"But it still largely remains the preserve of big traders and commodity powerhouses. This book will level the field for you."

Ashu reveals 36 strategies that successful commodity traders use but won't tell you, market-tested commodity trading secrets and techniques that can give you the professional's edge and make you very rich:

• The real truth about commodity demand and supply

• Why stock trading technicals don't always work in commodity trading

• Mastering volatility — because the fastest gains in commodities come in the shortest time

• How to trade commodity cycles, trends, ranges, breakouts and fundamentals

• How to pick commodities that offer big-win chances

• Dozens of charts that show you the distinct character of each commodity

• Strategies for trading agri commodities, oil, metals and "big-swing" commodities

• How to select the right trades to take; margin pitfalls, money management and trading plan

• Commodity trading myths and minefields to beware of.

PLUS, much, much more.

What also makes this book so special is also Ashu's ability to get under the hood and show you how and when to use all the money-making trading wisdom packed in this book, highlighting key points with numerous real-life price charts, examples and trading anecdotes.

Ashu Dutt is one of the most visible and respected faces in Indian financial markets. In this book he reveals commodity trading secrets and techniques that are typically the domain of big market players:

• 36 trading strategies

• Dozens of trading rules

• Numerous profit-making and loss-protection triggers.

Ashu Dutt is a financial markets guru and one of the best known and respected faces in Indian financial markets. He is the author of numerous best selling books on subjects, ranging from commodities to value investing to trading. Ashu strives to bring to retail investors the trading secrets, techniques and market strategies that are typically the exclusive domain of big investors.

Ashu was the Associate Editor at CNBC TV 18, Chief Consulting Editor at Bloomberg, Senior Anchor at NDTV and Star News, anchoring some of India's marquee programmes on financial markets.

Ashu has also been a Master Trainer and a Conference speaker across Asia speaking at investment banking, private equity, real estate structured conferences like Barclays, UBS and Citibank. He has also been invited as a Master Trainer by prestigious investment banking associations, such as the Malaysian Investment Banking Association and Euro Money. He is considered an authority in several areas, including mergers and acquisitions, wealth management, private equity and real estate finance.

Ashu has held several key positions at top tier investment banks like MD-South Asia at Northbridge Capital and Celadon RE. Before returning to India in 1996, Ashu was Manager-International Taxes and Special Projects at Continental Grain Company, the world's fourth largest private company and the second largest trader of commodities and commodity options and a member at the Chicago Board of Trade headquartered in New York. He has also worked as a Tax Policy Analyst with the Office of Tax Policy, New York City Department of Finance in New York.

Ashu is a Certified Public Accountant, certified in the state of Maryland, USA. He holds an M.B.A. and a B.B.A. (Summa Cum Laude) in Finance and Investments from Bernard M. Baruch College, City University of New York, New York.