Trader Vic on Commodities: What's Unknown, Misunderstood, and Too Good to Be True

by Victor Sperandeo

Overview

In Trader Vic on Commodities, Wall Street legend Victor Sperandeo explains in simple terms how these markets operate, removes some of the mystique and uncertainty involved, and offers a proven method for capitalizing on commodity market trends—without taking giant risks. Sperandeo shows that, as commodities are cyclical in nature, your goal should be to capture as much of the major market trends as possible, while balancing that goal with a minimum of risk.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780470102121
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	02/08/2008
Series:	Wiley Trading , #300
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	6.30(w) x 9.09(h) x 0.83(d)

About the Author

Victor Sperandeo is a principal of Enhanced Alpha Management. He has more than forty years' experience on Wall Street, trading independently with, among others, George Soros, Leon Cooperman, and BT Alex Brown. He has written two very successful books with Wiley: Trader Vic: Methods of a Wall Street Master and Trader Vic II: Principles of Professional Speculation. Sperandeo has appeared on CNN and CNBC, as well as in leading financial publications.

Read an Excerpt

Click to read or download

Table of Contents

Preface ix

Acknowledgments xiii

Chapter 1 The Basics 1

Chapter 2 You Can’t Win Them All 9

Chapter 3 Indicators and Tools 15

Chapter 4 2B or Not 2B: A Classic Rule Revisited 23

Chapter 5 An Introduction to the S&P DTI 35

Chapter 6 A Challenge to the Random Walk Theory 45

Chapter 7 The Rationale and Value of a Long/Short Futures Strategy 67

Chapter 8 Why the S&P DTI Is an Indicator 81

Chapter 9 The Fundamental Reason the S&P DTI Generates Core Returns 105

Chapter 10 The Nature of the S&P DTI Returns 115

Chapter 11 A Fundamental Hedge 133

Chapter 12 S&P DTI Subindexes: The S&P Commodity Trends Indicator and the S&P Financial Trends Indicator 139

Afterword 143

Appendix A S&P DTI Methodology and Implementation 147

Appendix B How to Interpret Simulated Historical Results 177

Appendix C Correlation Statistics 191

About the Author 195

Index 197