Jake Bernstein's
New Facts on Futures
Insights & Strategies for Winning in the Futures Markets
Chapter Summary
Part 1: Getting Started: Myths and Realities of the Futures Markets
l Dealing with Basic
Issues First
l Trading Approaches:
Fundamental Versus Technical Analysis
l What You Should Know
about Trendlines
l What You Should Know
about Cycles
l What You Need to Know
about Moving Averages
l What You Need to Know
about Seasonality
Part 2: Testing Signals and Understanding Test Results
l On Discipline: This
Book's Most Important Chapter
l The Art of Contrary
Thinking
l How to Trade Like a
"Pro"
l Twenty-One Tools for
Successful Trading
Part 3: The Mechanics of Trading
l What You Need to Know
about Market Information Services
l Brokers: Finding Them,
Keeping Them and Working with Them
l What You Need to Know
about Placing Orders
l What You Need to Know
about Computers
Part 4: Advanced Trading Strategies and Techniques
l Trading Concepts in
Moving Averages
l Aspects of Intraday
Trading
l Futures Options: Are
They for You?
l How to Develop Your Own
Trading Plan
l How to Learn from Your
Losses
l Summing it All Up
l
Epilogue: A Tale of Two Tradersl
Appendix: References and Reading List