The Complete Guide to Spread Trading (McGraw-Hill Trader's Edge Series)

Spread trading, a low-risk, high-profit technique, involvesbuying a contract in one market while selling a different contractin another market to profit from the imbalance betweenthose markets. The Complete Guide to Spread Trading coversthe step-by-step mechanics for successfully executing morethan 25 calendar, intermarket, interest rate, volatility, andstock index spreads. It explains both basic and advancedspread techniques and strategies, revealing market situationswhere spreads are most appropriate as well as clarifying whatit means to buy or sell a spread, and more.

Keith Schap is a former senior writer for the Chicago Board of Trade and senior editor with Futures. The coauthor of Seven Indicators That Move the Markets, Schap has contributed hundreds of articles to Futures, Treasury and Risk Management, Derivative Strategies, and other trade journals.