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Kel Butcher is a financial markets trader and consultant with more than 20 years’ experience trading shares, futures, options, warrants, CFDs and Forex. Kel is a regular contributor to YourTradingEdge Magazine and is the author of Forex Made Simple, A Step-by-Step Guide to Buying and Selling Shares Online and 20 Most Common Trading Mistakes.
About the author v
Acknowledgements vii
Foreword ix
Preface xi
Part I: Trading futures — principles and practice 1
1 The history and evolution of futures exchanges 3
2 How futures work 15
3 Who trades futures and why 37
4 Trading mechanics 67
5 Risk and money management 105
Part II: Natural commodity futures contracts 127
6 Grains 129
7 Food and fibre — the ‘softs’ 157
8 Livestock — the meats 183
9 Energy markets 199
10 Metals 221
Part III: Financial markets futures contracts 243
11 Interest rates futures 245
12 Equity index futures 265
Glossary 291
Useful websites 297
Index 298
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