This is not the Complete Guide to Futures, it is a pointer to the guide and a reminder for me. The book which has been called a comprehensive and essential examination of fundamental and technical analysis has been essential reading since 1984.

A Complete Guide to the Futures Market Jack D Schwager

I plan on reading this book in 2009. So I’ll skim the contents now to start thinking about the concepts within.

Fourteen Popular Fallacies, or What Not to Do Wrong

1. Viewing Fundamentals in a Vacum
2. Viewing Old Information as New
3. One Year Comparisions
4. Using Fundamentals for Timing
5. Lack of Perspective
6. Ignoring Relevant Time Considerations
7. Assuming That Prices Cannot Decline Significantly Below the Cost of Production
8. Improper Inferences
9. Comparing Nominal Price Levels
10. Ignoring Expectations
11. Ignoring Seasonal Considerations
12. Expecting Prices to Conform to Target Levels in World Trade Agreements
13. Drawing Conclusions on the Basis of Insufficient Data
14. Confusing the Concepts of Demand and Consumption

This respected and weighty tome has seven parts.

• Fundamental Analysis
• A Practical Guide to Regression Analysis
• Fundamental Analysis Applied
• Technical Analysis
• Understanding Spread Trading
• Understanding Options
• Practical Trading Guidelines.

I’m weakest in Spread Trading, though I have traded spreads. I need to spend time improving my use and knowledge of the dark art of Technical Analysis. I’m sure there will be value in each part.

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