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Understanding market characteristics and what to do

What topics are covered in this chapter?

This chapter explores the characteristics of the markets and products, especially futures, which are traded on margin. It covers:

  • research characteristics
  • research markets
  • research product – futures.

What are the objectives?

  • The purpose of data analysis is to study the theoretical and empirical properties of the price behaviour of different markets.
  • The objective of data analysis is to find the most lucrative markets and products to trade.
  • The aim here is to develop the most suitable and effective technical trading system to harvest the maximum profit from the most lucrative markets.

Introduction

This book places a strong emphasis on the theoretical ...

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