A complete guide to the futures market : fundamental analysis, technical analysis, trading, spreads and options spreads and trading principles

Intro -- Series -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- About the Authors -- Part I: Preliminaries -- Chapter 1: For Beginners Only -- Purpose of This Chapter -- The Nature of Futures Markets -- Delivery -- Contract Specifications -- Volume and Open Interest -- Hedging -- Trading -- Types of Orders -- Commissions and Margins -- Tax Considerations -- Notes -- Chapter 2: The Great Fundamental versus Technical Analysis Debate -- Notes -- Part II: Chart Analysis and Technical Indicators -- Chapter 3: Charts: Forecasting Tool or Folklore? -- Notes -- Chapter 4: Types of Charts -- Bar Charts -- Linked Contract Series: Nearest Futures versus Continuous Futures -- Close-Only ("Line") Charts -- Point-and-Figure Charts -- Candlestick Charts -- Chapter 5: Linking Contracts for Long-Term Chart Analysis: Nearest versus Continuous Futures -- The Necessity of Linked-Contract Charts -- Methods of Creating Linked-Contract Charts -- Nearest versus Continuous Futures in Chart Analysis -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 6: Trends -- Defining Trends by Highs and Lows -- TD Lines -- Internal Trend Lines -- Moving Averages -- Notes -- Chapter 7: Trading Ranges -- Trading Ranges: Trading Considerations -- Trading Range Breakouts -- Chapter 8: Support and Resistance -- Nearest Futures or Continuous Futures? -- Trading Ranges -- Prior Major Highs and Lows -- Concentrations of Relative Highs and Relative Lows -- Trend Lines, Channels, and Internal Trend Lines -- Price Envelope Bands -- Chapter 9: Chart Patterns -- One-Day Patterns -- Continuation Patterns -- Top and Bottom Formations -- Notes -- Chapter 10: Is Chart Analysis Still Valid? -- Chapter 11: Technical Indicators -- What Is an Indicator? -- The Basic Indicator Calculations -- Comparing Indicators -- Moving Average Types -- Oscillators and Trading Signals -- Indicator Myths -- Indicator "Types" -- Conclusion.