Commodity Trader's Almanac 2011: For Active Traders of Futures, Forex, Stocks & ETFs (Almanac Investor Series) [Hardcover-spiral]

Jeffrey A. Hirsch (Author), John L. Person (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 26, 2010 | Series: Almanac Investor Series (Book 43)

An indispensable resource for today's commodity and currency trader

The 2011 Edition of the Commodity Trader's Almanac, is an essential tool for professional traders, and can help you understand the complex and exciting world of commodities and foreign currencies.

Created in a similar fashion to the Stock Trader's Almanac-which has been trusted for over 40 years by traders and investors-the Commodity Trader's Almanac is a comprehensive guide featuring monthly strategies, patterns, trends, and trading techniques geared towards active investors of the major commodities and currencies, as well as ETFs, futures, and options.

• Helps you understand how commodity pricing works and offers great insight into investing in them
• Alerts you to little-known market patterns and tendencies to help forecast commodity market trends with accuracy and confidence
• Contains market highlights that cover key supply, demand, and seasonal tendencies on markets including crude oil, ethanol, and precious metals; critical agricultural products such as corn, wheat, and cattle; and foreign currencies

Intended for active traders and investors interested in making the most out of today's commodity, ETF, futures, options, and currencies resources, this guide will help you make more informed decisions as you look for greater profits in this arena.

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

"Whether you're a struggling novice or a seasoned pro, the Commodity Trader's Almanac should be a required read. Pairs traders, basis geeks, and intra-day scalpers will all benefit from the knowledge collected here by John Person, Jeff Hirsch, and the Hirsch Organization—I did!"
—TOM SOSNOFF, founder and President, thinkorswim

"The Commodity Trader's Almanac is the best way I know to hit pay dirt while keeping your hands clean. It's a unique source of commodity trading history."
—SAM STOVALL, Chief Investment Strategist, Standard & Poor's Equity Research

"Nearly everyone realizes the impact commodities have on our lives, but very few really understand how seasonality affects pricing. The Commodity Trader's Almanac helps even a novice understand how commodity pricing works and offers great insight into investing and making money with oil, corn, and wheat. An invaluable tool."
—JON NAJARIAN, cofounder, OptionMONSTER.com

"The Commodity Trader's Almanac is the one source for traders that can both suggest opportunities and also keep them out of trouble. Any seasoned market veteran knows that events tend to occur again and again, maybe not exactly as they did before but close enough so that knowing about them in advance provides an edge. This book is that edge."
—MICHAEL KAHN, CMT, columnist, Barron's Online, and editor, Quick Takes Pro newsletter

"I'm delighted that the publishers of the Stock Trader's Almanac have applied their winning formula to the Commodity Trader's Almanac. I have always maintained that commodities deserve more attention as a separate asset class, and they finally appear to be getting it. Given the tremendous interest in commodity markets in recent years, this book couldn't be more timely. I highly recommend it."
—JOHN MURPHY, author of Intermarket Analysis and The Visual Investor

Product Details

• Hardcover-spiral: 198 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 6 edition (October 26, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0470557451
• ISBN-13: 978-0470557457
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.8 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #180,365 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Jeffrey A. Hirsch is president of the Hirsch Organization, editor-in-chief of the Stock Trader's Almanac® (Wiley), Almanac Investor newsletter and www.stocktradersalmanac.com. He started with the Hirsch Organization in 1990 as a market analyst and historian under the mentorship of his father Yale Hirsch. He was handed the reigns in 2000 and continues to run the operation from his Nyack, New York offices. Jeffrey regularly appears on major news networks such as CNBC, CNN, Bloomberg and Fox News. As well as writing numerous financial columns and is widely quoted in all of the major newspapers and financial publications.

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars was a big hit, January 1, 2011

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This review is from: Commodity Trader's Almanac 2011: For Active Traders of Futures, Forex, Stocks & ETFs (Almanac Investor Series) (Hardcover-spiral)

After reading the reviews here, I purchased this book (2011 edition) for my significant other this Christmas. Of all his gifts, he LOVED this and pored over the contents for hours. It's a great addition to any serious investor's library. The part i liked most is the journal format for each date, to write notes etc. No more little post-its with stock symbols all over the house!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Better than the Stock Trader's Almanac, May 29, 2011

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This review is from: Commodity Trader's Almanac 2011: For Active Traders of Futures, Forex, Stocks & ETFs (Almanac Investor Series) (Hardcover-spiral)

The title is a little bit of a misnomer. A better title would be Futures Trader's Almanac.

This book does a great job covering seasonal patterns and offering trade recommendations that may give some good ideas for prospecting and where to look for seasonal patterns for the various contracts covered.

Regarding the contracts covered the book does a nice job of helping to track Currency, Equity, and Treasury futures in addition to the more conventional Energy, Metals, Grains, Softs, and Livestock futures. The book offers suggestions for equities and ETF's that may correlate to commodity moves for those who do not choose to trade futures contracts and options on the same.

There are probably more Equity trader than Commodity, Forex, Treasury, etc. traders, but even if you never trade anything other than equities this book is very valuable as commodities are key input prices to many public traded companies and our international world means they will all deal with foreign currency and increasingly it is becoming the Federal Reserve's world, we just live and trade in it so no matter what you trade, a working knowledge of Treasuries and currencies as they relate to the $Dollar are a must.

A great addition to my trading desk and I am confident it will be to yours also.