proves that you don't have to be a financial wizard to successfully trade futures . . . and you don't have to hire a financial advisor to tell you what to do either. Instead, Futures Made Simple outlin
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