INSIDE THE COMMODITY OPTIONS MARKETS

Labuszewski, John W. And Sinquefield, Jeanne Cairns

ISBN 10: 0471896071 / ISBN 13: 9780471896074

Published by John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1985

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The first book on the subject - and still one of the most comprehensive - by two authors who were in there at the beginning: Jeanne wrote the options contract specifications for CBOT's T-bond futures contract, while John wrote the parallel instrument for MCE's gold futures contract. The principal sections are: Introduction; History of Options Trading in the United States; Commodity Options Markets Today; Available or Proposed Options Markets; Options Pricing; and Risk Management with Options. 374 pages with tables, figures, 2 Appendixes, Bibliography, Glossary and Index; plus Foreword by Richard L. Sandor, Preface, Contents, List of Tables and List of Figures. DJ and boards are clean and sound; text is clean and strong: overall book is as new.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: INSIDE THE COMMODITY OPTIONS MARKETS
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, New York
• Publication Date: 1985
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0471896071
• ISBN 13: 9780471896074
• Binding: Grey Boards
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

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Synopsis

Examines the fundamentals of the debt securities, stock index, precious metals, and agricultural commodities markets in detail. Explores the intuitive explanation of option pricing, including the differences bsetween pricing options on futures contracts, physical commodities, and securities. Offers a wide variety of trading strategies, risk management techniques, hedging applications, and speculation, T-bond trading, put and call strategies. Includes dozens of graphs and illustrations, and features a foreword by Richard Sandor, the `father of financial futures.'