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9780071349222

Agricultural Futures and Options: Understanding and Implementing Trades on the North American and European Markets

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  • ISBN13:

    9780071349222

  • ISBN10:

    0071349227

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1999-09-24
  • Publisher: MCGRAW HILL BOOK COMPANY
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Summary

Producers use these agricultural derivatives to protect against price risk; speculators are more than willing to assume those risks, hoping that price movements on the underlying products will translate into healthy trading profits for themselves. AGRICULTURAL FUTURES AND OPTIONS will give you a broader understanding of all sides of this tremendously complex yet important market. You will:Learn how to structure profitable trades for options on agricultural futures; Get inside hints for trading Euro-Differential contracts on the New York exchanges; Discover invaluable comparisons of the similarities and differences between trading in Chicago, London, and New York; Find complete industry regulations in both the United States and United Kingdom. Screen-based versus open-outcry trading...the unstable political climate in Eastern Europe...challenges presented by the globalization of communications...increased sophistication and utility of computer programs. Traders in agricultural futures and options must stay in touch with the experts to stay on top of the latest risk-protection trends and developments. Whether you trade for risk-hedging insurance or speculative profit, AGRICULTURAL FUTURES AND OPTIONS will help you make the most of your F&O investment in today's fast-moving markets.

Table of Contents

Part I: The North American Markets.

Introduction to the Chicago Agricultural Futures Markets.

Definitions.

Hedgers.

Commodity Trading Advisors.

Options on Agricultural Futures.

New York Markets.

The Winnipeg Commodity Exchange.

Part II: The European Markets.

Soft Commodities and the London Fox.

The London Grain Futures Market.

Meat Futures.

Potato Futures.

Soyabean Meal Futures.

Part III: Investing and Investor Protection.

Opening and Servicing an Account from a United Kingdom Viewpoint.

Regulation.

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