Risk Management, Speculation, and Derivative Securities

Its unified treatment of derivative security applications to both risk management and speculative trading separates this book from others. Presenting an integrated explanation of speculative trading and risk management from the practitioner's point of view, Risk Management, Speculation, and Derivative Securities is the only standard text on financial risk management that departs from the perspective of an agent whose main concerns are pricing and hedging derivatives. After offering a general framework for risk management and speculation using derivative securities, it explores specific applications to forward contracts and options. Not intended as a comprehensive introduction to derivative securities, Risk Management, Speculation, and Derivative Securities is the innovative, useful approach that addresses new developments in derivatives and risk management.

*The only standard text on financial risk management that departs from the perspective of an agent whose main concerns are pricing and hedging derivatives
*Examines speculative trading and risk management from the practitioner's point of view
*Provides an innovative, useful approach that addresses new developments in derivatives and risk management

Part I: Derivative Securities, Risk Management, and Speculation
Derivative Securities
Risk Management Concepts
Speculative Trading Concepts
Part II: Futures and Forward Contracts
Arbitrage and the Basis
The Mechanics of Spread Trading
Risk Management: Hedging and Diversification
Part III: Options Contracts
Option Basics
Option Valuation
Application and Extension of Option Valuation Techniques
Appendix I: Basic Mathematics and Statistical Concepts
Appendix II: Money Market and Fixed Income Calculations
Appendix III: Mathematics for Option Valuation
References
Index