The Complete Guide to Single Stock Futures

This book is all about single stock futures, and why they are among today's hottest, most versatile trading vehicles. Well-known in Europe but only available on U.S. markets since late 2002, single stock futures (SSFs) are fast becoming the vehicle of choice for traders and investors looking to increase their leverage, strengthen their cash flow, and dramatically improve both their upside potential and downside protection. So what are these simple yet powerful products, and how can they be used to improve the performance of virtually any portfolio or trading program?"The Complete Guide to Single Stock Futures" explores both the basics and the mechanics of SSFs. In addition, chapters written by professional traders provide up-close snapshots of SSFs in action. Let this step-by-step trader's guide show you: what single stock futures are, how they work, and how to make them work for you; why SSFs can be cleaner, safer, and more profitable than stocks, whatever your trading or investing style; and, common sense strategies proven to work at every level of SSF trading.Single stock futures are poised to revolutionize stock trading in the United States and throughout the world.
But as with any innovation, the greatest rewards will come to the earliest adopters. Let "The Complete Guide to Single Stock Futures" introduce you to the many profitable uses of this affordable yet powerful trading opportunity, and put you on the leading edge of one of the first great trading breakthroughs of the 21st century. 'Single stock futures may be the greatest trading tool since stock index futures were launched in 1982. They will, if used by educated traders, be one of the most useful trading tools U.S. markets have seen in a long time. The purpose of this book is to give you a brief history and education about the securities and futures markets, development of the regulation on these markets and single stock futures, and finally how to trade these new products' - From the Preface.Single stock futures are rapidly gaining popularity among - and generating profits for -thousands of traders and investors in U.S. markets. And traders and investors who discover now how to harness the many unique advantages of SSFs still have time to get in on the ground floor.
"The Complete Guide to Single Stock Futures" is today's most simple, straightforward, and complete introduction to not only the numerous advantages of SSFs, but also how you can make them a vital part of your trading and investing program.Written by Russell Wasendorf, a pioneer and innovator in the use of single stock futures in the U.S., and including an entire section of chapters written by today's most important players in the SSF arena, this one-of-a-kind book is divided into two distinct parts. Part I - Covers the basics and mechanics of single stock futures, from what they are and how they work to why they have become a favorite of both investors and traders. Part II contains strategic, how-to chapters, written by today's number-one traders, on how to wring the greatest leverage - and squeeze the most profit - from each SSF position.Single stock futures can now be purchased on dozens of companies from Amazon to McDonalds to Microsoft, as well as indexes from banks to biotech, and have quickly grown from a thinly-traded novelty into one of today's most versatile, important vehicles.
By providing traders and investors with exposure to some of today's top stocks at a fraction of the cost of direct investment, they open virtually unlimited trading possibilities. "The Complete Guide to Single Stock Futures" pulls back the curtain on SSFs to detail what is destined to become one of the market's most popular, profitable alternative investment vehicles, and provides frontline insights on how SSFs can enhance virtually any investing scenario.