Futures & Options for Dummies
Chapter One
The Ins and Outs of Trading
Futures and Options
In This Chapter
* Trading futures and options versus traditional investing
* Finding out who's successful at trading futures and options
* Gathering your trading tools and know-how
* Checking out market analysis, short trades, and money management
* Discovering how fun trading can be
If you're one of those people who look at their mutual fund portfolios once
a year and wonder how the results came about, futures trading isn't for
you - at least until you make some changes in how you view the financial
markets, your knowledge base, and in general, how the world works.
No, you don't have to live in a monastery and wear a virtual-reality helmet
that plugs into the Internet, has satellite TV, and features real-time quotes
and charts. You are, how ... read full excerpt from Futures & Options For Dummies ebook
