Johnston Trading Options to Win

Profitable Strategies and Tactics for Any Trader
1. Auflage 2003
ISBN: 978-0-471-44661-3
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 306 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Wiley Trading Series

A fresh investment approach to an ever-changing market
In this unique and engaging treatise on the art and science ofspeculation, expert S. A. Johnston combines the profitable elementsof banking, bookmaking, and gambling-three other ways of makingmoney with money-with trading, to provide readers with a fresh newapproach to trading the market. Written by a trader for a trader,Trading Options to Win gives readers a framework forusing logical analysis to uncover profitable opportunities thatthey would otherwise miss. Johnston develops a speculative methodthat traders can use to consistently find and manage profitabletrades. He then backs his talk up by detailing three months worthof trades using his successful method. For investors looking tomove beyond the realms of technical and fundamental analysis,Trading Options will be the guide of choice.
S. A. Johnston is a systems analyst and designer byprofession. His company, Software Systems, specializes in inventoryoptimization and control systems for business. Under the tutelageof Fredric B. Fitch and Richmond Thomason, he became the firstgraduate of Yale to receive a BA in logic.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Johnston, S. A.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface.
Chapter 1. Making Money with Money.
Chapter 2. On the Trail of a Method: Risk, Leverage, andMarkets.
Chapter 3. Profitability 101: Expectation and Options.
Chapter 4. Just the Facts, Ma'am: Avoiding Moonshine, Morons,and Myths.
Chapter 5. No Hammer, No House: The Tools of the Trader.
Chapter 6. Thomas More's Revenge: A Strategy for AllSeasons.
Chapter 7. Apocalypse Never: The Uses of Defense.
Chapter 8. Don't Just Stand There, Do Something: TheStraddle.
Chapter 9. Don't Just Do Something, Stand There: TheStrangle.
Chapter 10. Hi-Yo, Yogi!: Riding the Bear.
Chapter 11. The King of Strategies: The MartianRatio-Spread.
Chapter 12. Every Once in a While: The Picador.
Chapter 13. Pay Me after Lunch: The Endplay.
Chapter 14. Filling in the Cracks: Ideas, Understanding, andWinning.
Appendix A: Studies of Historical Gross Movement in SelectedMarkets, 1990-2002.
Appendix B. Distribution of Contract Highs and Lows inSelected Markets 1980-2002.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

S.A. JOHNSTON is a systems analyst and designer by profession. His company, Software & Systems, specializes in inventory optimization and control systems for business. Johnston attended Yale, operating a part-time sports book and appearing on quiz programs to earn tuition. In 1972, under the tutelage of Fredric B. Fitch and Richmond Thomason, he became the first graduate of Yale to receive a BA in formal logic. In 1992, after observing the collapse of the ERM, the unfortunate forerunner of the Euro, he became interested in the analysis of risk and began formulating the beginnings of a methodical and risk-controlled approach to trading in the markets.