Dakota State University
BUS 418 Financial Futures & Options
Spring 2001

Class Notes
Trading

All notes are in Word format or .gif.

Transparency Number	Title
1, 7	Mechanics of Trading
2	Lind-Waldock Account Application
3	Risk Disclosure Statement
4	Additional Risk Disclosure Statement
5	Online Futures Brokers
6	Online Futures Orders
8	Transaction Costs in Futures Trading
9	Commission Rates for Two Futures Brokers
10	Daily Settlement (Marking to Market)
11-14	Profitability of Futures Trading
15	Why Speculate in Futures Anyway?
16	Some Alibis
17	Some Maxims
18, 19	50 Rules of Futures Trading
20, 21	Avoid Why Most Futures Traders Lose Money
22	Don't...
23-25	Tips from George Angell
26-29	Trading with Stops
30-35	The Game Plan and Money Management
36, 37	Trading Plan Summary
38	Fundamentalists vs Technicians
39-42	Fundamentals
43-46	Sources of Information
47	Technical Analysis
48	Theory of Technical Analysis
49	Charting
50	Chart: Corn (Line)
51	Chart: Gold (I-Bar)
52	Chart: Gold (Candlestick)
53	Chart: Soybeans (High-Low-Close)
54	Chart: Point-and-figure
55	Chart: Pork Bellies (Moving Averages)
56	Typical Chart Patterns
57	Patterns in point-and-figure charts
58-62	Technical Trading Systems
63, 64	Descriptions of Some Technical Market Indicators
65	Technical Analysis Example
66	Spreads
67	Spread Terminology
68-71	Mistakes, Problems, and Cautions
72-74, 77	Examples of Spreads: Interest Rate Futures
75	Chart 1: T-Bill Futures Prices
76	Chart 2: T-Bill Spreads
78	Chart 3: Eurodollar Futures Prices
79	Chart 4: Eurodollar Spreads
80	TED Spreads
81	Chart 5: TED Spread

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