Trader Construction Kit - 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: 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. Trader Construction Kit contains a single, highly detailed case study that incrementally incorporates and applies the lessons learned in each chapter. 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.