Trader Construction Kit: Fundamental and Technical Analysis, Risk Management, Directional Trading, Spreads, Options, Quantitative Strategies, Execution, Position Management, Data Science and Programming By: Joel Rubano

Author: Joel Rubano

Trader Construction Kit is a comprehensive resource for undergraduate, MBA and Masters of Finance students interested in a career with a bank, hedge fund or other financial institution. Trader Construction Kit is a practical guide to developing the skills and techniques employed by professional traders, including: – Fundamentally and technically analyzing a market. – Assessing the volatility and risk characteristics of the market. – Developing a view, an actionable perspective on the future of price. – Evaluating directional, spread, option & quantitative trading strategies. – Weighing the inherent risk and reward in potential positions. – Efficiently executing trades and managing the resulting exposures. – Pricing and hedging structured transactions.Additional chapters describe how: – The evolutionary state of a market shapes the activities of its inhabitants. – The role of a trader varies at different types of financial institutions. – A trader’s personality forms an integral part of their approach to the market.- To survive and thrive on a trading floor.Trader Construction Kit contains a single, highly detailed case study that incrementally incorporates and applies the lessons learned in each chapter. A new for 2020 appendix presents an overview of the basics of data science and programming for traders.