Quantitative Trading & Money Management: A Guide to Risk Analysis and Trading Survival

"Quantitative Trading & Money Management" provides all the tools a trader needs to best utilize his trading capital. The book explains how to use mathematical techniques to calculate risk/reward possibilities, optimal trading size, profit objectives and stop loss points, In short, Gehm expertly covers every issue involved in converting a market forecast into a trade. This completely revised edition sheds light on a number of recent developments in the markets such as managed future and the growth of financial derivatives. Specific topics include: recognizing avoiding catastrophic losses; the importance of diversification; avoiding catastrophic losses; calculating revenue/cost ratios in trading; and developing a sound trading plan.