Encyclopedia of Commodity: 270 (Wiley Trading) - Hardcover

A well-researched guide to the most profitable spreads in the futures market The Encyclopedia of Commodity and Financial Spreads is divided by product category-energy, natural gas, meats, soybeans, corn/wheat, currencies, interest rates, and metals. The precise performance of each spread is identified-over the previous 20 years-and combined with a graph that displays visually the price performance of the spread. For each of the 175 trades identified, there is an explanation of the trade, its history, and advice on how traders should approach the trade. Steve W. Moore (Eugene, OR) has been trading and researching the futures markets for more than 25 years. He formed Moore Research in 1990 to provide traders with historical research and seasonal analysis to better trade the commodity markets. Jerry Toepke (Eugene, Oregon) is Editor of Moore Research Center, Inc. Nick Colley (Eugene, Oregon) is Research Director of Moore Research Center, Inc.

Despite the widespread acceptance of spread trading, the availability of information needed to profitably utilize this concept has been limited?until now.

The Encyclopedia of Commodity and Financial Spreads is a well-researched, detailed examination of some of the more recently successful spreads in the futures market. Created by a team of experienced experts associated with Moore Research Center, Inc., a respected spread trading research firm, this valuable resource can potentially help you make more informed and profitable trading decisions.

The Encyclopedia of Commodity and Financial Spreads delves into eight futures market complexes?energy, grains, soybeans, meats, metals, softs, forex, and interest rates. Each section briefly discusses underlying dynamics that can give rise to spread trading opportunities in the complex. How those markets have tended to respond is illustrated by their seasonal patterns and quantified by 282 spread trading strategies proven reliable between specific dates over the last twenty years. Each strategy is replete with its own supporting detail of historical fact. Accompanying commentary is meant to help the reader analyze, interpret, and understand the trading ideas in order to better anticipate their potential recurrence in the future.

If you're looking to get more out of your trading endeavors, don't go into the markets without referring to this book first.