The Complete Guide to Electronic Trading Futures: Everything You Need to Start Trading On Line [Hardcover]

Scott Slutsky (Author), Darrell R. Jobman (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0071353127 | ISBN-13: 978-0071353120 | Publication Date: December 22, 1999

Today's new breed of electronic traders, having transformed the once-closed world of stock trading, now have their sights set on the futures industry. Both new and veteran futures traders must master the new electronic trading techniques if they expect to survive in the fast-moving, highly-competitive "pit" of the future.

The Complete Guide to Electronic Futures Trading contains everything futures traders will need for profitable online trading. From hardware and software to electronic order-handling systems, this comprehensive guidebook walks traders through the entire process, including the all-important philosophical and emotional differences between pit and online trading.

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Speed, flexibility, efficiency--get online and take control of your futures trading! "Scott Slutsky and Darrell Jobman sort out the services offered, simplify their complexit, and identify the competitive spin. Most important, they help a trader avoid costly mistakes."--Jack Sandner, President, RB&H Financial Services, Former Chairman, Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

The Complete Guide to Electronic Futures Trading will help you quickly, seamlessly move from the phone and trading pit into today's fast-developing electronic futures marketplace. Its practical, nuts-and-bolts details cover everything from what hardware and software you'll need to techniques for finding the right broker for your individual trading needs and style. This valuable transition guide provides complete information on: the all-important emotional and strategic requirements for online trading--direct from experienced online futures traders; important differences between pit and screen trading--and traders; tips and guidelines from futures traders who are making money online--today; hundreds of actual Website addresses and reviews for online brokers, information services, global exchanges, and more.

The Complete Guide to Electronic Futures Trading shows you where electronic futures trading is today--and the light-year advances in store for tomorrow. For futures traders who know and trust only the open outcry trading system, it will help them make the move to the screen as quick and painless as possible.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 263 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Trade (December 22, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071353127
• ISBN-13: 978-0071353120
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,020,446 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Sean's Review, April 21, 2000

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This review is from: The Complete Guide to Electronic Trading Futures: Everything You Need to Start Trading On Line (Hardcover)

I loved that book! With that book you can master electronictrading, I already have traded using that book as a guide and it helpsme with all my trading. Thank you Scott!