Description:
An indispensable, hands-on companion to The Index Trading Course
In The Index Trading Course, financial experts George Fontanills and Tom Gentile provide an in-depth look at the tools and techniques used to trade in this profitable market.
Now, in The Index Trading Course Workbook, Fontanills and Gentile offer a wealth of practical exercises that will help further your understanding of index trading, as well as test and apply what you've learned before you take one step into the real markets-where time and money are luxuries you can't afford to lose. The media assignments found in each chapter are especially useful. They'll help you put the material you've read into action by prompting you to access some of the extensive media tools currently available to all traders-including financial papers, magazines, the Internet, and television.
This hands-on companion to The Index Trading Course also includes a complete answer key for every multiple-choice question and covers a wide range of issues related to this discipline such as:
Core stock market indexes along with the sector offerings from a variety of financial entities
Actively traded index products, including exchange traded funds (ETFs), index options, and ETF options
Options strategies used for different trends and volatility situations
Indicators and systems
Trade adjustments
The art of risk management
Table of Contents:
Introduction.
Chapter 1. A Look Back.
Chapter 2. The Index Market Today.
Chapter 3. Trading the Market.
Chapter 4. Understanding Options.
Chapter 5. Basic Strategies Using Call Options.
Chapter 6. Basic Strategies Using Put Options.
Chapter 7. Complex and Advanced Strategies.
Chapter 8. Catalysts.
Chapter 9. System Trading.
Chapter 10. Getting an Edge with Indicators.
Chapter 11. Sector Trading.
Chapter 12. Tracking and Trading Volatility.
Chapter 13. Making Adjustments.
Chapter 14. Risk Management.
Chapter 15. Important Index Facts and Strategies.
Chapter 16. Getting Started.
Appendix.
Frequently Asked Questions.