InThe Handbook of Trading, an international team of experts, academics, and researchers offers a potent mix of insightful theory and proven trading techniques, providing institutional traders with the supplementary tools and strategies they need to get ahead in the global capital markets.About the Book While there is no substitute for real-world trading experience, the chance to learn from an outstanding and truly global team of financial experts and leading academics who have rigorously backtested and analyzed an array of some of today's most successful trading strategies is the next best thing. InThe Handbook of Trading, editor Greg N. Gregoriou provides institutional traders and money managers with that rare opportunity, affording them access to nearly 30 chapters of cutting-edge research and up-to-date data compiled by some of the top professionals that the field of trading has to offer, including Dean Fantazzini, Paul Brockman, and G. Geoffrey Booth.This thoroughly comprehensive and highly technical handbook not only discusses tried-and-true techniques for extracting profits from the global capital markets, but it also delves into new and provocative trading strategies that readers can use to gain a definitive edge over the competition. Divided equally into five sections, The Handbook of Trading explores: Execution and momentum trading Technical trading rules, technical analysis, and the dual moving average STAR Models and leveraged exchange-traded funds Algorithmic trading Trading volume and behavior Currency and foreign exchange tradingWith its expansive explanations of some of the most lucrative trading strategies that investment banks and institutional traders currently are using to get ahead in today's volatile markets, as well as its inclusion of several supplementary tools that readers can incorporate into their trading portfolios,The Handbook of Tradingwill serve as the go-to guide for financial professionals looking to profit from today's currency, bond, and stock markets.A McGraw-Hill Finance & Investing title.
Key Selling Features: International perspective:Features perspectives and expertise from an international team of 40 contributors. Supplemental material:Each contributor has provided a deck of PowerPoint slides and a set of reading questions that instructors and readers alike can use as accompaniments to the text. First to market:Although scores of books that discuss one specific trading methodology have been released to the market, this comprehensive handbook is the first contributed volume that analyzes several different trading strategies within the pages of one book. Comprehensive body of knowledge:Covers a broad array of trading strategies'”from technical analysis and momentum trading to algorithmic and forex trading. This book greatly expands the previous coverage on the subject and features the perspectives of a wide range of practitioners, researchers, and academics, giving the reader a comprehensive body of knowledge on the topic. Current:Addresses how to approach turbulent market environments and adjusts several trading methodologies based on lessons learned from the financial crisis of 2008.Market / Audience Institutional traders, institutional money managers, Commodity Trading Advisors, mutual fund managers, financial brokers and consultants, research analysts in investment banksAbout the Editor Greg N. Gregoriou (Plattsburgh, NY)is Professor of Finance in the School of Business and Economics at State University of New York (Plattsburgh).
He has published 35 books and is co-editor for theJournal of Derivatives and Hedge Funds. He also is an editorial board member for theJournal of Wealth Managementand theJournal of Risk Management in Financial Institutions. He has written over 55 articles.