CONTENTS

Preface

PART 1: KNOWING YOUR MARKET

Chapter 1 — What Is a Futures Contract?

Chapter 2 — How Futures Trades Are Made

Chapter 3 — Reading Futures Prices

Chapter 4 — Risk Levels of Futures

PART 2: REACHING THE MARKET

Chapter 5 — Order Placement

Chapter 6 — Fundamental Analysis of Futures

Chapter 7 — Technical Analysis of Futures

Chapter 8 — The Leveraged Approach: Options on Futures

PART 3: CLASSIFICATIONS OF FUTURES

Chapter 9 — The Energy Market

Chapter 10 — Agriculture

Chapter 11 — Livestock

Chapter 12 — Precious Metals

Chapter 13 — Imports and Tropical Products

Chapter 14 — Financial, Index, and Stock Futures

Conclusion

Index