Agricultural Futures and Options

This text provides a basic presentation of commodity futures and options. The author has taught short courses in this area to thousands of agricultural producers, and he writes with awareness of the concepts that are most often difficult for beginners. Futures and Options walks students through the techniques, procedures, and strategies that enable decision makers to transfer price risk and to appreciate the role of futures markets in price discovery. The book gives balanced coverage of fundamental and technical analysis and demonstrates alternative strategies as well.