Toma The Risk of Trading

Mastering the Most Important Element in Financial Speculation
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-118-22376-5
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 224 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Wiley Trading Series

Develop the skills to manage risk in the high-stakes world offinancial speculation
The Risk of Trading is a practical resource that takes anin-depth look at one of the most challenging factors oftrading--risk management. The book puts a magnifying glass onthe issue of risk, something that every trader needs to understandin order to be successful.
Most traders look at risk in terms of a "stop-loss" that enablesthem to exit a losing trade quickly. In The Risk of Trading,Michael Toma explains that risk is ever-present in every aspect oftrading and advocates that traders adopt a more comprehensive viewof risk that encompasses the strategic trading plan, account size,drawdowns, maximum possible losses, psychological capital, andcrisis management.
* Shows how to conduct a detailed statistical analysis of anindividual's trading methodology through back-testing and real-timeresults so as to identify when the methodology may be breaking downin actual trading
* Reveals why traders should think of themselves as projectmanagers who are strategically managing risk
* The book is based on the author's unique 'focus on the risk'approach to trading using data-driven risk statisticalanalytics
Using this book as a guide, traders can operate more as businessmanagers and learn how to avoid market-busting losses whileachieving consistently good results.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Toma, Michael

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface vii
Acknowledgments xiii
About the Author xv
PART I Principles of Risk Management 1
CHAPTER 1 Foundations of Risk Management 3
CHAPTER 2 Five Steps in the Risk Management Process 11
PART II Managing and Measuring Risk 61
CHAPTER 3 Predictive Analytics Using Quantitative Analysis63
CHAPTER 4 Statistical Edge and Its Impact on Risk 71
CHAPTER 5 Embracing a Culture of Analytics 113
PART III Qualitative Elements of Risk 145
CHAPTER 6 The Human Element: Psychological Risks of Trading147
CHAPTER 7 Preparing for Risk and Loss 161
CHAPTER 8 Business Risk Management for Traders 181
Bibliography 201
Index 203

Über Autor(innen)

MICHAEL TOMA, CRM, is a corporate risk manager and specialist in trading the equity index and futures markets in the United States. A Certified Risk Manager, Toma is a frequent speaker on the industry trading conference circuit. His first book, Trading with Confluence, released in 2010, provides a first-hand perspective of risk-based trading and the challenges that new traders are forced to overcome. In addition to managing his own international risk management consulting firm, he is an active member of several risk management organizations and research academies that promote corporate ethics and risk management educational programs.