Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 332.6452
EAN: 9780471752837
ISBN: 0471752835
Label: For Dummies
Manufacturer: For Dummies
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 384
Publication Date: April 10, 2006
Publisher: For Dummies
Sales Rank: 15735
Studio: For Dummies

---

Related Items:

• Commodities For Dummies (For Dummies (Business & Personal Finance))
• Technical Analysis for Dummies
• Trading for Dummies
• Currency Trading For Dummies (For Dummies (Business & Personal Finance))
• Day Trading For Dummies (For Dummies (Business & Personal Finance))
• see more

---

Editorial Review:

Product Description:
The days of buying and holding stocks and mutual funds for years are gone; nowadays, futures and option markets offer some of the best opportunities to make money trading in volatile times. But like all investments, high risk is involved, and in order to become a successful trader you must be prepared to work as a geopolitical analyst, a money manager, and an expert in all types of commodity markets.

Futures & Options For Dummies will show you how trading is done and how to survive and succeed in these ever-changing markets. Filled with nuts-and-bolts advice, you’ll soon discover how to manage the risks involved and reap the rewards of futures and options trading. This straightforward guide gives you the tools you need to understand:

• Ins and outs of trading futures and options
• How to analyze the markets and develop strategies
• Interest-rate futures and speculating with currencies
• How to stock up on indexes
• The direction of commodity futures
• Organizing your financial data and calculating your worth
• Developing strategies now to avoid pain later
• The execution of successful trades

Trading takes an iron-cast stomach and nerves of steel to perform, and this book features ways to keep yourself sane and secure. It also lists resourceful Web sites, commodity exchanges, books, newsletters, and magazines to assist in your trading endeavors. From technical analysis to finding a broker, Futures & Options For Dummies has all the information you need to capitalize on these markets!




Rating: - Confusing with mistakes
I'm new to options so this seemed to be a good place to start and some of the information was helpful but when I found a glaring mistake on page 75 I lost faith in the book and won't finish it. An example is given of a covered call that is supposed to make $500 or 10% but it actually looses you money with commissions..Read at you own risk

---

Rating: - Short on details
This isn't what you expect from the "For Dummies" series. Meaning you don't close the book feeling you can get started with confidence (unlike, say, Currency Trading for Dummies, after which you can do just that). Overall it's a useful primer but nothing more. Its strengths are some macroeconomic insights and occasional tips on how the big players play the game. It is average in terms of giving the basics on calls and puts and basic spreads, and it gives the usual overview of charting and technical ... Read More

---

Rating: - Too much and too little
I found the book way too cumbersome. The author tries to write about everything financial and as a result does it very poorly.

I found the section on Options especially weak. He's taken a straight forward subject and made it seem more complicated.

Pass on this one!

---

Rating: - need to know
If you're new to options, this is _the_ book to start with. Surely, online resources are plentiful, but no single web site can give you all the information and explanations you need to really get a good grasp on whqat exactly might be happenning. I've already made some money in options but, believe it or not, I've made more in stocks because I didn't quite grasp how these things work. This said, if you understand options and have a good idea of how the underlying (stock) is going to perform you can ... Read More

---

Rating: - Good as Always
Helped pass the Series 3 license, and helps with understading the industry.

---

Browse for similar items by category:

• Popular Economics - Business & Investing - Subjects - Books - General
• Business & Investing - Subjects - Books - General
• Accounting - Industries & Professions - Business & Investing - Subjects - Books - General
• Investing - Business & Investing - Subjects - Books - Futures
• Investing - Business & Investing - Subjects - Books - General