Getting Started in Futures

Todd Lofton

Wiley, Jul 26, 2001 - Business & Economics - 288 pages

Everything you need to know about the futures market
Getting Started in Futures, Fourth Edition, covers everything investors need to know about the futures market, including how margins are set, how an order is handled in the trading pit, and the steps a producer or user must take to effectively hedge a cash commodity. Featuring new examples, charts, and timely additions to reflect important changes in the markets, the Fourth Edition also includes a new chapter on trading futures online.
Todd Lofton (Great Falls, VA) is a past member of the Chicago Board Options Exchange and a popular speaker and writer on the subject of futures.

About the author

TODD LOFTON is a past member of and floor trader on the Chicago Board of Options Exchange and a popular speaker and writer on the subject of futures. He was president of Investor Publications, and the first publisher and editor of Futures magazine. Mr. Lofton received his master's degree in financial management from the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Getting Started in Futures; Volume 43 of Getting Started In
• Author: Todd Lofton
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Wiley, 2001
• ISBN: 047140943X, 9780471409434
• Length: 288 pages
• Subjects: Business & Economics / Accounting / General; Business & Economics / General; Business & Economics / Investments & Securities / Futures; Business & Economics / Investments & Securities / General