Fundamentals of Trading Energy Futures & Options / Edition 2

by Steven Errera, Stewart Brown

Overview

In today’s changing political and economic environment, it is increasingly important that companies learn to properly use the various trading instruments to protect themselves against price volatility. Since the first successful energy futures contract was introduced almost a quarter century ago, trading in energy futures and options has played an important role in hedging against fluctuations in the price of petroleum products, crude oil, natural gas, propane, electricity, and most recently, coal. 
In this 2nd edition of their best-selling primer, authors Errera and Brown explain how exchange traded futures and options markets work, and how companies can successfully use the markets in their overall strategy to increase profitability. They cover everything from market mechanics, hedging, spread trading, and technical trading to history and growth of the markets. Also included is an extensive appendix detailing contract specifications for 13 energy futures/options contracts. 
BONUS: A summary of the rules of the most active energy futures and options contracts is included!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780878148363
Publisher:	PennWell Corp.
Publication date:	01/01/2002
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	247
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.80(d)

Table of Contents

List of figures
List of tables
Acknowledgments
Introduction
• Futures and options contracts and markets
• Market mechanics
• Behavior of commodity futures prices
• Speculation and spread trading
• Hedging
• Introduction to options on futures
• Energy options strategies
• Technical factors
• History and growth
• Economic implications of energy futures and options
Appendices
Glossary
Index