Trading and Hedging with Agricultural Futures and Options /
Today's Premier Guidebook for Understanding Agricultural Options and Making Them a Key Part of Your Trading and Risk Management Strategy Agricultural futures and options represent a vital niche in today's options trading world. Trading and Hedging with Agricultural Futures and Options take...
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Wiley,
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Publisher Address: | Hoboken : |
Publication Dates: | 2012. |
Literature type: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Wiley Trading
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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781119204497 |
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Today's Premier Guidebook for Understanding Agricultural Options and Making Them a Key Part of Your Trading and Risk Management Strategy Agricultural futures and options represent a vital niche in today's options trading world. Trading and Hedging with Agricultural Futures and Options takes an in-depth look at these valuable trading tools, and presents clear, proven strategies and techniques for both hedgers and traders to achieve their goals while minimizing risk. Relying on nuts-and-bolts techniques and examples as opposed to the mathematical models and theory favored by. |
Item Description: | BOB's Situation. |
Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (541 pages). |
ISBN: |
9781119204497 1119204496 9781118538760 1118538765 |
Index Number: | HG6046 |
CLC: | F830.9 |
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Cover; Contents; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Disclosures; Introduction; Part 1: The Basics of Futures and Options; Chapter One: The Terminology of Futures and Options; Futures Contracts; Call Options; Put Options; Summary of Definitions: A Quiz; Chapter Two: Diagrams of Basic Trading Strategies; Futures Versus Options; What a Diagram Identifies; Profit and Loss Diagrams: Basic Steps; Introduction to Multiple-Part Strategies; Summary; Chapter Three: Diagrams of Basic Hedging Strategies; Hedging Strategy Defined. Unique Aspects of Profit and Loss Diagrams of Hedging StrategiesCreating Diagrams for Hedging Strategies; Summary; Chapter Foure: Why Futures and Options have Value; Futures Contracts: An Explanation of Value; Option Contracts: An Explanation of Value; "Value" is Different from "Price"; Volatility Introduced; Summary; Chapter Five: Option Price Behavior; The Effect of Futures Price Change; Delta; The Effect of Time; Time Decay Varies; The Effect of Interest Rates; The Effect of Volatility; Dynamic Markets; Summary; Chapter Six: Volatility; Volatility Defined; Volatility 1: Historic Volatility. Volatility 2: Future VolatilityVolatility 3: Expected Volatility; Volatility 4: Implied Volatility; Volatility Skews; Summary; Chapter Seven: Option Price Behavior II: The Greeks; Delta; Gamma; Vega; Theta; Rho; How the Greeks Change; Position Greeks; Summary; Part 2: Hedging Strategies; Chapter Eight: Strategies for Long Hedgers; Long Futures as a Long Hedge; Long Calls as a Long Hedge; Short Puts as a Long Hedge; The Bullish Collar as a Long Hedge; Summary; Chapter Nine: Strategies for Short Hedgers; Short Futures as a Short Hedge; Long Puts as a Short Hedge; Short Calls as a Short Hedge. The Bearish Collar as a Short HedgeSummary; Chapter Ten: Advanced Hedging Strategies; The Futures Repair Strategy; Increasing Hedging Exposure Without Increasing Risk; Gaining on the Spread; Trading the Range; The El Nin o Hedge; Summary; Part 3: Trading Strategies; Chapter Eleven: Pricing and Graphing Strategies with OP-EVALFTM; OP-EvalfTM; Most Commonly Asked Questions; Starting OP-EvalfTM; The Two Option Analysis Page; Analyzing a Hypothetical Spread; The Four Option Analysis Page; The Graph Page; Be Aware that Multipliers are Consistent; Summary; Chapter Twelve: Buying Options. Starting the AnalysisMeasuring Results in Percentage Terms; Using the Greeks; Capital Management; Choosing Between Alternatives; Using the Greeks II; Summarizing the Two Positions; A Three-Part Forecast; Forecasting Implied Volatility; Sue's Decision; Summary; Chapter Thirteen: Selling Options; The Basics of Short Options; Margin Requirements; Margin Call; Profit Measurement Introduced; Measuring the Profit Potential of Short Options; Return Calculations Must be Interpreted Carefully; A Short Option Trading Example; Summary; Chapter Fourtten: Vertical Spreads; Vertical Spread Defined. |