Trader Construction Kit: Fundamental & Technical Analysis, Risk Management, Directional Trading, Spreads, Options, Quantitative Strategies, Execution, Position Management, Data Science & Programming - Softcover

Rubano, Joel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0997629517 ISBN 13: 9780997629514

Publisher: Cephalopod Publishing, 2020

Synopsis

Trader Construction Kit is a comprehensive resource for undergraduate, MBA and Masters of Finance students interested in a career with a bank, hedge fund or financial institution and is a practical guide to developing the skills and techniques employed by professional traders, including:

• Fundamentally and technically analyzing a market.
• Assessing the volatility and risk characteristics of the market.
• Developing a view, an actionable perspective on the future of price.
• Evaluating directional, spread, option & quantitative trading strategies.
• Weighing the inherent risk and reward in potential positions.
• Efficiently executing trades and managing the resulting exposures.
• Pricing and hedging structured transactions.

Additional chapters describe how:

• The evolutionary state of a market shapes the activities of its inhabitants.
• The role of a trader varies at different types of financial institutions.
• A trader's personality forms an integral part of their approach to the market.
• To survive and thrive on a trading floor.

Trader Construction Kit contains a highly detailed case study that applies the lessons learned in each chapter, providing structure and creating continuity through the text. The updated second edition includes a new 23 page appendix introducing important concepts from data science & programming.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cephalopod Publishing
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0997629517
• ISBN 13: 9780997629514
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 593