Marketplace Books Releases Trading & Hedging with Agricultural Futures & Options by James Bittman

Marketplace Books, a premier publisher of investment and trading materials, has just acquired James Bittman’s Trading & Hedging with Agricultural Futures and Options. This book has become known as a valuable tool for traders and farmers alike, who would like to stay ahead of the rapidly changing trends in the challenging agricultural futures and option markets. According to the New York Times, "Prices of broad commodity indexes have climbed as much as 40 percent in the last year and grain prices have gained even more… This price boom has attracted a torrent of new investment from Wall Street, estimated to be as much as $300 billion." This influx of new capital and rising volatility has created new challenges for farmers as well as new opportunities for traders.

Described as the definitive manual for traders, commodity producers, and commodity processors, Bittman walks the reader through the basics of futures and options, his favorite hedging strategies, and his evaluation techniques for creating a winning trading system. With this book, James Bittman, a dedicated options investor with over 20 years of experience, has established himself as the foremost authority on agricultural futures and options.

Markets in commodity futures and options first arose—and continue to exist—as tools for commodity producers and processors to manage risk. Along the way, traders and speculators discovered their value as instruments for producing profits. For both groups, information tailored for this specific niche has been difficult to find. Teaching nuts-and-bolts techniques and showcasing concise examples, Bittman has designed his book to practically discuss every aspect of this niche topic, including:

•How hedgers and traders can use options effectively and with realistic expectations;
•Methods to understand price behavior including the “Greeks” (delta, gamma, vega, and theta);
•Strategies and scenarios to profit from rising and falling markets;
•Diagrams and discussions of advanced hedging techniques; and
•The importance of volatility and little-known ways to make it work to your advantage.

Going one step further, Bittman also includes downloading instructions for his complimentary software program, OP-EVALF, which is designed to help readers to efficiently implement his strategies. In this way, Bittman has delivered a total system for hedging and trading agricultural futures and options.

As a staff instructor at The Options Institute, the education division of the Chigago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), Bittman teaches seminars on options to investors in the United States and Europe. He is also on the faculty at the Illinois Institute of Technology, and holds a commodity options membership at the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). In addition to this book, Bittman also wrote the best-selling Options for the Stock Investor.

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