Find Out How Any Investor Can Hedge Portfolio Risks and Increase Trading Profits in Todays Futures Market place.

The commodities futures market long seen as the province of professional hedge fund managers and frenzied, hand-waving pit traders has begun to grab the attention of individuals everywhere. Sharp investors are using todays technology to access high-level research and information, hedge their trading risks, and leverage small amounts of cash into sizable investment profits.

Fundamentals of the Futures Market is a step-by-step guidebook to the opportunities and risks in todays wide-open commodity markets. Plain-English analysis and explanations combine with quizzes, checklists, charts, graphs, and more to reveal:

* Reports and major indicators to watchand how to interpret their meanings

* Types of ordersincluding market, limit, and stop ordersand when to use each

* Tips of the TradeTechniques the pros use to profit from price changes, avoid errors, and more

From hands-on basics to advanced technical skills, Fundamentals of the Futures Market will give you everything you need to truly understand and profit from the exciting, newly accessible futures marketplace. Let this hands-on bookalong with its companion Fundamentals of investing guideshelp you build the skills and confidence for success ... before you risk your money in the no-room-for-error waters of real-time trading!

Hone Your Trading Skills with McGraw-Hills Fundamentals of investing series!

*Fundamentals of the Stock Market by ONeill Wyss

*Fundamentals of the Bond Market by Esmé Faerber

*Fundamentals of the Options Market by Michael S. Williams and Amy Hoffman

From the basics of open outcry trading to advanced technical indicators, "Fundamentals of the Futures Market" gives beginning futures traders everything they need to get started. This hands-on workbook walks readers through the entire process to read and understand major reports, track prices, follow the major indicators, and more. In today's fast-paced futures trading arena, it provides the tools readers need to trade in any commodity market--grains, metals, or financials - and minimize risk as they sharpen their trading skills.