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 Traders

l Appendix: References and Reading List