The Futures Game: Who Wins? Who Loses? Why? Download Free (EPUB, PDF)
A virtual encyclopedia that covers every aspect of futures trading from market analysis and trading standpoints. There are trading comments and separate chapters on each individual market. This is likely the most comprehensive, all-inclusive book to be found on futures trading.
Paperback: 649 pages
Publisher: Mcgraw-Hill; 2nd edition (September 1989)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0070637342
ISBN-13: 978-0070637344
Product Dimensions: 2 x 6 x 9 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
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If you are going to trades futures, read this book, make a few trades, then read this book again. It is a cold, hard look at the reality of trading. While just about every other book on futures trading assumes you are a gullible idiot, this one exposes the difficulty of the pursuit. Its depth and breadth are incomparable.
This book provides an excellent overview of futures trading. It also deals with options and spreads. Anyone who can completely digest the contents of this entire book may be able to gain a slight edge over other novice, unsophisticated traders. This book is also reccomended by the great Victor Niederhoffer, in his book "Education of a Speculator".
This is clearly one of the best investment books written. The title belies the breadth of valuable market knowledge the book offers students of the markets.
I am a long time futures investor and I have several books on the subject. This book: "The Futures Game" is superb. It is complete and the only one to consult.
I bought the second edition, in paperback in 2000. It was good enough that I used it, as well as a specific book regarding regulations, to pass the Series 3 (Futures) licensing exam. Of the six dozen books about futures that I bought several years later, none came close to the quality and presentation of the information found in the second edition. Unfortunately the book disappeared, and when I wanted to clarify some information that I couldn't quite remember, I bought this, the third edition. But I'm finding it disjointed, sometimes clumsy, and no longer a 'bible' for futures. Charts and tables have been updated (now they are just a decade old), and I think financials have new material, but I don't have the feeling that the author/editor has the grasp and knowledge of the previous authors. It's like the author/editor calls this the third edition for sales reasons, but it should be considered (just) another book about futures. I'm disappointed, and will probably sell this and buy the second edition again.
Be prepared to get into the nitty gritty of futures trading with this book, I bought it because I was slightly interested and got a little more than I expected, however was still a fascinating read, and not too technical.
This is the definitive book on learning about the futures markets. One guy said that the futures market is the fastest game in town. And indeed it is a fast paced game. The authors go into the BASICS OF THE GAME, PLAYING THE GAME AND TRADING, LOSERS AND WINNERS, BROKERS and CHOOSING THE GAME AND IT'S MARKETS. The authors go quite in-depth in regards to explaining all of the different markets and the things which effect them. I would encourage any aspiring want-a-be futures trader get this book.
This book is a good place to start for the aspiring futures trader. It tries to answer the questions on why you should trade futures, what the nature of the futures market consists of, the mechanics of futures trading, and the main reasons for price behavior. The book covers both the fundamental valuations due to supply and demand and the aspects of technical trading the futures charts. The books reviews spreads, option contracts for futures and the money management necessary for traders to stay in the futures trading game. The book shows the studies that try to determine who wins in the futures trading game and why. The book does a great job of going through each futures market and explains what exactly is being traded, the basics about that futures contracts market and the size of the contracts and the means for which they are deliverable by. Very interesting and informative book.
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